1. Wiltshire Council: Community Grants Scheme
How Much? Up to £5,000 available (more in exceptional circumstances) for your community project.
For projects that cost more than £1,000 then 50% match funding must be provided.
What is it? A small grants scheme where funding is available to help provide facilities, equipment and activities that are important to the local community.
Key Pointers
- Prospective funding is linked to local priorities
- Support is on hand from the Council for applicants
- Applications are considered at Area Board meetings
- Area Board locality maps are available on the website link below
- No match funding required for a bid of total project cost less than £1,000
- For a project cost above £1,000 50% match funding must be provided
Sign-Post - Further Information
http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityandliving/areaboards/areaboardscommunitygrantsscheme
2. Community First: Landfill Communities Fund
How Much? £5,000 to £50,000
What is it?
- A scheme whereby Community First for Wiltshire and Swindon seeks to access Landfill Communities’ Fund Grant Aid each year on behalf of community projects.
- Applicants are usually community organisations or town and parish councils.
- Eligible projects might include building or improving sports clubs / facilities.
- Operators of the scheme in conjunction with the Landfill companies have their own criteria in terms of site location but typically a project needs to be within a 10-mile radius of a landfill site
- The Community First website currently indicates interest in plans for capital, community projects within 10 miles of Calne.
Sign-Post - Further Information
http://www.communityfirst.org.uk/landfill.htm
3. Swindon Borough Council: Grassroots Grants
How Much? Up to £1,000
What is it? A small grant aimed at supporting new community activity, activities that improve quality of life, assisting small organisations to develop themselves.
Key Pointers: Funds are for capital items only and not running costs.
Sign-Post - Further Information
http://www.swindon.gov.uk/community/communitygrants/community-grassroots-2010-11
4. The Community Foundation for Wiltshire & Swindon
How Much: The primary focus is on the disadvantaged and most of the grants offered range from £50 to £10,000.
What is it? Groups can apply to Main Grants to support a wide variety of project, core and ongoing costs. The aim is to fund projects which:
- reduce isolation
- improve access to skills development
- provide access to social & recreational opportunities
- improve opportunities for employment
- help people move on with their lives
Key Pointers: Will not fund Groups that have more than 12 months running costs in unrestricted (free) reserves. Will not fund Projects operating outside the County of Wiltshire / Borough of Swindon
Sign-post – Further Information
http://www.wscf.org.uk
5. Bag4sport
What is it? Bag4sport was established as a response to the ongoing financial pressure that youth, sporting and charitable organisations are under to find funding for their survival. As a social enterprise it provides organisations with a simple, fast and easily managed way of raising money.
Bag4Sport buy unwanted textiles from an organisation (at a rate of 40p per kilo) and send donations to Eastern Europe and Africa.
Sign-Post - Further Information
www.bag4sport.co.uk
6. Easy Fundraising
How Much? Unlimited Fund Raising
What is it? Easyfundraising.org.uk provide a FREE fundraising service where you can raise funds for any charity, trust, school, club, good cause or community group you support when you shop online. Choose from over 2,000 of the UK's best-known retailers including many popular names such as Amazon, M&S, Argos, John Lewis and HMV, and when you shop using the links on their site. Up to 15% from every purchase you make is donated to the cause you choose to nominate.
Sign-Post - Further Information
http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/
7. The Alan Pascoe Charitable Trust
The Alan Pascoe Charitable Trust seeks to support charities in the areas of children, sport and health. Apply in writing to the correspondent (at any time).
The Alan Pascoe Charitable Trust
One Boyd
The Admiral
Gunwharf Quays
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO1 3TW
Tel: 02 392 731 227