Deadline for grants is close

TIME is almost up for community groups and organisations across Leicestershire to apply for a grant to help tackle household waste and boost recycling.

Leicestershire County Council is offering Shire recycling grants of up to £3,000 for organisations and community-based projects to deliver local waste prevention, recycling or composting activities.

However, with applications for the current round of funding closing on Friday September 28, community groups, town and parish councils, schools, social enterprises, charities, colleges and universities only have a short time left to apply.

Activities should support county residents and communities to reduce, reuse or recycle, and could include things like food waste cafés, clothes swaps, secondhand toy libraries and community composting.

Councillor Blake Pain, cabinet member for environment and transport, said: “We want organisations to come forward to make a difference in their community.

“The grant will hopefully help to reduce household waste, divert waste from disposal and make the best use of recycling, re-use and composting in a cost-effective way, while bringing Leicestershire communities together.”

For more information on this you can call 0116 305 7005 or visit the website at www. leicestershire.gov.uk/ community-grants.