Wem Millennium Green Trust received £600
Community groups across Shropshire have received grants totalling £15,000 as part of Veolia and Shropshire Council’s popular annual Envirogrant scheme.
The scheme offers money to projects which benefit the local community or the environment and has now distributed £45,000 in three years to organisations across the county.
This year’s grants were handed out last week at a special ceremony at The Hive in Shrewsbury, hosted by Veolia and Shropshire Council. In total, 22 groups were awarded grants of up to £1,000, and were able to showcase their projects during the event.
Representatives of each group/project received their award from Steve Mitchell, Veolia Regional Director (left in photos) and Gavin Waite, Shropshire Council’s waste contracts manager (right in photos).
Nearly 50 entries were submitted for Envirogrants this year. The full list of groups awarded grants – and what for – is:
- Craven Arms Community Gardens – sensory garden
- Oakmeadow Primary and Nursery School – recycling bins
- Stockton Parish Council – nesting boxes and shrubs
- Wem Millennium Green Trust – trees and shrubs
- Shrewsbury Repair Cafe
- Ellesmere Cricket Club – boxes, seeds and bulbs
- The Hive – plants, seeds and tools
- Sheriffhales Primary School – outdoor learning
- Praise Bee Charity – towable unit
- Two or More Outdoors – compost toilet
- The High Leasowes Trust – tools
- Severn Valley Country Park – mammal survey
- 1st Much Wenlock Scout Group – community garden
- Bethphage – tools and wildflower garden
- Hope House Children’s House – plants, bushes and trees
- Church Stretton Pride of Place – tools
- Longden School – outdoor cooking and wormery
- Calverhall Bowling Club – recycling containers
- Ludlow Cancer Support Group – blister pack recycling
- The Grange Gang – bird and bug houses
- Stretton Climate Care – blister pack recycling
- Feed the Birds – food and containers for birds
Much Wenlock Scout Group received £1000
Steve Mitchell, Regional Director for Veolia, said:-
“The Envirogrant scheme really fits in with Veolia’s mission to be the leader and driving force towards ecological transformation – indeed many of these projects will help us to deliver that. I am certain that the grants we are making will make a significant difference across Shropshire. We are delighted to be able to contribute to such a diverse range of projects.”
Longden CE Primary School was awarded £840
Gavin Waite, waste contract manager with Shropshire Council, said:
“This presentation was a great opportunity to meet people from, and listen to descriptions of, community environmental projects across our county. Volunteers from all over the county gathered at Shirehall to share their experiences and have grants totalling £15,000 donated to their work by Veolia. The 22 successful applicants were very pleased to receive a part of this generous grant scheme.
“I would like to thank Veolia for supporting activities in Shropshire by funding the grant scheme.”
Applications for the next round of Envirogrant will open in the autumn. Details can be found on the Veolia Shropshire website.
Further information
As part of its recycling and waste service Veolia delivers in partnership with Shropshire Council, the company gives £15,000 to support the local community each year. Each group can apply for up to £1,000 for their project. Projects range from creating forest schools, vegetable plots, upcycling projects to starting climate change cafes. The full list of this year’s recipients can be found below.
