enfinium, a leading UK energy-from-waste operator, has awarded more than £3,800 to four community projects supporting more than 200 children and young people aged four to 18 across the West Midlands. The funding will support sport, mentoring, outdoor learning and early years education.
The funding will help deliver boxing and mentoring sessions, support volunteer basketball coaches, develop a school garden and provide an outdoor shelter for early years pupils. The projects support children and young people aged four to 18 and are all based near enfinium’s Kelvin facility in Sandwell.
The recipients are:
The grants were awarded through enfinium’s Community Benefit Funding programme, which supports organisations near its facilities in the West Midlands, West Yorkshire, Kent and North Wales. In 2025, the programme allocated more than £275,000 to local projects across the UK, supporting environmental improvements, health and wellbeing, and stronger communities.
Lee Rhodes, Plant Manager at enfinium, said: “We want the communities closest to Kelvin to share in its benefits. These projects reflect what local young people need, from opportunities to play sport and access mentoring to places to learn outdoors. We are proud to support the people making that possible.”
Liam Sheridan, Director at West Brom Basketball Club, said: “Our weekly sessions give young people the chance to play basketball, build confidence and be part of a team. enfinium’s support will help us equip the volunteers who make those sessions possible and give more young people the opportunity to take part.”
The grants form part of enfinium’s wider investment in Sandwell and the surrounding area. Construction of Kelvin represents an investment of more than £500 million in the West Midlands and has created more than 1,600 jobs.
Once operational, Kelvin will process up to 395,000 tonnes of unrecyclable waste each year and generate up to 44 MW of electricity – enough to power more than 95,000 UK homes.
enfinium’s Community Benefit Funding programme welcomes applications from registered charities, schools, places of learning, not-for-profit companies, community organisations and groups. Projects must deliver environmental benefits, improve health, safety or wellbeing, or benefit the wider community.
For eligibility criteria and application forms, visit: https://enfinium.co.uk/community-fund/. For more information please call 0800 422 0036 or email communityfunding@enfinium.co.uk.
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About enfinium
enfinium is a leading UK energy from waste operator with five operational sites in the UK, in West Yorkshire, Kent and Flintshire, and one in construction. enfinium diverts 2.7 million tonnes of unrecyclable waste from climate-damaging landfill, putting it to good use by turning it into home grown energy, enough to power 600,000 UK homes. enfinium’s ambition is to transform its facilities into local ‘decarbonisation hubs’ powered by the millions of tonnes of unrecyclable waste the UK will produce for decades to come. Using existing energy from waste infrastructure, enfinium could contribute to heat networks, produce electrolytic hydrogen, or use carbon capture technology to provide durable, high quality carbon removals which will be critical for the UK to achieve net zero by 2050. For more on enfinium, please visit www.enfinium.co.uk.
About Kelvin
Once fully operational, Kelvin will divert up to 395,000 tonnes of unrecyclable waste from emissions-intensive landfill every year and generate up to 44MW of homegrown energy, enough to power over 95,000 UK homes. Energy from waste facilities help to reduce overall emissions from the UK’s waste by diverting waste which cannot be recycled from landfill, which generates nearly twice the amount of climate-damaging emissions. The construction of the facility represents an investment of over £500 million in the West Midlands and created over 1,600 jobs.
