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Community Transport Small Grants Fund

The Community Fund

Community grants: £500 or less for new projects or new initiatives within an existing project.           

Fund Criteria
It is not necessary for a grant application to meet all criteria but preference will be given to applications that meet most.

Projects

• Must be a new project or a new initiative within an existing project
• Must have a clear community, social or environmental benefit
• Must show community support
• Increase the ability of the community to undertake future community initiatives or planning (capacity building)
• Applicants must reside in Wiltshire
• Project must be undertaken in, and solely for the benefit of residents of, Wiltshire
  
  
  Applicants

• An individual wishing to set up a group to plan or undertake a larger project (this is an essential activity, although possibly only part of the whole project)
• A voluntary organisation with a constitution
• A community group without formal rules or constitution (part of any project would be to introduce them)
• Applications are particularly welcome for funding for projects that benefit (and preferably involve), the vulnerable, the disadvantaged, the isolated and the excluded.

Recent successful applications include:

• Village design statements
• Project planning, community consultations or feasibility studies
• Setting up residents associations, new community organisations or action groups
• Facilities for the elderly, the disabled or those with learning difficulties, at day centres and lunch clubs
• Facilities at pre-schools or parent & toddler groups
• Holiday, breakfast, after school or homework clubs
• Youth groups
• Community gardens, orchards or allotments
• Community information services, newsletters or web sites
• Disability support services
• Community arts workshops
• Recycling, re-use or composting
• Environmental and habitat conservation
• Heritage trails
• Parish maps
• Community heritage audio and video projects
• sports clubs

Please note funds are not available retrospectively. We cannot consider funding for ongoing running costs, routine maintenace/repairs or costs of fundraising events.

For further information please contact Susanne Pidduck or Rebecca Lamont Jiggens on 01380 722475 or email: grants@communityfirst.org.uk