Second Supplementary Memorandum from the
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Q1 HOW
MANY GRANTS
WERE AWARDED
THROUGH THE
EAF?
A1 For the funding period 2005-08, 36 new
grants for work promoting sustainable consumption and production
were offered.
In addition 30 existing biodiversity grants
are likely to be renewed for a further year (pending decisions
on future arrangements after the creation of Defra's new Integrated
Agency).
Q2 HOW
MANY NGOS
APPLIED FOR
FUNDS THROUGH
THE EAF BUT
WERE REFUSED
?
A2 The table below lists all groups who
applied (please note that some groups put in joint or multiple
bids). Those whose applications were unsuccessful are indicated
in column 4. Out of the total 250 applications, 214 were unsuccessful.
Q3 HOW
MANY OF
THOSE NGOS
WHO HAVE
HAD THEIR
BIDS ACCEPTED
WERE EXISTING
RECIPIENTS OF
FUNDS THROUGH
EAF?
A3 Please refer to columns 3 and 5 in the
table below. If we treat the question as referring to any recipient
of grant in 2002-05 (whether or not the previous work funded is
similar to that proposed for 2005-08) the answer is eight groups.
These are:
— Bioregional Development Group
— Conservation Foundation
— Wiltshire Wildlife Trust
Q4 HOW
MANY OF
THOSE WHOSE
BIDS WERE
REFUSED HAD
PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED
FUNDING THROUGH
EAF?
A4 Please refer to columns 4 and 5 in the
table below. If we treat the question as referring to those groups
who have applied for funding for broadly similar work in 2005-08
to that funded in 2002-05, the answer is 14 groups. These are:
— Black Environment Network
— Council for Environmental Education
— Development Education Association
— TEC (The Environment Centre)
— Groundwork Medway Swale
— Learning Through Landscapes
— Marine Conservation Society
— Warwickshire Wildlife Trust
Q5 WHAT
ALTERNATIVE STREAMS
OF FUNDING
HAVE BEEN
OR WILL
BE MADE
AVAILABLE TO
THESE ORGANISATIONS
[IE, WHICH
RECEIVED GRANT
IN THE
LAST ROUND
OF EAF AWARDS
BUT WERE
NOT SUCCESSFUL
IN THE
NEW ROUND]?
A5 As the letter from the Committee Office
notes, the focus of EAF in the 2005-08 grant competition was rather
different from the 2002-05 round, which included a theme of understanding
and awareness of sustainable development. The new EAF round has
the more ambitious theme of support for projects moving beyond
awareness and aiming to change behaviours to help deliver more
sustainable patterns of consumption and production—one of
Defra's strategic priorities.
It should be emphasised that the EAF grant regime,
which is project-based and highly competitive, is not a suitable
vehicle for groups seeking long-term support for the core activities
of their organisation—nor is it intended to operate as such.
One of the reasons for the three-year approach to EAF projects
is to give groups a reasonable space in which to develop their
financial planning for activities which they want to continue
after the end of the grant-aided project work—and Defra
actively encourages groups to address that issue within their
EAF work programme.
Defra has no plans for funding specifically
to serve as an alternative to EAF, for those groups which have
been unsuccessful in the new round. But Defra continues to work
with partners in the voluntary and community sector in a variety
of ways which support Defra objectives in the field of, for example,
climate change, energy efficiency and waste. These partnerships
are expected to continue supporting activities which include the
raising of understanding and awareness.
February 2005
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