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Environmental Initiatives Grant Scheme

Environmental Initiatives Grants are given to projects which benefit the environment.

For the current financial year, 2011/12 all available funds have been awarded or committed and no new applications can be processed. It is unlikely that grants will be available in 2012/13 given the current financial constraints, however until the Council has set it budget for the next financial year in January it is not possible to be certain whether grants will be available.

Anyone can apply - parish or village councils, amenity groups and individuals, as long as the project is within the Tandridge. For this reason projects which receive grants should be accessible to the public or clearly visible from public open space, rights of way or roads and add to the public's enjoyment of the area.

The following are examples of the type of project that might be suitable:

• Tree or hedge planting/hedge laying
• Spring bulb planting
• Schemes that benefit wildlife
• Village or community improvement schemes
• Restoration of local features such as war memorials
• Village signs

In some circumstances it may be possible to contribute to the cost of repairs to historic structures.

Environmental Initiatives Grants are discretionary. The amount given depends on the:

• Total cost of the project.
• Amount of grant aid requested.
• Benefits of the project.
• Number of other projects the Council has to allocate funds to.

In some circumstances the scheme can offer up to 50% of the total costs.

Please complete the Environmental Initiatives Grant Scheme application form if you wish to apply for a grant. Please include supporting information if it is available, for example quotations for the work proposed.

Surrey Hills LEADER Grant Scheme

The Surrey Rural Partnership has successfully bid for a government rural grant scheme aimed at helping to develop sustainable food, farming, community and tourism enterprises across rural Surrey. Parts of Tandridge fall within the scheme area. For more details see the Surrey Hills LEADER Grant Scheme (This link will open in a new window) web page on the SCC web site. The scheme is available from 2008 to 2013.

Gatwick Airport Community Trust

The Gatwick Airport Community Trust (This link will open in a new window)makes grants to community and environmental projects in areas around Gatwick Airport, in Tandridge this includes an area south of the M25 motorway. Currently, the Trust awards grants once a year. Applications are usually invited in January with a deadline date in March. Grants are paid by the end of May.

Related Pages:

Community grants    Small grants scheme (Pages)

The Oxted & District LINK Association (Pages)

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