THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON — grant history
Latest income
£3.1m
Grants listed (FY2025)
52
Listed grants total
£1.6m
Accounts grants total
£2.5m
listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts
Application guidance — from the funder’s own website
- How to apply: Applicants must complete an online application form specific to each programme. The Heritage and Nature Grants are by invitation only, typically in the autumn. For the Welcome Fund Programme, applicants must contact the foundation by phone or email to discuss plans before applying.
- Deadlines: The Community Grants programme has cut-off dates four times a year, with the next being 17th October at 11am. The Police and Crime Commissioner's Community Action Fund closes on Monday 17 August, and the Older People's Programme closes on 21 September.
- What they don’t fund: The High Sheriff Grants programme is currently closed for applications but will reopen in 2026. The Wessex Water Community Fund applications open on 21 September 2026. The Science Museum Group Wroughton Solar Park Sustainable Futures Grants are closed and will open for Expressions of Interest in Autumn 2026.
What this funder supports
Causes funded
Where grantees operate
- Wiltshire
- Swindon
- Somerset
- Bath And North East Somerset
- Bristol City
- Gloucestershire
- Throughout England
- Dorset
- South Gloucestershire
- North Somerset
What changed: FY2024 → FY2025
| Change | Grantee | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| new | SWINDON MENTORING AND SELF HELP YOUTH PROJECT | — | £45k |
| new | Alabare | — | £30k |
| new | The Harbour Project | — | £29k |
| new | REACH INCLUSIVE ARTS | — | £25k |
| new | SWINDON THERAPY CENTRE FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS | — | £25k |
| new | PRIME THEATRE | — | £24k |
| new | CROSSPOINT (WESTBURY) | — | £24k |
| new | DASH - Discovering Autism Spectrum Happiness | — | £21k |
| up | CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY | £97k | £202k |
| up | WILTSHIRE CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING LIMITED | £63k | £144k |
| up | TROWBRIDGE COMMUNITY AREA FUTURE | £31k | £52k |
| up | WASTE NOT WANT NOT LIMITED | £33k | £50k |
| down | AGE UK WILTSHIRE | £105k | £40k |
| up | DOORWAY WILTSHIRE LTD | £10k | £25k |
| up | SEEDS4SUCCESS | £13k | £20k |
| up | Wiltshire Parent Carer Council (WPCC) | £12k | £18k |
| not listed | BRISTOL AVON RIVERS TRUST | £27k | — |
| not listed | WILTSHIRE YOUTH FOR CHRIST | £20k | — |
| not listed | The Recovery Tree Charity | £20k | — |
| not listed | EASTCOTT COMMUNITY ORGANISATION | £18k | — |
| not listed | ABLAZE A BUSINESS LEARNING ACTION ZONE FOR EDUCATION | £15k | — |
| not listed | WE HEAR YOU | £15k | — |
| not listed | Swindon SEND Families Voice | £15k | — |
| not listed | Swindon Bicycle Users Group | £15k | — |
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centre for Sustainable Energy | FY2025 | £202k | Surviving Winter grants (Warm and Safe Wiltshire programme), Wiltshire Energy, Food and Community Support programme |
| Wiltshire Centre for Independent Living | FY2025 | £144k | Surviving Winter Programme, Wiltshire Energy, Food and Community Support programme, Women and Girls grant, Community Grant |
| Wiltshire Citizens Advice | FY2025 | £83k | Surviving Winter programme, Wiltshire Energy, Food and Community Support programme, Targeting Health Inequalities programme |
| Community First | FY2025 | £69k | Wiltshire Energy, Food and Community Support programme |
| Kennet Furniture Refurbiz LTD | FY2025 | £67k | Wiltshire Energy, Food and Community Support programme (Crisis Provision Fund) |
| Trowbridge Future | FY2025 | £52k | Not specified in list |
| Waste Not Want Not | FY2025 | £50k | Not specified in list |
| Swindon Citizens Advice | FY2025 | £47k | Not specified in list |
