Marine Litter Capital Grants

Funding is available for community groups, businesses and statutory bodies to purchase equipment for projects to reduce marine litter

The £175,000 Live Here Love Here Marine Litter Capital Grants funding programme is open for applications.

The grants are being provided by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) through the Live Here Love Here collaborative partnership involving:

• DAERA
• ten local councils
• Northern Ireland Housing Executive
• Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful

The Marine Litter Capital Grants will support organisations and groups to purchase items to:

• prevent litter and plastic pollution from entering the marine environment 
• enhance the environmental management of a local area to reduce marine litter
• improve the health and wellbeing of communities and marine biodiversity recovery by helping to improve and/or maintain the quality of public open spaces
• improve the quality of their local environment by changing behaviour through creative concepts to reduce the incidence of littering

Financial support of between £500 and £40,000 will be available to constituted groups, businesses and statutory bodies meeting the eligibility criteria. Between £500 and £5,000 will be available to non-constituted groups.

Find guidance notes and how to apply online on the Live Here, Love Here website.

Applications close at 11am on 27 September 2021.

First published 5 July 2021