WRAP is pleased to announce the list of companies who have been awarded the Litter Innovation Fund grant.
First launched back in 2018, funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), the Litter Innovation Fund has been a huge success. The overall aim of the programme was to find new ways of reducing and preventing litter/littering through new methods and interventions, that have not been tried and tested before. The £450,000 programme has already awarded funding of up to £10,000 to companies including Bristol City Council, Hubbub Foundation, Keep Britain Tidy and St Edmundsbury Council.
Grant recipients were required to contribute a minimum of 10% match funding, either in-kind or monetary, and deliver their projects within six months of receipt of the grant funding.
Applications were invited from organisations based in England:
- Community Interest Company (CIC)
- Industrial Provident Society (IPS) or co-operatives
- Local Authorities (including principle authorities, parish, and/or town councils)
- National Park Authorities
- Broads Authorities
- Registered Social Landlords
- Charities
- Development trust
- Faith group
- Educational institutions
- Scouts, Guides and National Citizen Service
- Business - Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) e.g. retail, food chains, event management etc.
All projects were measured and evaluated to demonstrate the impact the project has had on reducing litter and littering. The following companies have been awarded a Litter Innovation Grant Award, in this second round: -
bBits– Bin Finder
Bedford Borough Council
Community Foundation Calderdale
Education Futures Trust
Fenland District Council
Firvale Community Hub
GreenSeas Trust
Groundwork Wakefield
Huntingdonshire District Council
Leicester City Council
Litter Free Dorset hosted in Dorset Council
Middlesex University
Oldham Council
Petroc
Round 2 of funding (2019)
Thirteen organisations started their Litter Innovation Fund grant projects in 2019. During early 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic hit, we halted project progress as it was not safe or legal to continue running the projects. As we waited to see how 2020 would unfold it became clear that projects would not be able to pick up where they left off, as normal habits and lifestyles were not able to resume. We asked projects to submit their progress to us along with their project spend, and unspent monies were returned. Each project proceeded at a different pace and below are some of the resources that were produced as a result of the progress each organisation was able to make.
To find out more about the project outputs produced, please click on the access links below. Please note: Due to the grant scheme closing unexpectedly early, WRAP has been unable to evaluate the success of the project interventions that were being trialled. Whilst we are sharing information about the projects, including details of some of the products available, we do not endorse the products or the organisations named below.
Applicant: GreenSeas Trust
Project type: Coastal litter - binfrastructure
Award £10,000
Output: https://www.greenseas.org/
Applicant: Litter Free Dorset hosted in Dorset Council
Project type: Events litter
Award: £8,378
Event resources: http://www.litterfreedorset.co.uk/resource-hub/litter-free-events/community-events/
Project film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdaEahmaYjA
Applicant: Community Foundation Calderdale
Project Type: Street litter - binfrastructure
Award: £9,680
Output: Event resources: Video of bin launch (https://business.facebook.com/calderdale/videos/610186236437189/)
Applicant: Oldham Council
Project Type: Street litter - binfrastructure
Award: £10,000
Output:
Applicant: bBits: Bin Finder
Project Type: Street litter – digital
Award: £10,000
Output: https://lovecleanstreets.com/reports/home
Applicant: Petroc
Project Type: Street litter – digital
Award: £9,390
Output:
Applicant: Middlesex University
Project Type: Street litter – community engagement
Award: £7,022
Output: None.
Applicant: Bedford Borough Council
Project Type: Street litter – enviro-hubs
Award: £9,020
Output:
Applicant: Firvale Community Hub
Project Type: Street litter – community engagement
Award: £8,555
Output: None
Applicant: Leicester City Council
Project Type: Street litter – digital
Award: £10,000
Output:
Applicant: Education Futures Trust
Project Type: Street litter – community engagement
Award:£9,994
Output: None
Applicant: Huntingdonshire District Council
Project Type: Roadside litter – haulage industry
Award:£9,674
Output: None
Applicant: Up Our Street
Project Type: Street litter – community engagement
Award: £10,000
Output: None