Community Foundation grants

Charities and voluntary organisations in Wiltshire & Swindon know the Community Foundation is easily accessible, responsive and reliable at a time when funding for small local projects is getting harder and harder to find. We understand the problems faced by smaller grass-roots groups and aim to offer help where it is most needed.

As we are local, we can help with problems and with ideas for development and we regularly put groups in touch with other organisations that can offer specialist advice or assistance.

This is why the Community Foundation’s grants programmes are playing an increasingly vital role in our communities and making a huge difference to the lives of people in most need in Wiltshire & Swindon.

Most of the grants we offer range in size from £50 to £10,000 and are awarded for up to three years. Our primary focus is on the disadvantaged. We manage a number of different grants programmes and we can provide access to a range of funds.

If you want more information about Community Foundation grants click on the pages below.

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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