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Wynn Foundation

Wynn Foundation Grants

Small grants, typically £500-£1,500 and at most £3,000, from the Wynn Foundation (founded by Telford businesspeople Jenny and Graham Wynn) for charities, community groups and individuals across Shropshire, including Telford and Wrekin. Projects must better the Shropshire community, with a focus on disabled people, the underprivileged, homelessness, unemployed people, older people and young people; typical grants buy equipment, kit, meals and transport or fund community projects. Applications are made on a short online form at any time and reviewed quarterly. Sports clubs are capped at £500 and six grants a year.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
£500 – £3,000
no fixed round
Deadline
Rolling
apply any time
Effort
Light
short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

  • Charities, community organisations, interest groups and individuals in Shropshire, including Telford and Wrekin
  • Organisations must have charitable aims (commercial companies and companies limited by shares are excluded); the form groups organisations as disabled, career support, homelessness, community group, unemployed, elderly, young people, sporting group or other
  • Individuals apply for their own needs (courses, equipment, professional development)
  • No income limit, legal-structure requirement or minimum track record is stated; the form asks how long the organisation has served the community and about its track record 'if applicable'
  • Past grantees are unlikely to succeed again within three years, and unsuccessful applicants wait 12 months
  • Recent grantees include registered charities and at least one CIC

What it funds

  • Projects that 'fulfill a genuine reason to somehow better fellow members of the Shropshire community', where cash funding, personal advice or specific equipment will enable a positive transformation
  • The Foundation aims to support charities and community organisations addressing disability support (accessibility, technology provision), underprivileged people (coaching and guidance), homelessness, unemployed people (reskilling, confidence), older people (companionship, meals, transport) and young people (mentoring)
  • Typical projects: community food initiatives, meals and transport for older people, kit and essentials for sports groups, technology, and transforming community groups; individuals can seek help with courses, equipment and professional development
  • Grants are typically £500-£1,500, maximum £3,000
  • Personnel costs are considered only as part of a project
  • Recent 2026 grants went to arts, disability, mental health, youth, hospice, health and sports groups across Shropshire and Telford

What it will not fund

  • General appeals or letters requesting donations
  • Organisations without charitable aims (e.g. commercial companies and companies limited by shares)
  • Overtly political projects, including party-political and campaigning projects
  • Animal-related charities
  • Organisations that applied unsuccessfully in the previous 12 months, unless invited
  • Revenue costs including salaries (personnel costs only as part of a project)
  • Sports kit requests beyond six successful sports club grants a year, capped at £500 each
  • Organisations funded in the previous three years (unlikely to succeed again)
  • Projects outside Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin

How to apply

  1. Check the grant exclusions page
  2. Complete the online Wynn Foundation Charitable Grant Application Form on the Apply page (or download the Word form and post it to Cosford Grange, Shifnal, Shropshire TF11 9JB): contact details; about your organisation (type, previous Wynn applications, how long serving the community, what the group does, purpose of the grant) or, for individuals, what the grant is for; track record, beneficiaries, other funding and partners; amount requested, total cost and funds secured; how success will be measured; declaration
  3. Applications are reviewed every quarter and funding awarded
  4. If successful, provide details of how the money was spent and its impact; grants are paid by cheque in the name given on the application

The homepage says the Foundation is 'currently experiencing a high volume of applications'.

The Foundation may publicise grants on its Grants page unless you opt out on the form.

Have ready

  • Online or Word application form

No supporting documents are requested; an end-of-grant report on spending and impact is required if successful.

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