Lancashire Environmental Fund is a partnership between SITA UK Ltd, Lancashire County Council, The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside and Community Futures.

The Fund is financed by Landfill Tax donations from SITA UK Ltd and Neales Waste Management Ltd together with a contribution from Lancashire County Council.

Formed as a non-profit company in 1998 the Fund has allocated over £16m to more than 500 environmental, community and waste management projects throughout the county to date.

Although there are several national landfill tax funders supporting projects in Lancashire, LEF are based within the county and provide funding over the largest area. The Fund is not controlled by any local authority, landfill operator or company and is an association of four Board members, an Application Assessment Group (whose members are drawn from environmental and community groups) and all four staff members.

Projects to date have included improvements to community facilities, environmental education, general environmental improvements, creation and management of habitats, improvements to parks, gardens, open spaces, play areas, recreational facilities, ponds, canals and rivers and biodiversity.

Images on the Lancashire Environmental Fund website are for illustrative purposes only and are the copyright of professional photographers Jason Lock and Jason Smalley. To obtain images for media use please email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .  If you wish to request an image you have seen on this website, include the web address of the page on which it appears.

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