The fund can award grants for the provision, maintenance or improvement of a public park or other general public amenity; the conservation of a specific species or a specific habitat where it naturally occurs, or the repair, maintenance or restoration of a place of worship or a place of architectural importance.

Funding Information

• Grants can be offered in the range of £10,000 to £50,000, with the exception of requests under Object DA where the minimum threshold is £5,000.

Eligible Projects

• Project must meet the following requirements to be eligible:
  • They need to be well developed. You should have a good idea of costs based on professional estimates, have secured the majority of your funding from other sources, have planning permission, have identified potential contractors etc.;
  • Be in Cambridgeshire within 10 miles of any licensed landfill site in Cambridgeshire (excluding Peterborough).
  • Be able to contribute 11% of the value of the grant you are seeking, on top of the project costs. If you are offered a grant, this 11% sum must be paid to Thalia ODC Ltd in order to release the grant funding. If you fundraise for this contribution, you must let donors know that the contribution is separate from the project costs;
  • Be capable of starting work within 6 months from when you submit your expression of interest. However, you must not have made any financial commitment (e.g. signed a contract for work to be delivered) before you apply. A financial commitment to a contractor or any other supplier must only be made once a formal grant offer letter is received, otherwise your project will not be eligible to receive a grant.
  • Projects must be in accordance with Entrust’s Objects D, DA and E, as listed below. Entrust is the organisation that regulates the use of landfill tax credit.
    • Object D– The provision, maintenance or improvement of a public park or other general public amenity. Projects which do not relate to a park must relate to another amenity (this excludes car parking facilities). According to the 2010 guidance, “an amenity is something that makes the environment more pleasant or comfortable and/or improves the aesthetic qualities of an area for the general public”.
    • Object DA – The conservation of a specific species or a specific habitat where it naturally occurs.
    • Object E – The repair, maintenance or restoration of a building or structure which is a Place of Religious Worship or a Place of Historical or Architectural Importance, which is open to the general public (and the public should benefit from the project going forward), and it is situated in the vicinity of a landfill site. This objective does not allow works to private residences.

Eligibility Criteria

• Your organisation must be operating not for profit and have the following:
  • Constitution
  • Equal Opportunity Policy
  • Safeguarding Policy
  • Conflict of Interest Policy
  • Access Statement
  • An independent management committee
  • Two independent signatures on the bank account.

For more information, visit Cambridgeshire Community Foundation.