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31/07/2015
Funding Secured For Local Grant Schemes
A total of €1.9 million has been secured for two new environmental grant schemes: the 2015 Anti-Litter & Anti-Graffiti Awareness Grant Scheme (ALAGS) and the 2015 Local Agenda 21 (LA21) Environmental Partnership Fund.
Announcing the funding, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Alan Kelly, said: "Both the ALAGS and LA21 Environmental Partnership Fund are targeted at providing funding for local projects by local groups to help improve their own immediate environments and make our communities more sustainable and environmentally responsible.
"The LA21 fund shows how local initiatives can increase environmental awareness and make a real difference in our communities. Together with the local authorities, my Department supported almost 700 projects under this scheme in 2014."
The Minister has allocated €690,000 in grants from the Environment Fund to local authorities under the 2015 Anti-Litter & Anti-Graffiti Awareness Grant Scheme. Under the Scheme, local authorities provide support for public education and awareness initiatives in relation to both litter and graffiti.
The anti-litter grants provided to city and county councils are utilised to fund a range of measures aimed at raising public awareness of the litter issue and promoting anti-litter and anti-graffiti activity at a local level. There is a particular focus on voluntary initiatives involving schools, young people and community groups.
The Minister has also allocated funding of €400,000 to this year’s LA21 scheme, maintaining funding at 2014 levels.
In addition to the €400,000 provided by the Department, local authorities will provide matching funding of €400,000 and there will be a significant contribution from private sources. In 2014, total funding invested through the LA21 Scheme was in excess of €1.4 million, including the matching funding provided by local authorities, and additional funding leveraged from private sources.
Eligible projects are those that will support and complement, at a local level, national environmental policies such as those on Waste, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Air, Water and Sustainable Development.
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Announcing the funding, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Alan Kelly, said: "Both the ALAGS and LA21 Environmental Partnership Fund are targeted at providing funding for local projects by local groups to help improve their own immediate environments and make our communities more sustainable and environmentally responsible.
"The LA21 fund shows how local initiatives can increase environmental awareness and make a real difference in our communities. Together with the local authorities, my Department supported almost 700 projects under this scheme in 2014."
The Minister has allocated €690,000 in grants from the Environment Fund to local authorities under the 2015 Anti-Litter & Anti-Graffiti Awareness Grant Scheme. Under the Scheme, local authorities provide support for public education and awareness initiatives in relation to both litter and graffiti.
The anti-litter grants provided to city and county councils are utilised to fund a range of measures aimed at raising public awareness of the litter issue and promoting anti-litter and anti-graffiti activity at a local level. There is a particular focus on voluntary initiatives involving schools, young people and community groups.
The Minister has also allocated funding of €400,000 to this year’s LA21 scheme, maintaining funding at 2014 levels.
In addition to the €400,000 provided by the Department, local authorities will provide matching funding of €400,000 and there will be a significant contribution from private sources. In 2014, total funding invested through the LA21 Scheme was in excess of €1.4 million, including the matching funding provided by local authorities, and additional funding leveraged from private sources.
Eligible projects are those that will support and complement, at a local level, national environmental policies such as those on Waste, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Air, Water and Sustainable Development.
(MH/LM)
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