Community Fridges Pilot Fund
As part of the wider support campaign to tackle the cost-of-living crisis, Zero Waste Scotland have set up the Community Fridge Pilot Fund with the aim to provide additional support to food redistribution organisations and expand their capacity.
This short-term intervention is designed to spend in the 2023,24 financial year, i.e. all spending must take place prior to 31 March 2023. With learning from the Pilot, we hope to establish a new and larger fund in 2023/24. Funds will be awarded as the Applications are assessed until the funding is fully utilised.
The purpose of the pilot fund is to ascertain what is the need for this type of support and what would be its impact on reducing food poverty, preventing food waste and transitioning to a circular economy model.
The aim is to provide additional capacity to redistribution organisations in Scotland to receive, store and redistribute foods that otherwise would not be suitable due to their nature, i.e. frozen and chilled produce, dairy, perishable fruit and vegetables. The pilot scheme will fully fund the purchase of refrigeration appliances for food use. This means that you can apply for funding for
- A fridge or a freezer
- A fridge and a freezer
- Equipment of domestic or commercial size
As an environmental organisation, we are very keen that applicants source re-furbished equipment, where this is available. We have attached a list of potential suppliers to the application. This is a list of suppliers that we are aware of and is in no way an endorsement or recommendation.
To be eligible for this pilot fund, applicants must be currently active in community food re-distribution and must be members or affiliates of any of the following:
- Registered or recognised national or regional redistribution networks;
- Registered or recognised national or regional faith networks;
- Registered or recognised national or regional charities or third-sector organisations.
Please complete all sections of the application form electronically; altering the size of the boxes and the position of the page breaks as necessary. Incomplete applications will not be assessed. Should you need to continue any section on additional sheets, please indicate the relevant section reference on each sheet, please also include appendices to support your application.
Download your application here.
Once completed, please email one electronic copy of your application as soon as possible before the deadline of 10am on 20th March 2023 to grants@zerowastescotland.org.uk