£55,000 distributed in and around Kirkby
Waste management company Suez announced funding of £55,000 to ten community groups in and around Kirkby.
The fund is said to be part of the agreement with Merseyside Energy Recovery Limited (MERL), which together with Suez operates the rail transfer loading station in Knowsley.
In partnership with Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority (MRWA), the station handles Merseyside and Halton’s household residual waste, which is transferred to energy from waste plant in Wilton, Teesside.
Ten community groups received the funding from Kirkby Neighbourhood Community Fund this year. These included Knowsley Foodbank, Tower Hill Amateur Boxing Club, Perspective Theatre Company and others.
The Kirkby Neighbourhood Community Fund has invested more than £280,000 into the local area to date.
Cllr Tony Concepcion, MRWA chairperson, said: “The Authority is once again so pleased that MERL & Suez UK continue to support the Kirkby community through the Neighbourhood Fund. Community groups and local organisations have once again faced huge challenges this year, and financial resources like this are very welcome.”
Green scheme drives sustainable nappy change
Container manufacturer Taylor has rolled out a sustainability initiative Green Rewards and awarded Wigan council £1,136 to promote reusable nappies and reduce nappy-related contamination.
The Green Rewards scheme enables local authorities throughout the UK to accrue points for every Taylor and Bigbelly product purchased.
The points are then converted into money, which is then released to participating councils on the condition that it is used to fund local sustainability projects, the company explained.
Wigan council is set to make the £1,136 available to Birth 2 Potty, which is a local organisation funded by Lisa Woodger. The partnership will seek to promote the economic and sustainability benefits of reusable nappies.
The move comes after the council discovered that its recycling waste stream was regularly being contaminated due to people throwing their disposable nappies in the wrong container.
The money will be used to fund events series across Wigan, where new mothers can get together over a coffee at local cafes and libraries, participate in demonstrations on how to use reusable nappies, ask questions and receive subsidised packs of reusable nappies in order to kickstart behavioural change.
Grundon supports Thames Hospice
Grundon has provided a grant of more than £24,100 for wildflower meadows to be sown across the Thames hospice’s eight-acre grounds in Berkshire.
The company also provided separate funding for a special plaque, featuring the names of organisations which had supported the gardens project, which was unveiled by Chair of Trustees Mr Jonathan Jones.
Neil Grundon, deputy chairman of Grundon, said: “We were delighted and honoured to visit the Hospice and
see some of the amazing work undertaken by staff in helping families cope at one of the most difficult times in their lives. We felt inspired and humbled by their approach and are very grateful to have been able to support this much-loved and very important charity.”
Thames Hospice can help its patients through a variety of services, including inpatient care, support at home and through its living well, therapy and counselling services.
Stafford Crematorium recycling charity donations top £100,000
Stafford borough council announced that recycled artificial hip and knee joints have helped raise more than £100,000 for charities in the area.
The council said that the latest award of £12,000 has gone to the Windmills Charity, which provides specialist bereavement support for children and young people across Staffordshire.
This latest award means local charities have received around £105,000 since the scheme began in 2013 at the award-winning Stafford Borough Council run crematorium.
The artificial joints, along with nails and screws from coffins, are passed on to a recycling company in return for money which is then donated to deserving organisations.
Once consent from the families has been given, the metal is filtered out as part of the cremation process leaving the ashes to be either collected by the deceased’s loved ones or buried, the council added.
Zara Toussaint, co-founder of the charity, said: “We were overwhelmed when we heard we had been awarded this money. It means we can do so much more, for so much longer, to help other children.
“We are really grateful for this donation, and it will make such a difference for a small charity like ours.”
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