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Parc Adfer Community Benefit Fund funds projects worth £450,000
Published: 16/10/2025
The North Wales Residual Waste Treatment Project (NWRWTP) Partnership and enfinium are pleased to announce that the Parc Adfer Community Benefit Fund has now funded a total of 18 projects worth £450,000 so far, and is still open to applications!
The NWRWTP was formed by five North Wales Councils – Conwy County Borough Council, Denbighshire County Council, Flintshire County Council, Gwynedd Council and the Isle of Anglesey County Council – to jointly manage the residual waste generated by households from the five local authorities. Residual waste is the non-recyclable waste which is left over after recycling and composting as much as possible.
The enfinium Parc Adfer Energy from Waste facility is located at Deeside Industrial Park, diverting waste from landfill and generating enough renewable electricity for around 30,000 homes and businesses.
As part of their commitment to the local community, the Partnership and enfinium pledged to fund the long-term Community Benefit Fund – worth £230,000 a year – for communities in the Deeside area.
This long-term Parc Adfer Community Benefit Fund has been launched and started accepting and assessing the first applications in late 2023. The fund’s aim is to support projects that help or will benefit the local environment. There are five main project criteria that it will support, which are:-
1. Renewable energy
2. Carbon reduction
3. Waste reduction, reuse and recycling
4. Biodiversity and improvements to local environment quality
5. De-carbonisation of transport
The types of local organisations who can qualify for support of the Parc Adfer Community Benefit Fund are community and voluntary organisations, community and social enterprises and charities working within the defined Deeside Partnership Area.
The Partnership is pleased to announce that, since the first round of applications for the Parc Adfer Community Benefit Fund were awarded in late 2023, it has awarded grants to 18 projects worth £450,000, and the fund continues to receive applications.
Examples of projects successfully delivered using funding from the Parc Adfer Community Benefit Fund are given below.
The Friends of Quayscape Gardens were awarded £730 for their community garden project, where the volunteers planted a range of trees and shrubs to increase the seasonal interest within the garden. They also sowed wildflower seeds in the meadow area and planted 500 bulbs including English bluebells and snowdrops.
The chairperson of The Friends of Quayscape Garden, Jayne Rowland, confirmed that the Parc Adfer grant has “made a big impact on the garden and is now encouraging it's use by many members of the public and has increased the wildlife and biodiversity”.
Another example of a project backed by the Fund is Cambrian Aquatics, who received £42,000 for equipment to increase the efficiency of the pool management system (heating, dosing etc).
Susan Banks, Centre Manager at Cambrian Aquatics, said “This project is a strategic investment in the future of our facility, ensuring a more efficient, environmentally responsible, and technologically advanced community asset”
Lastly, another example is Rainbow Biz, who secured funding for their project called ‘Digging Deeside’, which has funded the building of a new allotment at Queensferry War Memorial Institute, funded a range of garden equipment, a greenhouse, solar panels to charge garden equipment and helped salary costs for a project co-ordinator. The project has seen the site develop from an unused garden to a hive of growing, learning and activity.
RainbowBiz CIC Director Ian Forrester said "Without the support of Parc Adfer our new site for Digging Deeside would not be possible. In 2023 we were in a position of saying goodbye to the project due to flooding at our former site. Which meant the vulnerable adults we support would be without the vital connections built up over the last 10 years.
Thanks to Parc Adfer we have managed to build a site which can cater for more people in Queensferry. Extending our reach into the community, continuing the connections made and of course providing the skills to grow your own food. A huge thanks to Parc Adfer for their support."
Flintshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Waste and Transportation, Cllr Glyn Banks said:
“The Parc Adfer Community Benefit Fund is a long-term fund intended to benefit communities within the Partnership area, in particular those living closest to Parc Adfer, with a focus on funding projects that help or benefit the environment. I’m really pleased to see the great projects already funded and I would encourage all those organisations who are eligible to apply for the fund. This scheme will help with the continuation of the positive environmental work already taking place.”
enfinium Parc Adfer Plant Manager, David Cottis, said: “enfinium Parc Adfer is proud to support the community through the Parc Adfer Community Benefit Fund. It’s great to see such beneficial projects being funded, and we look forward to continuing to help make a difference to organisations and residents in the local community.”
Applications for the Parc Adfer Community Benefit Fund can now be made and anyone interested in accessing the fund should contact the team on 01352 704686 or by emailing ParcAdferCommunityFund@flintshire.gov.uk.