Look, Safe Waste Shropshire has made a big mistake. It now appears that if we just ask Veolia nicely, they'll replace the church windows, make life sweet for the birdies, put the boy scouts in new uniforms, in fact, anything in our community we want them to help us with, even reducing pollution!All we have to do is stop using that horrid 'I' word and learn to love our ickle-pretty Energy from Waste Facility. Now who said 'Waste of Energy' naughty, naughty - no new uniform for you!!
Maybe someone would like to get together a funding proposal for a 'project that reduces or prevents pollution on land.' Can we think of one, perhaps? [Clue, it begins with 'Safe']
Meanwhile, here are some inspiring examples from the Gospel:
http://www.telfordjournal.com/news/publish/article_19111.php
Telford Journal 20 Feb, 2008 Church is set to return to old glory
Work has started on a £200,000 project to return Horsehay Methodist Church to its former glory by this summer, in time for its 150th anniversary celebrations.The leaky church and adjoining community hall will both be re-roofed, replacing the tiles which date back to 1858. Double glazing is also being installed and the hall will get new flooring. External brickwork will be restored.Graham Miatt, chairman of the fundraising committee, said: “We are really pleased to see it starting because although it’s taken only a comparatively short time to raise all the money – a year – it’s been a lot of hard work.”The work will ensure the community have use of the church for worship and other activities such as a youth club for at least the next 50 years. The church is one of the oldest buildings in Horsehay. Repairs began last week and are expected to be finished by May. The church is currently being stripped out but the hall is still in use. The main grants for the project were awarded by Veolia Environmental Trust, Heritage Lottery Fund and Methodist Circuit. The church also received a number of minor grants and held fundraisers.Mr Miatt said they were already lining up a host of activities for the anniversary celebrations in the summer.He said central to the occasion will be craft and flower festivals. A quilt, which is more than a century old, will be on view together with a new quilt. Like the original, the new one will be embroidered with local family names.
www.newforestnpa.gov.uk/communityprojectnovember07.pdf
Veolia Environmental Trust Veolia (previously Onyx) Environmental Trust will fund community and environmental projects under the landfill tax credit scheme. You can apply for funding if your project
comes under one of the following categories:
• projects that involve reclaiming land, the use of which has been prevented by some previous activity.
• projects that reduce or prevent pollution on land.
• projects that provide or maintain public amenities or parks.
• delivery of biodiversity conservation for UK species habitats.
• projects to restore or repair buildings for religious worship, or of architectural or historical interest.
Projects must be within five miles of a site operated by Veolia Environmental Services. The maximum award for any one project is £150,000. However, this sum is only awarded in exceptional circumstances and the majority of grant awards are much less than this amount. For an application form or advice telephone 01902-794677, e-mail info@onyxenvtrust.org
or visit their website www.onyxenvtrust.org
www.veoliaescleanawaymardyketrust.co.uk/whowhat.htm
The Veolia ES Cleanaway Mardyke Trust can give grants to help improve the physical and social environment in:
South Ockendon
North Stifford
Stifford Clays
Blackshots and Grays, north of Lodge Lane
Aveley
Kenningtons
Purfleet, west of the railway line
Sometimes the Trust will also help other projects in Thurrock, or within one mile of Thurrock’s borders, but only where there is a significant benefit to people from the areas listed.
All the schemes the Trust can support must be schemes that the general public can benefit from, not things that are for private profit. Examples of projects are improvements to:
Village or church halls or social clubs, where there is a range of organisations that can use the hall, or where anyone can join for a reasonable fee
• Almost anything to improve a public park, play area, or woodland open to the public
• Sports facilities and clubs that any member of the public can use or join for a reasonable fee
• Scouts huts• Tree planting or community gardens on open spaces
• Play areas, ball courts, skate parks, teenage meeting shelters, including lighting for any of these
• Repair and restoration of churches
• Libraries and museums
• Cycle paths, footpaths and bridleways
• Repairs and restoration of buildings of historic or architectural interest
• Projects to sustain local biodiversity
The Veolia ES Cleanaway Mardyke Trust is an independent Registered Charity, Number 1089288 ENTRUST Registration Number 557167
www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/c/churchwood/work.asp
Church Wood is managed with minimal intervention to allow dead wood to provide natural habitats for wildlife. Modest management, with regular support from two groups of local volunteers, ensures a superb and very beautiful local amenity. ...
This nature reserve is supported by funds from Hedgerley Parish Council, Veolia Environmental Trust through the Landfill Communities Fund (formerly the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme) and various charitable trusts, RSPB local groups and supporters
http://www.megmunnmp.org.uk/datapages/outandabout/outaboutviewentry.asp?id=350
Helping St Peter’s Church Thursday, February 07, 2008
On a visit to St Peter’s Church, Greenhill, Meg Munn MP saw some of the benefits of the Landfill Communities Fund. The Church has had work done on its roof and stained glass window, made possible thanks to a grant from The Veolia Environmental Trust, made under the Landfill Communities Fund.
The Landfill Communities Fund was established to ensure landfill site operators donate funds back into local communities. Operators donate a percentage of their landfill tax liability in return for a tax credit which currently stands at 6.6%.
For more information visit www.veoliatrust.org
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