INCREASE Funding Passes £3.5m
This latest round of funding means that the Programme has now offered over £3.5 million to 80 community recycling organisations in Scotland, since the launch in October 2004.
Jobs Created with INCREASE Assistance
The INCREASE Programme has helped to fund 126 Jobs within community organisations in Scotland since October 2004. This is great news for the sector, and the organisations involved. A key aim of the INCREASE Programme is to help build a stronger, more capable sector, which can then maximise the many opportunities for community recycling within the National Waste Plan. We will be hearing from two projects who have been able to create valuable new staff posts later in the bulletin.
Waste Diverted from Landfill
Since October 2004, projects funded by the INCREASE Programme have identified over 30,000 tonnes of waste, that can potentially be diverted from landfill. Indeed, there are many opportunities for community recycling throughout Scotland, and these latest figures illustrate how valuable the sector is in terms of delivering a sustainable waste management strategy for Scotland.
| We’ve been catching up with some of our projects over the last few months To find out what they’ve been up to… |
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LAMH Recycle - £29,925
The INCREASE funding has allowed LAMH Recycle to finance a staff post dedicated to the expansion of existing recycling and waste management activities (computers and can), as well as research into potential new areas of business development. This reflects a planned organisational change from “project” status to a more commercial and sustainable business operation, with less dependency on grant funding.
LAMH was set up specifically to provide training/employment opportunities within a supportive work environment for individuals experiencing mental ill health. Through the planned business expansion, the organisation will have the capacity to generate an additional 15 workplace opportunities for their target group.
Lomond Training and Environmental Services (LTES) - £147,104
LTES refurbish scrapped or discarded white goods such as washing machines, cookers and tumble dryers. They also offer a variety of solutions to handling bulky electrical waste for some local authorities.
LTES employ around 40 trainees at any one time on a rolling training programme refurbishing white goods. The trainees are employed through the Government’s New Deal programme and are working towards NVQ City and Guilds Electrical and Electronic Servicing Level 2. The organisation has recently received financial assistance from the INCREASE Programme to create valuable new staff posts and has recently employed an Accountant and a Sales and Marketing Manager.
Moray Waste Watchers - £61,688
Moray Waste Watchers provide hi-tech can recycling services throughout the region. The organisation offers 14 training places for people who wish to access training and work experience in an environment that offers high levels of support and expertise in tackling barriers to participation including learning disability, physical disability, rural exclusion, long term unemployment, lack of qualifications, child/ dependent care issues and health issues.
The organisation received funding from the INCREASE Programme to enable them to purchase an ‘eddy current separator’ (which separates cans automatically, and simultaneously solves the contamination/ quality issue, as well as removing the need to manually separate cans). The equipment has enabled Waste Watchers to take on Moray Council’s Kerbside Collections, in turn, securing the future of its 14 valuable training places.
ReBOOT - £73,763
ReBOOT recycles a wide range of computer equipment in Moray, and also provides provide opportunities for socially disadvantaged volunteers to contribute their skills to the community.
Increase funding has enabled ReBOOT to purchase a larger vehicle which allows increased collections of IT equipment from households and businesses in the Moray and Aberdeenshire areas. ReBOOT is now expanding partnership working with other community recycling groups, local authorities and private recycling companies. The funding will enable ReBOOT to develop a working model for working with local authorities and private recycling companies in a full cost recovery relationship. It will also assist in developing a more sustainable business model, involving full cost recovery and aimed at moving away from grant dependency.
The Furniture Project (Stranraer) - £20,799
The Furniture Project (Stranraer) was originally set up to divert household bulky waste, furniture and white appliances from landfill and to reuse them within the local community by selling them to families most in need. The organisation manages over 200 tonnes of household furniture waste per year.
In 2004 the Project was approached by BAE Systems and asked if they were willing to collect waste packaging from the production of Airbus, Boeing and Raytheon aircraft parts. The organisation realised that a feasibility study would need to be conducted to assess the viability. The INCREASE funding has enabled the Furniture Project to set up the logistics, explore and create local markets, and form partnerships to assist in the collection, segregation, reuse/recycling, and sales of end product.
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Next Application Deadline…
The next closing date for new applications will be Friday 25th November 2005: eligible applications received by this date will be informed of the panel decision within 9 weeks of this date.
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The CRNS employs a Development Team who should be contacted in the first instance depending on where your project is situated or what type of activity you are involved in. Contact details for the team can be found here.
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