The NLWA Community Composting Support Programme is a partnership between NLWA and London Community Recycling Network (London CRN), which began a year ago and aims to help small community groups divert their organic waste from landfills through composting schemes.
 Community composting group Friends of King Henry's Walk Garden benefited from the fund last year |
NLWA, which provides waste disposal services on behalf of seven boroughs in North London, has a 5 million compost facility capable of receiving 30,000 tonnes of mixed garden and food waste every year.
The plant is dedicated to limiting the effect of landfilling organic waste through home and community composting.
Barbara Herridge of the NLWA explained: “London CRN has access to a wide range of community groups and understands the issues faced by the community sector. They are ideally placed as an organisation to deliver the quality services and expert advice needed by these groups.”
LCRN
London CRN is a not for profit umbrella group which delivers training and provides specialist advice and support to not-for-profit groups and charities involved in recycling and composting in the capital.
Last year the scheme helped five composting groups get off the ground, including Friends of King Henry’s Walk Garden in Islington which was awarded 1149.78 for materials and tools to make 8 wooden ‘New Zealand’ compost bins.
Sheena Gladding from the Friends group said: “I think the London CRN team has been very helpful at all stages of the grant process. The bin-building workshop was great and left us with all the skills we needed.”
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The CRN said it has a rigorous application process for the scheme to ensure the right type of composting projects get the funding.
The application forms are assessed by both the CRN and NLWA before they are shortlisted. The shortlisted and the rejected applications are both sent to external funding advisors to ensure there is no bias.
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