Lintel Trust celebrates after receiving almost £10k in National Lottery funding
Lintel Trust will use their funding to extend the pilot of their Reduce, ReUse and Raise Funds project.
Lintel Trust, Scotland’s housing association charity is celebrating after being awarded £9580 in funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK.
Lintel Trust will use their funding to extend the pilot of their Reduce, ReUse and Raise Funds project. This innovative project both encourages people in housing communities to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill, reuse and upcycle items that would have been discarded and raise funds by putting unwanted textiles into a Lintel Trust recycling bank.
Participating housing associations will receive 3 introductory sessions from Rags to Riches, a popular social enterprise based in Glasgow. They are on a mission to teach people skills like upcycling, fixing and mending, repurposing, jewellery making, creating fashion from old clothes and a multitude of other money saving skills. Good for people’s pockets and good for the environment!
In addition, each community will receive a Lintel Trust recycling bank for any textiles they cannot reuse. Money raised through this is ringfenced for use by the community – a mini circular economy enabling communities to sustainably raise money to improve lives in their local area. Funds raised will be available as a small grant when they reach £500 and local people can decide how it should be used.
This National Lottery funding will help Lintel Trust pay for the Rags to Riches sessions, promotional materials for the Reduce, ReUse and Raise Funds project, and enable them to engage with an additional 10 Glasgow based housing associations and co-operatives, and pay for sessions provided by Rags to Riches.
Longer term, Lintel Trust hopes to apply for a larger award so they can roll out the project to housing associations across Scotland.
National Lottery players raise over £30 million a week for good causes across the UK. The National Lottery Community Fund distributes a share of this to projects to support people and communities to prosper and thrive.
Kate Christie, Business Manager at Lintel Trust said: “Thanks to National Lottery players, this grant means that we can help our housing communities save money, learn new skills, reduce waste going to landfill and raise funds for things that matter to them. This will make a big difference to people’s lives.” To find out more, visit www.linteltrust.org.uk and complete a short online form to register your interest.
During the pandemic, in 2020 alone, The National Lottery Community Fund distributed almost £1 billion to charities and community organisations across the UK.
To find out more visit www.TNLCommunityFund.org.uk