Tuesday 16th August 2016

Royal Wootton Bassett Town Football Club are pleased to announce they have received funding of £1,400 from The Hills Group Limited, which will be put towards the purchase of equipment for the club.

The money has been made available through the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF) which is administered for Hills by Community First, the Rural Community Council for Wiltshire.

Upon receiving news that the club will receive funding, Chairman Andy Walduck commented: "This funding allows the club to complete the purchase of urgently required football goals which will boost sport within the community of Royal Wootton Bassett."

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The Hills Group Limited is a privately owned family company which was founded in 1900. It is a regional business based in Swindon, but with operations in the surrounding counties. Its principal activities are recycling and waste management, quarrying of aggregates and production of ready-mixed concrete, and building new homes.

Community First is a registered charity and a private company limited by guarantee. With the aim of strengthening communities, growing communities and tackling disadvantage across Wiltshire and Swindon, its team of professional staff provides technical advice, practical support and grant aid to promote local initiatives. Community First also manages countywide programmes bringing benefits to local people, informing and influencing policy makers in the development of rural policies and practices

The Landfill Communities Fund (LCF) is an innovative tax credit scheme enabling operators of landfill sites to contribute money to organisations enrolled with ENTRUST as Environmental Bodies (EBs). The Government introduced tax on landfill waste in 1996 to reduce the amount of land-filled waste and to promote more environmentally sustainable methods of waste management. The LCF allows Landfill Operators (LOs) to contribute a portion of their landfill tax liability to community and environmental organisations to 'offset' some of the negative impacts of living in the vicinity of a landfill site.

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