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Recycle for Greater Manchester Community Fund (2021-2022) Projects

Funding creative solutions to recycling, repairing or reusing household waste in Greater Manchester

The Recycle for Greater Manchester Community Fund is a joint R4GM and Suez initiative to support Greater Manchester community and voluntary sector groups.

In 2021/22, the Community Fund awarded a total of £220,000 to 21 local Community and Voluntary sector groups. The fund is supported through the profits of the 3 ‘Renew’ reuse shops.

Find out more about the projects:

Eric from the Green Superheroes Project gives a thumbs up
Project

Green Superheroes

Funding: £18.5K
Providing accessible and easy-read resources, training and eco-workshops for people with learning disabilities.
Person painting a plank of wood
Project

Community RePaint

Funding: £20K
Central Manchester's first Community RePaint scheme. Diverting paint from landfill and offering low-cost paint to communities.
Wendy and Rebecca from Big Fandango smile to the camera at the Renew shop launch
Project

Reduce textile waste

Funding: £10K
Twice weekly textile workshops in Bury focusing on suicide prevention and combatting isolation.
Emmaus Bolton Textile Sorting and Recycling Centre
Project

Emmaus Bolton Textile Sorting and Recycling Centre

Funding: £10K
A unique project sorting and recycling donated textiles, producing an income which supports formerly homeless people.
A view inside The Food Collective supermarket, Salford
Project

The Food Collective Reduce and Recycle Project

Funding: £10K
An initiative which will allow customers in Salford to minimize their waste and form socially responsible long-term habits.
Bird's eye view of Paradise Works site based in Salford
Project

A Load of Rubbish

Funding: £10K
Inspired by recycling in art making. Creative workshops will help engage and raise visibility for recycling in Salford.
Upcycling fabric
Project

Sustainable Fashion and Rough Sleepers

Funding: £10K
Reusing and recycling fashion and reducing waste by turning crisp packets into thermal blankets for the homeless of Salford.
Textiles workshop by Trash to Treasure
Project

Trash to Treasure

Funding: £10K
Setting up a volunteer-run community upcycle shop in Rochdale to sustain the Vintage Worx social enterprise.
A collage of photos from the No Time to Waste project
Project

No Time to Waste

Funding: £10K
Supporting the local environment and upskilling people in Oldham through recycling, composting and gardening projects.
Armchair Adventures logo
Project

Armchair Adventures podcast

Funding: £10K
20 older people from Tameside will produce a podcast, activity sheet & online show for schools about reducing food waste.
A display of miscellaneous items made by an Emmaus Mossley volunteer
Project

Emmaus Mossley Break Waste Recycling Project

Funding: £10K
Breaking down bulky household waste into useful items and materials to reuse in new products and upcycling projects.
Girlguiding Stockport Get Recycling graphic
Project

Girlguiding Stockport Get Recycling

Funding: £6,780
Split into two parts, this project encourages their members to recycle at their meetings and then upcycling at workshops.
Upcycled furniture showroom
Project

Hope Upcycle, Recycle, Lease and Exchange Scheme (HURLES)

Funding: £10K
Recycling, repairing & exchanging items in Stockport. The project will also lease and loan furniture at affordable rates.
Computer parts
Project

Community Computers

Funding: £10K
Tackling unemployment, e-waste & digital exclusion through the refurbishment of unwanted tech in the heart of Stockport.
The Plastic Shed team
Project

Plastic Shed

Funding: £10K
Bringing people together in Stockport to turn plastic waste into new, useful things.
Bicycle
Project

Get on your bike

Funding: £10K
Recycling bikes and hosting bike maintenance workshops in Trafford to reduce landfill waste and get more people cycling.
Children's drawing to promote waste reduction
Project

No Time to Waste

Funding: £10K
MEEN will work with six Manchester school communities to reduce waste streams by reusing, restoring & recycling resources.
Community Grocers infographic
Project

Community Grocers

Funding: £10K
Humans MCR Community Grocers is focused on ending food insecurity and breaking the cycle of generational food poverty.
Aerial photo of Brookburn Primary School
Project

Brookburn Recycles

Funding: £6.7K
Installing separated waste & recycling bins in the school playground.
A little library made out of an upcycled cabinet
Project

Upcycled Little Library

Funding: £1,763
Holding pop-ups, sharing & upcycling books & setting up little libraries in Manchester through cabinet upcycling workshops.
Reverend Ellie Trimble at the social supermarket in Miles Platting
Project

The Social Supermarket @ Apostles and St Cuthberts

Funding: £7.6K
An initiative to help local residents reduce the cost of their weekly food shop and prevent food waste.
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