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Environment and Energy GrantsAggregates Levy Sustainability Fund Grant Scheme English Nature, together with English Heritage and the Countryside Agency provide grant funding to local projects which encourage community involvement in areas which are, or have been, affected by aggregates extraction....more info Biotechnology Exploitation Platform Challenge BEP Challenge aims to anchor the benefits of publicly funded bioscience research in the UK by encouraging syndicates of universities, academic institutions and intermediaries with complementary bioscience research to work together....more info Biotechnology Mentoring and Incubator Challenge The overall aim of the BMI is to stimulate the creation and growth of high quality biotechnology companies in the UK. The Challenge is supported by a fund of up to £5 million and currently supports 8 projects around Britain....more info BIO-WISE BIO-WISE is a UK Government programme which aims to improve the competitiveness of UK industry through the use of biotechnology. Financial support is available to help fund user-led collaborative projects with the potential to stimulate the more widespread use of biotechnology....more info Clear Skies Initiative Clear Skies, funded by DTI and managed by BRE, aims to give householders and communities a chance to realise the benefits of renewable energy by providing grants and access to sources of advice....more info Community Energy Programme The Community Energy Programmeis a £50 million UK-wide programme promoting community heating through grants to install new schemes and refurbish obsolete infrastructure and equipment....more info DTI Sustainable Energy Programme Provides grants to promote the development of the Renewable Energy Sector....more info Energy and Environment Research Programme The Energy & Environment Research Programme is designed to provide scientific and economic analysis to support and inform energy policy and sustainable development. Where possible, collaborative projects are undertaken with industry and other parties, as well as other Government Departments. The programme is funded by DTI....more info English Nature - Bio Diversity Grant Scheme Funding is available for schemes that diversify the local environment, in particular for BAP species and or habitats....more info English Nature - Wildspace Local authorities and others are encouraged to apply for grants which provide for those who cannot readily use Local Nature Reserves, for example, due to poverty, lack of transport, access difficulties or educational needs and to work with communities who want to take an active interest in the improvement of their environment and its wildlife....more info Environmental Action Fund The Environmental Action Fund (EAF) helps promote sustainable living, supporting work that does not qualify for grants under other programmes....more info Environmentally Sensitive Areas Scheme The Environmentally Sensitive Areas Scheme was introduced in 1987 to offer incentives to encourage farmers to adopt agricultural practices which would safeguard and enhance parts of the country of particularly high landscape, wildlife or historic value. There are now 22 ESAs in England, covering some 10% of agricultural land....more info Home Energy Efficiency Scheme This programme provides grants in England on behalf of householders most at risk from ill health due to a cold home - the old, those with children and the disabled or chronically sick....more info Millennium Communities This programme demonstrates sustainable development in various locations. Developments have a mix of uses, good local access to a range of services and employment, and use best environmental practice in construction, energy and waste....more info Landfill Tax Credit Scheme The LTCS was designed to help mitigate the effects of landfill upon local communities and support moves to more sustainable waste management practices. It encourages partnerships between landfill operators, their local communities and the voluntary and public sectors....more info Reserves Enhancement Scheme This grant scheme is aimed at Voluntary Conservation Organisations who manage Sites of Special Scientific Interest as nature reserves. These five-year grants contribute to the day to day management of such sites....more info Section 35 National Nature Reserve Capital Grants Scheme Grants are available to Approved Bodies under Section 35(1)(c) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, where these Approved Bodies are not eligible for the Reserves Enhancement Scheme. These grants contribute to capital projects for the improvement of reserve management, access and interpretation....more info Waste Recycling Fund Local Authorities with waste management responsibilities are eligible to bid for funding that promotespPartnership working; high performance and best practice; turning around low performance and developing community initiatives....more info
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