The Wessex Water Foundation Community Fund supports charitable and community-based activities or projects that meet a local need and seek to improve the lives of local people who are most in need of support. These activities or projects should be informed by the people or community they serve and have considerable reach and wide community benefit, with priority given to work that fulfils one of more of the following:
takes place in areas of multiple deprivation or rural isolation where people lack access to local services
helps build stronger communities – enabling people to work together and create solutions to local challenges
helps people take steps to manage or avoid debt and build their financial capability. This can include activities that raises awareness and take up of utility affordability support such as the Wessex Water schemes
What you can apply for
Grants of up to £4,000 are available to groups and organisations delivering work that is improving the lives of local people who are in most need of support.
Who can apply to the Wessex Water Foundation Community Fund?
Applicants must be based and working in the West of England, which includes Bath & North-East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. You can apply for a grant if you are a:
voluntary and community group with charitable aims
registered charity
Community Interest Company
parish council
They will prioritise applicants whose annual income has been on average under £500,000 for the last three years.
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