The Scottish Landfill Communities Fund is for projects that require up to 50% of the total project cost up to a maximum of £25,000 from Valencia Communities Fund.
The total project cost may not exceed £100,000, and the applicant organisation must not have received an award from Valencia Communities Fund for the same facility in the last 12 months.
Valencia Communities Fund supports community, heritage and biodiversity projects located within 10 miles of any active landfill site or transfer station accepting 2,500 tonnes of waste.
Applications to Valencia Communities Fund must be for distinct, whole projects and may be part of a phase of works of a larger project of no more than £100,000.
How to apply?
Download and carefully read our Scottish Landfill Communities Fund guidance notes.
Access our online application system and complete the Stage One Application Form. You will receive a response within five working days confirming whether your project meets Valencia Communities Fund’s eligibility criteria.
Once you have received confirmation of eligibility from Valencia Communities Fund, please read the Guidance Notes for Applicants prior to completing Stage Two of the online application form. The Stage Two application must be received by the closing date to be considered for the next meeting.
Objects A, B & F (land restoration, recycling and Approved Body services)
To apply for funding under objects A, B & F, please call 01823 476476 to discuss your application. Projects under objects A, B and F can be located anywhere in Scotland.
Objects C D & E (community, heritage and biodiversity)
To start the application process, or to continue an application you have started, please click here.
An old project that needs a rethink, rerouting and refunding …
Located between the Dunbar landfill site and Torness power station is a site of huge historical and natural importance; Skateraw.
In recent years, archaeologists discovered evidence of the earliest dated human settlement in Scotland, and a farmer, on demolishing a mound in his field, uncovered an ancient burial containing fine, worked gold; alien to Britain at the time it was buried. Alongside the human history is an area rich in wildlife, attracting many enthusiastic naturalists, including bird-watchers who come to see the many migrant birds.
Helping visitors to better explore this important landscape is John Watson; a local landowner whose project, partly funded by Valencia Communities Fund, takes people along picturesque trackways to illustrate the history of the area.
The new pathway meanders through farmland, along a river, through trees and eventually leads to the John Muir Walkway and the North Sea. Included along the path is a tap board for the blind, and braille signage allowing walkers to get their bearings.
The future for the site includes further interpretation boards to bring the site to life with history and wildlife information, and an extension to the current pathways to take in even more of the area’s beauty.
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Information sourced from here on 12 March 2024.