| SMASH Youth Project | FY2025 | £45k | Not specified in list |
| Age UK Wiltshire | FY2025 | £40k | Not specified in list |
| Wessex MS Therapy Centre | FY2025 | £33k | Not specified in list |
| Arts Together | FY2025 | £30k | Not specified in list |
| Alabare Christian Care and Support | FY2025 | £30k | Not specified in list |
| The Harbour Project | FY2025 | £29k | Not specified in list |
| Reach Inclusive Arts | FY2025 | £25k | Not specified in list |
| Doorway Wiltshire Ltd | FY2025 | £25k | Not specified in list |
| Neuro Wellbeing Centre | FY2025 | £25k | Not specified in list |
| Prime Theatre | FY2025 | £24k | Not specified in list |
| Crosspoint (Westbury) | FY2025 | £24k | Not specified in list |
| DASH - Discovering Autism Spectrum Happiness | FY2025 | £21k | Not specified in list |
| Escapeline | FY2025 | £20k | Not specified in list |
| Seeds4Success | FY2025 | £20k | Not specified in list |
| Community Money Advice South Wiltshire | FY2025 | £19k | Not specified in list |
| Families Out Loud | FY2025 | £19k | Not specified in list |
| Willows Counselling Service | FY2025 | £19k | Not specified in list |
| Home-Start North Wiltshire | FY2025 | £19k | Not specified in list |
| Swindon and Wiltshire IOT | FY2025 | £18k | Not specified in list |
| The Open Blue Trust | FY2025 | £18k | Not specified in list |
| Wilts & Berks Canal Trust | FY2025 | £18k | Not specified in list |
| Wiltshire Parent Carer Council (WPCC) | FY2025 | £18k | Not specified in list |
| Youth Adventure Trust | FY2025 | £18k | Not specified in list |
| Big Breakfast Plus | FY2025 | £18k | Not specified in list |
| Thamesdown Hydrotherapy Pool Association | FY2025 | £15k | Not specified in list |
| Chippenham Uniform Exchange C.I.C. | FY2025 | £15k | Not specified in list |
| Headway, Southampton & West Wessex | FY2025 | £15k | Not specified in list |
| HEALS | FY2025 | £15k | Not specified in list |
| Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity | FY2025 | £15k | Not specified in list |
| Learning for Life Wiltshire | FY2025 | £15k | Not specified in list |
| Rise:61 | FY2025 | £15k | Not specified in list |
| Root and Branch Westmill | FY2025 | £15k | Not specified in list |
| Salisbury Women's Refuge | FY2025 | £15k | Not specified in list |
| SWINDON 105.5 | FY2025 | £15k | Not specified in list |
| Swindon Bats Sports & Social Club | FY2025 | £15k | Not specified in list |
| The Kelly Foundation | FY2025 | £15k | Not specified in list |
| The New Mechanics Institution Preservation Trust Ltd | FY2025 | £15k | Not specified in list |
| Folio Theatre | FY2025 | £15k | Not specified in list |
| Wiltshire Music Centre Trust Ltd | FY2025 | £14k | Not specified in list |
| The Platform Project | FY2025 | £14k | Not specified in list |
| Help Counselling Services | FY2025 | £14k | Not specified in list |
| Community Transport South Wiltshire | FY2025 | £13k | Not specified in list |
| Chippenham Community Eco Hub | FY2025 | £13k | Not specified in list |
| Wiltshire Council | FY2025 | £12k | Not specified in list |
| Age UK Wiltshire | FY2024 | £105k | Surviving Winter programme |
| Centre for Sustainable Energy | FY2024 | £97k | Warm and Safe Wiltshire programme |
| Wiltshire Citizens Advice | FY2024 | £93k | Surviving Winter programme |
| Swindon Citizens Advice | FY2024 | £89k | Surviving Winter programme |
| Wiltshire Centre for Independent Living | FY2024 | £63k | Surviving Winter Programme |
| Kennet Furniture Refurbiz LTD | FY2024 | £61k | Wiltshire Energy, Food and Community Support Programme |
| Community First | FY2024 | £61k | Wiltshire Energy, Food and Community Support programme and Police and Crime commissioner programme |
| Wessex MS Therapy Centre | FY2024 | £37k | |
| Waste Not Want Not | FY2024 | £33k | |
| Trowbridge Future | FY2024 | £31k | |
| Bristol Avon Rivers Trust | FY2024 | £27k | |
| Arts Together | FY2024 | £24k | |
