To apply for a Pennies for Plastic grant

When we launched Pennies for Plastic, we wanted to combine our desire to reduce carrier bags with our social and community aims. The system is simple – for every carrier bag we save, we donate that saving (1p each) to local charities or organisations.

Pennies for Plastic has now been set up as a formal trust, with a very simple set of guidelines. If you would like to apply for a grant from the trust, please download our Pennies for Plastic Trust Outline

If you then want to apply, please e-mail a brief proposal to Al English by Jan 31st 2012.

Take your canvas bags

Watch Crouch End local Tim Minchin’s views on carrier bag reduction…

Pennies for Plastic is not just about carrier bag reduction…

So far, we have saved over 10 million carrier bags and have donated over £100,000 to local charities and good causes. We have trustee meetings in January, so get you applications in (see below)!

The organisations we have supported so far include:

• Coolhurst Tennis Club
• Weston Park School
• St Aidans
• Highgate Wood
• Rosary School
• Marie Curie Hospis
• Action for Kids
• The London Centre for Cerebral Palsy
• Rokesly School
• Music For All
• North London Cricket Club
• North Middlesex Cricket Club
• Grieg Academy
• Wood Green U9 Football League
• The Gaia Foundation
• Transition Town Belsize
• Transition Town Crouch End
• The Simon Community
• The Winchester Project
• The Haringey Pheonix
• Noels Kitchen
• Food Cycle
• Morriss House
• Kith & Kids
• The Kaos Organisation
• St Marys Infant School
• Transition Belsize for Food re Skilling project
• Royal Free Trust
• Vertical Veg
• Fitzjohns School
• Food from the Sky

your supermarket, your choice