Dumb Dumpers - Small Grant Application Form

Flytipping Small Grant Scheme

The flytipping small grant scheme is being administered by Keep Scotland Beautiful on behalf of Zero Waste Scotland to support landowners/managers and community groups in Scotland who have experienced persistent problems of flytipping. The total grant fund is £75,000.

The proposed objectives are:

to facilitate the removal of flytipping at upwards of ten locations during the current financial year (2012-13); and
to prevent reoccurring flytipping at the same locations over the next financial year.

Applications must be submitted to Keep Scotland Beautiful by 5pm on Friday 31st August 2012.

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Applicant Contact Details

Name

Business/Organisation (optional)

Address 1

Address 2 (optional)

Town/City

Postcode

Telephone

Email Address

Land Owner Contact Details (if different)

Name
Business (optional)
Address 1
Address 2 (optional)
Town/City
Postcode
Telephone
Email Address

Site Details

1. Where exactly is the land that you propose to clean up/introduce preventative measures?

Street

Town

Postcode or grid reference

Local Authority

2. Have you been in touch with your local authority regarding flytipping at this site?

If yes, please provide details

3. Have you obtained the landowner's permission for the proposed work?

4. Please provide a brief description of the affected area (e.g orphan site, woodland, field...)

5. Please describe the nature of the problem, including waste type, accessibility of site, and frequency of flytipping.

6. Is flytipping a recurring problem at this site?

7. Please describe any preventative measures that have previously been taken to reduce flytipping at this site.

8. How much time/money has previously been spent on clearing up this site (if any)?

9. Please provide photos of the site in question to illustrate the nature of the problem.*

Proposal

1. How do you propose to clean up/improve the site?

2. Will flytipped material be removed before preventative measures are put in place?

3. If waste is to be removed from the site, will a registered waste carrier be used?

If yes, please provide details.

If no, how will the waste be removed?

4a. How much waste do you estimate will have to be removed? (please provide tonnage if possible.)

4b. What percentage of the removed waste do you anticipate recycling or composting?

5. How do you propose to prevent further flytipping in the future?

6a. How much will these measures cost?

Please include a detailed breakdown of costs and include a copy of the quotation for the proposed work.

6b. How much money do you wish to apply for? (£500 - £10,000)

6c. Please let us know of any other possible funding sources you have access to.

6d. Please explain why, without this grant funding, your project would not happen, would happen in a significantly more limited way or would not happen as quickly.

7. How will the wider area, local community or wildlife benefit from the reduction of flytipping at this site?

8. What additional measures do you plan to take to prevent further instances of flytipping on this site in the longer term (e.g education or awareness raising)?

9a. Is your group currently (or will it in the future) be working with any other organisations to deliver the project?

This can include organisations such as local councils and other local or national organisations such as SNH, SWT, RSPB, Forestry Commission.

9b. Please detail which organisations you will be working with, outline what role each organisation will play in your project and specify whether they will receive payment for their services.

Declaration

I declare that I own/manage the land in question and have legal rights to make the proposed changes or have obtained the landowner's permission to do so.

I understand that an Acceptance Return Sheet must be provided before grant payment will be made.

I agree to provide feedback on the success of the project at a later date if requested.

*Please send accompanying documents (e.g. photos and quotations for proposed work), to Litter & Flytipping, Keep Scotland Beautiful, Wallace House, 17-21 Maxwell Place, Stirling, FK8 1JU. Or email them to flytipping@ksbscotland.org.uk. Clearly mark the documents with your name and address and specify that they are to accompany your flytipping small grant application.

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Terms and Conditions

By applying to take part in the Flytipping Small Grant Scheme, you and your organisation/group agree that:

Keep Scotland Beautiful can store your contact details and share them with Zero Waste Scotland and/or your local authority, if required, as well as the panel members. We may also disclose your information as part of any transfer of our business or if required to do so by law.
Any actions carried out as a result of the grant will be managed and promoted in a responsible manner, giving consideration to factors including the safety of staff and/or members of the public, supervision of activities and the proper disposal of waste.
The appropriate local authorities and landowners will be consulted and local laws and regulations respected.
Activities resulting from the grant are conducted in a spirit of cooperation with, where appropriate, community groups and organisations, and members of public.
A completed and signed Acceptance Return Sheet must be sent to KSB before a cheque for the agreed amount will be issued.
Copies of receipts and invoices must be sent to KSB along with a Project Completion Form. This form will request information including tonnage of waste collected and the number of volunteer hours spent on the project (as well as 'before' and 'after' photographs of the site). If less than the full amount of the grant is spent the applicant will be required to reimburse the balance.
Any photographs submitted to Keep Scotland Beautiful will be with the prior consent of participants (or their parents if under 16 years old) if they are included in the photograph. The photographer maintains copyright of any submitted photographs but it is a condition of participation in the grant scheme that Keep Scotland Beautiful and Zero Waste Scotland reserves the right to reproduce them without fee for exhibition, web or other publicity purposes.
Keep Scotland Beautiful and Zero Waste Scotland reserve the right to publish comments and feedback from organisers/participants in publicity materials.
Keep Scotland Beautiful and Zero Waste Scotland are not liable for any injury sustained by the group, organisation or participants; nor any loss or damage to property owned by, or in the possession of the group, organisation or participants; nor any act, omission, negligence or fault of any person organising or participating in the activity or activities undertaken.