Local Funding
The Wiltshire Community Foundation runs a number of grant schemes for the benefit of people living in the County. Applications range from £750 to £10,000 (up to £5,000 a year for one or two years, or up to £3,000 a year for up to three years). These grants are awarded in May and November.
These schemes include:
Small Grants
Applications are available for up to £750 and can be applied for all year round.
Haydon Wick Grants
The Haydon Wick Fund has been set up to support Charities and Voluntary organisations that are based in, or whose work substantially benefits, the people of Haydon Wick and immediate area. These grants are awarded in October.
ComicRelief
Comic Relief Grants - These grants are to support work where there is clear evidence of a sustained beneficial impact on people’s lives who are excluded or disadvantaged through low income, rural or social isolation, age, disabilities, race, sexuality or gender. Priority is to be given to small, locally based groups or organisations in areas of disadvantage that have a clear understanding of the needs of their community and are undertaking actions as a means of addressing these needs. Grants up to £10,000 (although it is unlikely that a grant of this figure will be awarded). A higher number of smaller grants will be awarded (around the £1000 to £2,000) and must be at least 30% of overall project cost. These grants are awarded in January and July.
Crimebeat Grants
Wiltshire & Swindon Crimebeat has three main objectives, and if it is to be successful, your project will need to fulfil at least one of these:
- Anti Crime
- Anti Bullying
- Combat Anti Social Behaviour
Funding is available for one year only, and the maximum grant will be £3,000. Grants are awarded in March and September.
The Office of Police & Crime Commissioner Grants
The Fund is particularly keen to support projects which seek to bring communities together to tackle local issues improving trust and understanding, and welcomes projects which offer a new or innovative approach. We would expect that applications would focus on one or more of the following areas.
- Anti-social behaviour
- Crime in local neighbourhoods
- Drug and alcohol related crime
- Reducing re-offending
- Violence against women and girls
- Youth crime
Funding is available for one year only, and the maximum grant will be £3,000. Grants are awarded in March and September.
Public Health and Well-Being Grants
The aim of these grants is to enable community-based and other small groups to initiate or develop projects and activities which offer new or innovative approaches in one or more of the following areas:
- Reducing childhood obesity or helping adults to adopt healthier lifestyles
- Helping to combat loneliness, isolation and other factors which contribute to poor mental health
- Supporting older people to have more active and fulfilling lives
- Promoting the use of community green spaces, assets and infrastructure for exercise and wellbeing
- Reducing drug and alcohol abuse
Groups must be able to demonstrate a clear link to improved mental or physical health outcomes that will result from their project. Funding is available for one year only, and the maximum grant will be £4,000. Grants are awarded in July.
The Foundation will fund:
- Projects where the majority of people who will benefit are disadvantaged
- Groups working with children where the majority are disadvantaged or have special needs
- Groups with 12 months or less running costs in unrestricted reserves
- Groups operating within the county of Wiltshire or the Borough of Swindon
- Groups with a registered address and/or local voluntary management committee or Board of Trustees in Swindon/Wiltshire.
- Projects starting within 6 months of the grant award and spent within 12 months
- Core costs and overheads for your organisation
- Salaries and equipment purchases
Please see above
Please see the Community Foundation website for details