Two new grants have been unveiled to fund capital infrastructure projects in England which will help to drive up the recycling of plastic packaging and textiles. The new large #grants have been launched as part of the £18 million #ResourceActionFund, launched by #Defra in May 2019, and are focused on increasing reprocessing infrastructure for #plastics and #extiles. The grants which will be managed by #WRAP, will see these two sectors sharing up to £4.7 million, with applican

In June, The #Prince’s Countryside Fund has awarded half a million pounds of grant funding to 26 grassroots, community led projects across the UK, which will benefit people living and working in rural areas. The Prince’s Countryside Fund awards #grants to local organisations, and since 2010 has distributed over £10 million. The Fund’s mission is to help ensure a vibrant #rural economy with a thriving and resilient #farming sector at its heart, and its grant programme is a maj