Love Essex Fund
The Love Essex Fund supports local organisations, individuals, and schools with projects that help to reduce household waste. This funding round will provide micro-grants of up to £2,000 for repair projects.
Love Essex Fund applications will open on 3 November 2025 and close on 30 November 2025.
The Love Essex Fund is for projects that:
- provide opportunities for the community to reduce their household waste through repair services
- provide skills to the community to help them repair items
- are based in Essex (excluding Southend and Thurrock)
Projects which could receive funding include:
- repair café events
- skills-sharing workshops (e.g. sewing, woodwork, or metalwork)
- educational talks related to repair
- upcycling specialists
- bike, furniture and electronics repair organisations
- men's sheds
- any projects that encourage repair
Previous recipients can apply again, either with a new project or to fund the continuation and expansion of a previously funded project.
We are unable to fund the following:
- projects unrelated to repair
- ongoing running costs and pre-existing day-to-day activities (such as hall hire, rent, wages, legal fees, expenses, utility bills, stock)
- projects that involve commercial waste. Projects must be related to reducing waste in households
- activities that promote or are run by politically-motivated organisations
- projects where the applicant cannot demonstrate compliance with all relevant legislation
Any questions?
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See the impact
Check out the Love Essex Fund recipients from previous funding rounds.