Veolia Cleanaway Trust 10th Anniversary

I was very pleased to be invited to join the 10 year celebration event of Veolia ES Cleanaway Riverside Trust today. I went along with R.A Councillors Ray Morgon and Steve Whittaker (pictured below) we all had a great day talking with the Trust staff, Havering Council Staff and Councillors and Representatives from Veolia, charities that had gained funding such as schools, Church's and museums.

The Cleanaway Trust, funds projects in Havering to the tune of over £1 million a year and in the 10 years of the Trust, it has given over £12 million to schemes in our Borough. In total 637 individual projects have been completed, costing £23.5 million, that in turn helped match funding of an additional £36.5 million.

The trust was set up 10 years ago to manage the tax credits generated by the landfill tax credit scheme, the scheme still operates now that Veolia purchased Cleanaway in 2006 in exactly the same way.