Wiltshire Community Foundation

Grants Available

• Community Grants: grants of up to £5,000 per year for up to 3 years. Support projects that improve people's lives. Applications from grassroots and small to medium-sized organisations working with people on low incomes are prioritised.
• Science Museum Group Wroughton Solar Park Community Benefit Fund Small Grant: Grants of up to £2,000. Supports projects improving the lives of people in areas of: Wroughton, Chideldon, Clyffe Pypard, Broad Town, Broad Hinton, Ogbourne St George, Ogbourne St Andrew Alderbourne and Baydon.
• Science Museum Group Wroughton Solar PArk Community Benefit Fund Large Grant: Grants of up to £20,000 for schools, charities and community groups. Projects can focus on a range of topics, one of which is health or play. They must also benefit communities within a 10km radius of Wroughton Solar Park.
• Let's Create Jubilee Fund: grants between £750 - £10,000 - applications open 4^th January. The Let's Create Jubilee Fund will support voluntary and community groups to develop creative and cultural activities as part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June 2022. It has been created by Arts Council England (ACE) with funds from the National Lottery. It is open to voluntary organisations with charitable aims and working towards a common goal which does not have to be based solely around arts and culture.

Projects must:

• focus on art and creativity
• engage with at least one of the artforms that ACE supports (see full criteria for details)
• be high quality and inclusive in their approach
• culminate in June 2022
• benefit people in Wiltshire or Swindon particularly those on low incomes or facing disadvantage

Applicants are strongly encouraged to partner with an artist, creative or cultural organisation that has been in receipt of ACE funding within the last 4 years to help deliver their project. Although this is not an essential requirement, in general we would expect larger awards (i.e. 5-10k) to be made to projects that involve a partnership between a community organisation and an ACE funded organisation; the lead partner should be the community organisation, who will receive the grant and distribute funds as needed to their partner arts organisation. You can find out more about ACE supported artists or organisations in your local area on their website.

Applications will open on Tuesday 4 January 2022. All applicants will have a funding decision by Friday 1 April 2022. The project can begin from 1 April so that preparation can take place such as rehearsals. Public-facing activity should take place in June on or near the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. For full criteria and application details: Let's Create Jubilee Fund | Wiltshire Community Foundation (wiltshirecf.org.uk) If you have any further questions please contact the Grants Team on 01380 738985 or email info@wiltshirecf.org.uk