Fair Share

The Community Foundation is working with the communities of Penhill & Pinehurst in Swindon to deliver the Big Lottery Fund Fair Share Programme, an exciting programme of development work aimed to increase local capacity and improve the local environment.

Over the ten years, the community will benefit from £818,000 of funding to help put the building blocks in place to create a thriving community.
The Community Foundation has a Community Development Worker working in the Fair Share area to assist groups in their development to create a long term sustainable solution for these communities in the long term.

Wiltshire Police Authority Fund

We are now welcoming applications to the Wiltshire Police Authoity Fund. Grants will support projects which seek to bring communities together to tackle local issues, improving trust and understanding.
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Surviving Winter Update

£28,000 has been raised to date and we are asking older and vulnerable people in need to contact the following organisations to access the extra support that they need.
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Surviving Winter

“Staying warm and healthy in our cold winters is something most of us take for granted. However, when the idea of those more fortunate “handing on” their winter fuel payments to local, vulnerable people was presented, I wanted to pledge my payment to the “Surviving Winter Appeal”. It would be great to think that all those people who are in a position to forego part or all of their own winter fuel payment could join this great scheme and spread a little warmth”. Sir David Jason
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