| Thamesdown Hydrotherapy Pool Association | FY2024 | £20k | |
| Wiltshire Youth for Christ | FY2024 | £20k | |
| The Recovery Tree Charity | FY2024 | £20k | |
| Eastcott Community Organisation | FY2024 | £18k | |
| Ablaze | FY2024 | £15k | |
| We Hear You | FY2024 | £15k | |
| Swindon SEND Families Voice | FY2024 | £15k | |
| Swindon Bicycle Users Group | FY2024 | £15k | |
| Shine PND Support | FY2024 | £15k | |
| Rag and Bone Arts CIC | FY2024 | £15k | |
| Pattern Church | FY2024 | £15k | |
| Corsham Youth Zone | FY2024 | £15k | |
| Back on Track - Stroke Rehab Service | FY2024 | £15k | |
| Education Business Partnership | FY2024 | £15k | |
| Swindon Dance | FY2024 | £15k | |
| Young Carers Development Trust | FY2024 | £15k | |
| Malmesbury and District Food Bank | FY2024 | £14k | |
| Seeds4Success | FY2024 | £13k | |
| Wiltshire Parent Carer Council (WPCC) | FY2024 | £12k | |
| Doorway Wiltshire | FY2024 | £10k | |
| Wiltshire Wildlife Trust | FY2024 | £4k | |
| The Filling Station (Swindon) | FY2024 | £1k | |
| Centre for Sustainable Energy | FY2023 | £185k | Surviving Winter grants through their Warm and Safe Wiltshire programme |
| Age UK Wiltshire | FY2023 | £137k | Community Grants programme and Surviving Winter programme |
| The Bridge Youth Project Trust | FY2023 | £102k | Community grant for mentoring programmes and pilot programme |
| Wiltshire Citizens Advice | FY2023 | £42k | Surviving Winter programme |
| Swindon Citizens Advice | FY2023 | £30k | Surviving Winter programme |
| Outdoor Therapy | FY2023 | £25k | |
| God Unlimited | FY2023 | £24k | |
| Trowbridge Future | FY2023 | £24k | |
| The Amber Foundation | FY2023 | £23k | |
| Seeds4Success | FY2023 | £21k | |
| Swindon Night Shelter | FY2023 | £21k | |
| The Pantry Partnership | FY2023 | £20k | |
| Wiltshire Scrapstore and Resource Centre | FY2023 | £20k | |
| Gorse Hill Baptist Church | FY2023 | £19k | |
| Brunel Education | FY2023 | £19k | |
| Help Counselling Services | FY2023 | £19k | |
| Wiltshire Portage | FY2023 | £19k | |
| West Lavington Youth Club | FY2023 | £18k | |
| The Friends of Shaw Ridge Primary School | FY2023 | £17k | |
| 1st Stratton St Margaret Scout group | FY2023 | £17k | |
| Devizes Opendoors | FY2023 | £16k | |
| Wiltshire Treehouse | FY2023 | £16k | |
| Chippenham | FY2023 | £16k | |
| Yellow Brick Road Projects | FY2023 | £16k | |
| CAP Centre | FY2023 | £16k | |
| Sailability at Whitefriars, Family Counselling | FY2023 | £15k | |
| Whitefriars Sailing Club | FY2023 | £15k | |
| Trust Wiltshire | FY2023 | £15k | |
| Dorothy House Hospice | FY2023 | £15k | |
| Prospect Hospice | FY2023 | £15k | |
| The Mustard Tree Foundation | FY2023 | £14k | |
| Starting Point | FY2023 | £14k | |
| The Nelson Trust | FY2023 | £14k | |
| DASH | FY2023 | £13k | |
| St Johns Honeypot Day Care Centre | FY2023 | £13k | |
| Community First | FY2023 | £13k | |
| Chippenham Community Eco Hub | FY2023 | £12k | |
| Rosemary Goddard Centre | FY2023 | £12k | |
| The Sir Edward Heath Charitable Foundation | FY2023 | £12k | |
| The Merchant's House, Marlborough | FY2023 | £12k | |
| Doorway | FY2023 | £12k | |
| 62 young people | FY2022 | £6.3m | University Bursary programme |
| 18 groups | FY2022 | £648k | Made By Sport programme |
| 17 groups in Devon | FY2022 | £637k | Made by Sport grants |
| Wiltshire Women Empowerment Program | FY2022 | £418k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Centre for Sustainable Energy | FY2022 | £96k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Age UK Wiltshire | FY2022 | £66k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Citizens Advice Wiltshire | FY2022 | £62k | Surviving Winter programme |
| Centre for Sustainable Energy | FY2022 | £62k | Surviving Winter programme |
| Age UK Wiltshire | FY2022 | £62k | Surviving Winter programme |
| Citizens Advice Swindon | FY2022 | £62k | Surviving Winter programme |
