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Develop Warwickshire

Develop Warwickshire Community Fund

Grants of up to £2,000, or up to £2,000 of work in kind, for local charities, community organisations and fundraising causes that benefit the wider community in North Warwickshire or Nuneaton and Bedworth. It is run by Develop Warwickshire, a housebuilding joint venture of Warwickshire County Council, Warwickshire Property & Development Group and Countryside/Vistry, for the communities around its new developments. You apply with a short Word form by email, and applications are reviewed every two months.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
Up to £2,000
no fixed round
Deadline
Rolling
apply any time
Effort
Light
short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

  • Local charities, community organisations and 'wider fundraising causes' whose work benefits the wider community within the North Warwickshire Borough or Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough boundaries (boundary maps on the page)
  • No income limit, legal structure or track-record requirement is stated
  • The form asks for a registered charity number 'if applicable', so unregistered groups are not excluded
  • You must be able to provide quotes, and receipts afterwards, and respond within 5 working days if selected
  • Successful and unsuccessful applicants can reapply after 12 months

What it funds

  • Cash grants of up to £2,000, or work in kind worth up to £2,000, for causes that benefit the wider local community within the North Warwickshire or Nuneaton and Bedworth local authority boundaries
  • The fund is aimed at the communities around Develop Warwickshire's development sites (Brookmill Meadows, Overton View and Milby Meadows)
  • Past support has included park benches at Warton Recreation Ground, a donation to Warton Carnival and funding for a Nuneaton scuba club
  • Applications must say how much is requested and what it will be spent on, with quotes where possible, and set out the outputs that will be delivered

What it will not fund

  • Causes outside the North Warwickshire and Nuneaton and Bedworth local authority boundaries
  • Causes that do not benefit the wider local community
  • Repeat applications within 12 months of a previous application

How to apply

  1. Read the terms and conditions on the Community Fund page
  2. Download the Develop Warwickshire Community Fund application form (Word) from the page, or request it from DevelopWarwickshireCommunityFund@Countrysidepartnerships.com
  3. Complete it: organisation/cause details and contacts, registered charity number if applicable, whether you want funds or work in kind, the amount requested, how the money or work will be used with timescales and quotes, how it will benefit the wider community with defined outputs, and any funding received in the last 12 months
  4. Sign it and email it to DevelopWarwickshireCommunityFund@Countrysidepartnerships.com
  5. If successful, respond to the fund's correspondence within 5 working days, or the award may go to another cause
  6. Provide receipts as proof of spend

Applications are reviewed every two months; there are no fixed deadlines.

There is no appeal; decisions are final.

Have ready

  • Completed and signed application form
  • Quotes from contractors or suppliers (where possible)

Receipts are required after the award as proof of spend.

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