Access to a range of grant programmes aimed at mitigating the effects of poverty and disadvantage resulting, for example, from rural isolation, urban deprivation and exclusion.
Our range of grant programmes currently includes
General Grants Fund - made up of donations, from individuals, organisations and corporate bodies, including the DENSO Community Fund – funded by DENSO Manufacturing UK Ltd to support voluntary organisations undertaking local charitable activity in the Telford and Wrekin area.
Grants are made to voluntary organisations undertaking local charitable activity in the Telford and Wrekin area.
Care in the Community Fund - a restricted fund for Telford and Wrekin groups set up and supported with donations from the Telford & Wrekin Primary Care NHS Trust. Grants are for projects that assist groups working to support vulnerable adults at home and children in the community.
Sparkler Fund - £80 start up grants for embryonic Shropshire and Telford groups. Established by donations from E.On UK Ironbridge Power Station and the annual staff Bonfire Night.
Fair Share Trust Programme – Donnington Telford.
A Big Lottery Fund project for areas that are thought not to have had their ‘fair share’ of Lottery funding. Over £800,000 will be allocated over a period of 10 years for regeneration in Donnington. Local residents and officials identify their local problem areas and propose appropriate solutions by ’bottom-up’ rather than ‘top-down’ intervention.
Comic Relief & Sport Relief – grants for community groups, preference is given to community groups wishing to add sport and exercise to their regular activities.
The Telford and Wrekin Mayoral Fund - an annual fund which reflects the concerns of the current Mayor of Telford & Wrekin
Telford & Wrekin Children and Young People's Grants - projects to support the key objectives outlined in the Children' Plan for Telford & Wrekin within the themes of 'every chid matters'
European Social Fund Community Grants - for projects that seek to develop pre-employment skills for the unemployed or economically inactive.
