Community Foundation Grants

The Main Grants Fund

At the heart of our grant making is the Main Grants Fund. Groups can apply to Main Grants to support a wide variety of project, core and ongoing costs.

All applications need to show how they will make a difference in the lives of disadvantaged people under our criteria headings;

Supporting Community Care - working especially with: service users. e.g. frail older people, and disabled people, and carers e.g. those caring at home for older or disabled relatives, neighbours or friends.
Tackling Isolation - working in particular to improve access to services and information.
Investing in Young People - concentrating on the 12 - 25 age group.

We do not make contributions to large building projects under Main Grants, but can help where our grant will help increase accessibility and you can't get the funding elsewhere. You can apply for either £3,000 per year for up to three years (£9,000 overall) or £5,000 per year for up to two years (£10,000 overall).

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: FRIDAY 6th AUGUST 2010 FOR SEPTEMBER DECISIONS.

Please be aware that there is a heavy demand for this fund and it is likely that only exceptional applications will achieve the maximum award. We would ask applicants to be realistic about their need for funding.

Record number of grants made during 2009/2010

Our final calculations for our end of year accounts have shown that we distributed £913,000 in grants to 255 groups during 2009/2010.
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The Community Foundation Demonstrates Quality

Wiltshire and Swindon are one of the first two Community Foundations to receive enhanced quality accreditation as part of a pilot project for the Community Foundation Network.
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