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Veolia Environmental Trust

Whitemoss Community Fund

The Whitemoss Community Fund is a Landfill Communities Fund scheme, administered by the Veolia Environmental Trust, for projects within ten miles of Veolia's Whitemoss Landfill Site in Skelmersdale. Its Community Grant Scheme gives £5,000-£75,000 to create or improve community buildings and outside spaces with public access (project cost up to £350,000), and a Habitat and Biodiversity scheme funds habitat improvements from £10,000. Funding rounds run three times a year; the round closing at midday on 1 October 2026 is followed by one opening 26 November 2026 and closing 7 January 2027. Successful applicants must arrange a 10% Contributing Third Party payment before the grant is released.

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You could get
£5,000 – £75,000
Deadline
81 days left
7 January
Effort
Heavy
budgets, references, often several stages

Who can apply

  • Constituted not-for-profit organisations with charitable aims, local authorities and Environmental Bodies, for projects on a single site within a ten-mile radius of Veolia's Whitemoss Landfill Site in Skelmersdale (check with the Trust's postcode checker)
  • Organisations must have signed governing documents, have been established for at least 2 years, have at least 2 unrelated directors/trustees/committee members, and must not give financial benefit to their leadership
  • The applicant must own or lease the site (with at least 7 years left on the lease) or partner with the local authority
  • Hospitals, care homes, schools and other educational bodies cannot apply
  • Applicants do not need to be an Environmental Body, but an EB must register the project with ENTRUST first

What it funds

  • Community Grant Scheme: construction or installation work to create or improve community buildings or outside spaces with public access on a single site within 10 miles of the Whitemoss Landfill - for example community centres, village halls, parks, play areas, woodlands and nature reserves - including fixed items such as kitchen fixtures, heat pumps, solar panels, windows, doors, toilets and fencing
  • Trustees look for projects that:
  • Promote community action and wellbeing
  • Are inclusive and accessible to everyone
  • Help create a sustainable carbon-neutral community space
  • Protect and enhance biodiversity
  • Habitat and Biodiversity Grants Scheme: improvements to, or creation of, natural habitats for native species (minimum request £10,000)

Projects must start within 4 months of award and finish within 12 months of starting.

What it will not fund

  • Costs already incurred (e.g. design or planning fees)
  • Projects where physical works have already started
  • Furniture and equipment (e.g. tables, chairs, appliances, sports equipment, computers, CCTV, WiFi)
  • Running costs such as salaries, rent and maintenance
  • Income-generation projects
  • Art installations, murals and statues
  • Car parks, schools, medical facilities, shops, allotments, graveyards and crematoria
  • Restoration of historic buildings and memorials
  • Purchase of land or buildings
  • Projects with restricted public access or facilities for a single user group
  • Projects costing more than £350,000
  • Hospitals, care homes, schools, pre-schools, universities and other educational institutions or school-affiliated organisations
  • More than one application per project site in any 12-month period

How to apply

  1. Check your project site is within ten miles of the Whitemoss Landfill using the postcode/eligibility checker and read the Whitemoss funding criteria
  2. Contact the Trust (0203 567 6820 or UK.Trust@veolia.com) or book a virtual appointment to confirm eligibility
  3. Before applying, obtain all permissions including planning permission, complete community consultation, finalise the project design, cost estimates and timescales, and secure other funding and the 10% Contributing Third Party payment
  4. Create an account and complete the online application form, uploading evidence of the Contributing Third Party payment, between the round opening date and 12:00 midday on the closing date (next round opens 26 November 2026 and closes 7 January 2027)
  5. Decisions for that round are due on 2 March 2027; successful applicants arrange the CTP payment to the landfill operator before the grant is released

Following rounds: opens 25 February 2027, closes 1 April 2027, decision 8 June 2027.

You may start a tender process before applying but must not have appointed a contractor or started work on site; projects on local authority land need a Partnership Application Undertaking Form.

Have ready

  • Signed governing document
  • Evidence of the 10% Contributing Third Party payment (uploaded within the application form)
  • Evidence of planning permission and other permissions
  • Proof of site ownership or lease (7+ years remaining), or a Partnership Application Undertaking Form for local authority land

Remaining project information required under the competitive tender process must be available within two months of a conditional funding offer.

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