The Trust receives its funding from Veolia ES (UK) Ltd.:
www.veolia.co.uk
There are two other Trusts in South Essex funded by Veolia ES (UK) Ltd.:
The Veolia Havering Riverside Trust can fund projects throughout Havering, or projects in the Wennington and Aveley marshes area of Thurrock.
The Veolia Pitsea Marshes Trust can fund projects throughout the areas covered by Basildon District Council and by Castle Point District Council.
The website for both these trusts is: www.veoliathamestrusts.co.uk
Both Trusts can alternatively be contacted on 01708 520061
Veolia Environmental Services also fund another Trust that can fund projects across many parts of the country – the Veolia Environmental Trust. Their website is at www.veoliatrust.org.uk
There are many other Landfill Communities Fund trusts around the country. The best way to find them is to go to:
http://www.entrust.org.uk/
Other sources of funding - lottery:

Awards for All: this is the part of the lottery that can give grants up to £10,000 (only £5,000 in Wales) for a wide range of community projects, and is easy to apply to:
www.awardsforall.org.uk
Other lottery:
Big Lottery has a wide range of community funds that can help different projects:
www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
Heritage: www.hlf.org.uk
Arts: www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/index.php
Sport: www.sportengland.org/index/get_funding.htm
There is also a site that can provide access to all the lottery funding bodies: www.lotteryfunding.org.uk

Other funding sources:
There are a wide range of charities and companies that can provide funding.
One of the best sources of information in your area can be through your local community foundation:
www.communityfoundations.org.uk
If there is a Council for Voluntary Service in your area they can often be very helpful in finding sources of funding:
www.navca.org.uk
Alternatively, there are various directories that list the sources of funding available, such as
www.grantsonline.org.uk
www.funderfinder.org.uk
The Directory of Social Change also publish a number of funding lists for those who prefer a printed version:
www.dsc.org.uk
and they support the following websites:
www.companygiving.org.uk
www.governmentfunding.org.uk
www.grantsforindividuals.org.uk
www.trustfunding.org.uk
So if you are looking for funding and we can’t help, then good luck in your search!
Finally, if you’re in Thurrock, you can also gain funding advice from Thurrock Council’s funding officer, or you can look at the Thurrock Community Empowerment Network which has links to other local organisations: www.tcen.org.uk