Mr Alan Kelly T.D., Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, recently announced the successful recipients of grant funding under the 2015 Local Agenda 21 Environmental Partnership Fund. This grant scheme promotes sustainable development by assisting small scale, non-profit environmental projects at a local level.
The projects are being co-funded by the Department and local authorities; with close to €400,000 being provided by the Department and a similar amount by the local authorities. In total €780,184 is being provided under this year’s scheme, to 770 projects throughout the country. In addition to the funding provided by the Department and the local authorities, the successful applicants will also contribute funds raised locally, bringing the total shared partnership investment to almost €1.5 million.
Announcing the recipients of this year’s funding the Minister stated: “I am very pleased that my Department, in conjunction with local authorities, can assist the efforts of local communities to make a real difference to their environment. The Local Agenda 21 scheme is focussed on assisting local small scale environmental projects and 770 such projects will receive support from this year’s funding. I would like to thank these local groups and organisations for their dedication to improving their communities and increasing environmental awareness and I wish them every success with their projects.”
Projects are recommended for funding by local authorities, following an open call for applications. Funding goes to a wide range of local initiatives; including community gardens, environmental awareness programmes, waste reduction and biodiversity projects.
A complete list of this year’s successful projects is now available at:
http://www.environ.ie/en/Environment/LocalAgenda21/EnvironmentalPartnershipFund
