Apply now for up to £1k through Veolia’s Sustainability Fund

Veolia, the UK's leading resource management company, has launched this year's Sustainability Fund in partnership with West Northamptonshire Council on World Environment Day, 5 June.

The Sustainability Fund provides grants of up to £1,000 to connect people across West Northamptonshire with their local environment and community.

The Sustainability Fund reopened on World Environment Day (5 June) following the Fund's biggest year yet in 2025 with seven grassroots projects given £6,000 funding in West Northamptonshire.

Veolia’s Sustainability Fund is open to not-for-profit organisations, community groups, or individuals in areas where the company delivers recycling and waste treatment services for the community. Up to £1,000 in funding is available per project and applicants can opt to request in-kind resources or volunteers to help bring your project to life.

The Countryside Kitchen is an example of a previously successful recipient of the Fund. They received £1,000 in 2025 to deliver a Harvest Day community event. The funding helped them bring local residents together to celebrate seasonal produce and learn practical ways to live more sustainability. Every visitor took home seed packets and information on growing their own food and minimising food waste.

The Sustainability Fund welcomes applications from a wide range of environmental and social projects. Projects should meet at least one of the following criteria:

● Enhances biodiversity

● Promotes sustainable waste behaviours

● Protects the environment by using recycled, reused or reclaimed materials.

● Strengthens and connects local communities, including but not limited to employment support programmes, rehabilitation projects and youth development initiatives

All projects will be assessed on merit, with particular recognition given to those that demonstrate long-term or ongoing community benefits.

Applications can be made via Veolia’s website at veolia.co.uk/Sustainability-Fund. The fund will be open for applications until Wednesday 30 September.

Pascal Hauret, Managing Director, Municipal at Veolia, said: "The Sustainability Fund has been connecting people to their local environment and to the communities around them since 2021. Over the past six years, we've been proud to support over 640 incredible projects with more than £514,000 in funding across the areas where we deliver essential recycling and waste services on behalf of our Local Authority partners.

"We have seen first-hand the real connections built and the lasting impact the Fund makes to both people and the planet. I’m thrilled that the Fund is now open for applications and I look forward to discovering even more inspiring projects and seeing the positive change they'll bring to local communities across the UK."

Councillor Nigel Stansfield, Cabinet Member for Environment, Recycling and Waste, West Northamptonshire Council, said: “It’s great to hear the Sustainability Fund has reopened and will be able to support even more not-for-profit organisations, community groups, or individuals to bring their environmental and social projects to life.

“Several grassroots projects in West Northamptonshire have already benefited from the scheme, so I would encourage anyone who has an idea for a project that supports sustainability or helps a community improve its local environment, to find out more and see if they may be eligible to apply for funding.”