Blaby & District Social Centre and Village Hall
Blaby Social Centre Refurbishment Receives Funding Boost
Autumn 2017
This summer, Blaby & District Social Centre (Village Hall) received a £10,485 funding boost from SUEZ Communities Trust (formerly SITA Trust) for Refurbishment Of Blaby Social Centre.
Refurbishment included the stripping, sanding and re-treatment of a wood block floor in the hall, the rebuilding of the front of the stage, and redecoration of the inside and the outside of the Social Centre.
Diana Thompson, a Committee member and organiser of the Blaby Film Group since 2004, said: “I am confident the long overdue refurbishment would not only improve the regular hirers enjoyment of the Social Centre’s facilities but will lead to a wider range of groups and local families wishing to hire the Social Centre.”
Marianne Ivin of SUEZ Communities Trust added “The hall is an ideal location for community events, group meetings and for private hires and we are really pleased to be able to help the refurbishment of this much loved facility. SUEZ Communities Trust provides grants through the Landfill Communities Fund. This important source of funding has been available since 1997 and has provided such worthy projects with more than £1.4 billion.”
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About Suez Communities Trust
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SUEZ Communities Trust (formerly SITA Trust)
SUEZ Communities Trust is an independent funding body set up in 1997 to provide funding through the Landfill Communities Fund. To date SUEZ Communities Trust has supported more than 3,900 projects to a combined value of over £110 million using tax credits donated by SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK (formerly SITA UK).
SUEZ Communities Trust funds improve vital public recreation facilities such as village halls, community centres, sport, heritage, green spaces and play areas.
Landfill Tax and the Landfill Communities Fund
The Landfill Communities Fund is an innovative tax credit scheme enabling Landfill Operators (LOs) to contribute money to organisations enrolled with the scheme regulator, ENTRUST, as Environmental Bodies (EBs) EBs use this funding for a wide range of community and environmental projects in the vicinity of landfill sites. LOs are able to claim a credit (currently 5.7%) against the landfill tax liability for 90% of the contributions they make.
Since its inception, in 1996, over £1.4 billion has been spent on more than 53,000 projects across the UK. For more information please visit www.entrust.org.uk
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