Landfill fund awards £50,000 to Cwmgors Community Centre

In the latest round of funding applications, Landfill Community Fund distributor, WREN awarded over £50,000 to Cwmgors Community Centre on behalf of WRG who run the Pwllfawatkin Landfill site near Pontardawe.

The project will improve the existing community centre by extending the usable space, and using partitioning to make better use of existing meeting rooms. This is to allow maximum use of the centre for a full range of users and for different activities to be staged at the same time within building.

Gwenda said: ‘It is particularly pleasing that a project in a community such as Cwmgors near to the landfill site is able to be supported. WREN would like to see more applications from an area of a 10 mile radius from the WRG Pwllfawatkin site, and I would urge community groups and community councils to contact them with their project ideas to determine if they are eligible for WREN funding'.

Organisations and community groups requiring funding for beneficial projects should visit their website or contact WREN on 01953 717165

For more information contact Meleri Jones on 07720 169 721 or email
meleri.jones@wren.org.uk

The Landfill Communities Fund (previously known as the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme) gives landfill operators the opportunity to divert 6.7% of their annual Landfill Tax bill into the communities and environments around landfill sites. To date the LCF has funded over 24,000 projects with half a billion pounds in funding.

Resources: www.ltcs.org.uk www.entrust.org.uk
WREN is the UK's largest distributive environmental body and has funded over 3500 projects across much of the UK with over £85 million since 1998. With a Head Office in Norfolk WREN distributes the Landfill Communities Funds to community and environmental projects within ten miles of landfill sites owned by Waste Recycling Group Ltd.

Projects applying for funding from WREN are assessed by an individual panel of locally based experts for their suitability, sustainability and community benefit.

Resource: www.wren.org.uk

Waste Recycling Group Limited is one of the UK's leading waste management services companies and handles in excess of 15 million tonnes of household, commercial and industrial waste each year. Around 50% of Waste Recycling Group's business is accounted for by waste management contracts with more than 40 local authorities across England, Scotland and Wales.

The Company operates facilities for the reception, recycling and disposal of waste, including a network of waste transfer and recycling centres and a regional network of operating landfill sites, and manages nearly 70 civic amenity sites on behalf of local authorities for use by the general public.