Grant Fund
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£10,000 to introduce a Hubbub campaign in your area.
Over the next 12 months, we have five grants of £10,000 to support organisations to tackle litter in their area, using the replicable campaigns featured on the Neat Streets website.
The grant is aimed at local authoriities and land managers of public realm spaces.
The campaign should be one of those featured in the free resources section:
Tidy Roadsides – targeted at drivers and roadside litter
[Name of city]’s Binning (e.g. Bristol’s Binning) – targeted towards young adults and aimed at urban environments
Love Your Forest – targeted towards visitors to forests and other areas of natural beauty
Neat Streets – targeted at tourists to the beach
In The Loop – targeted to tackling recycling on-the-go in towns and cities
The grants can be used to support the purchase of new bins and signage, events and the development of a campaign.
To maximise the campaign scale and impact, we’re asking for applicants to co-invest £5000 into a campaign, to create a project budget of £15,000.
This funding is made possible with support from McDonald’s.
For more info, please read the information below, the FAQS and Terms and Conditions.
Key information
Each successful project will receive a £10,000 grant.
The projects will be based on the replicable campaigns that are featured on the Neat Streets website.
Projects will be selected by Hubbub and McDonald’s.
Please read the Terms & Conditions before submitting an application.
Projects will receive 80% of the funding upfront, 10% at project launch and 10% on completion of the project.
Overview
Round one application open: June 19th 2024
Round one applications close: September 20th 2024 5pm
Round two applications open: November 2024
Round two applications close: 24th January 2025 5pm
Timeline
The lead applicants should be responsible for managing public space, including the installation of bins and the collection and disposal of waste and recycling. Therefore, we expect applications to come from:
Local authorities
Business Improvement Districts
Major property owners or those who manage public space
Transport hubs e.g. train stations
Applications can be submitted in partnership, with one lead partner. Generally, we would expect the local authority to be the named lead applicant.
Community groups and other local organisations can be a secondary contact for the application but cannot be the lead applicant. If you are a community group interested in replicating one of these campaigns, we’d advise that you make contact with the waste team at your local authority.
Who can apply?
Location: We’re looking to fund projects in high footfall, public areas across the UK. This could be a high street, park, beach etc.
Scope: Projects are expected to be based on the Neat Streets replicable campaigns. This can be downloaded for free, so we would encourage every applicant to download these first, and explore the rest of the site to familiarise yourself with what previous campaigns have looked like, and the key principles of running a campaign.
Feasibility: Applications show a clearly defined project that is feasible within the suggested timeframe and budget.
Collaborative: Applications should be submitted by local authorities but we’re keen to see organisations working with local stakeholders helps to maximise the campaign's impact, share resources, and ensure long-term success by leveraging local expertise and community trust.
Legacy: Applicants should be able to demonstrate ambitious, robust and long-term plans to support litter reduction in their area.
Timings: The projects will be expected to be ready to launch within 3 months of receiving the grant.
Criteria
Explore the Neat Streets website, guide on running a litter campaign and case studies
Check out the Neat Streets grant fund FAQs and Terms & Conditions
Download our free asset packs to inform which of our replicable campaigns would be most suited to your target area(s).