| 10 grants | FY2022 | £50k | Let's Create Jubilee programme |
| REACH Inclusive Arts | FY2022 | £33k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| 41 grants | FY2022 | £32k | Vocational grants |
| Trowbridge Future | FY2022 | £31k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Willows Counselling Service | FY2022 | £31k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Dinton Recreation Ground | FY2022 | £26k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| SMASH Youth Project | FY2022 | £26k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| The Recovery Tree Charity | FY2022 | £24k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Swindon Dial A Ride | FY2022 | £23k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| The Harbour Project | FY2022 | £23k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Swindon Downs Syndrome Group | FY2022 | £21k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Swindon Night Shelter | FY2022 | £21k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| The Bridge Youth Project Trust | FY2022 | £21k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Action for the River Kennet | FY2022 | £20k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Youth (South West) | FY2022 | £20k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| YMCA Brunel Group | FY2022 | £19k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Phoenix Enterprises | FY2022 | £19k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Brunel Special Education Needs Multi Academy Trust | FY2022 | £18k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Inner Flame | FY2022 | £18k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Doorway | FY2022 | £18k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Waste Not Want Not | FY2022 | £18k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| HEALS | FY2022 | £17k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Swindon Carers Centre | FY2022 | £15k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| 21 grants | FY2022 | £15k | Education Support grants |
| The Wilts & Berks Canal Trust | FY2022 | £15k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| The Platform Project | FY2022 | £15k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Thamesdown Hydrotherapy Pool Association | FY2022 | £15k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Swindon MS and Neuro Therapy Centre | FY2022 | £15k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Swindon 105.5 | FY2022 | £15k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Prime Theatre Company | FY2022 | £15k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| MUSE SW C.I.C | FY2022 | £15k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Julia's House | FY2022 | £15k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Home-Start South Wiltshire | FY2022 | £15k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Home-Start Kennet | FY2022 | £15k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Headway Salisbury & South Wiltshire | FY2022 | £15k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| First Light South West | FY2022 | £15k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Crosspoint (Westbury) | FY2022 | £15k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Wiltshire Law Centre | FY2022 | £15k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Bravo Medics | FY2022 | £13k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Wiltshire Music Centre | FY2022 | £13k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Wiltshire Citizens Advice | FY2022 | £13k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| Open Blue Trust | FY2022 | £12k | Grants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group |
| 7 grants | FY2022 | £8k | Wessex Water Environment Fund grants programme (up to £1,500 each) |
| 4 grants | FY2022 | £7k | Business development grants |