Funding / Finance

Funding and finance for community recycling organisations is available through The Cylch Investment Programme and Environment Wales.

The Cylch Investment Programme (CIP) is administrated by Charity Bank on behalf of Cylch. The CIP aims to provide financial and other support to Cylch members to enable them to improve their financial sustainability.

The Cylch Investment Programme can offer:

Grant support
A limited number of grants are available up to £10,000 as part of the Prepare to Invest programme. The money can support staff time and consultant input as well as:

• Pilot Projects
• Business planning work
• Feasibility studies
• Buying equipment
• Online marketing

Loan Finance
As you grow, your organisation may need larger sums of money to travel down the road to financial sustainability. The CIP offers loan finance to Cylch members to help you grow or diversify your business operations. We can offer both secured and unsecured loans and will go through the issues and options that loan finance can raise.

Training and other support
We have run training courses as part of a tailored programme for staff and trustee development as well as one-off workshops looking at specific issues such as financial monitoring and risk management. We also ran a study trip to look at how another organisation uses an entrepreneurial approach to fund the work which meets its social aims.

Case studies
Click here to see how Cylch Members are already using the CIP to move towards financial sustainability.

For more information on the Cylch Investment Programme, please contact the Field Officer Team

Environment Wales 
Cylch is a core partner of Environment Wales, a voluntary sector partnership which aims to contribute to sustainable development by supporting and encouraging voluntary action to protect and improve the environment.

Environment Wales operates five grant streams to support voluntary organisations and community groups with one or more of the following objectives:

• Environmental Improvement – practical projects that improve the Welsh environment
• Information, education and advisory services to increase understanding of sustainable development and the environment
• Environmental enterprises which also allow communities and voluntary organisations to contribute to their social and economic needs
• Supporting and training staff and volunteers engaged in these activities.

For further information, please contact Cylch’s Environment Wales Development Officer, Eifion Williams

Page Updated: 11th January 2010