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Cambridgeshire Community Foundation

Medworth Community Fund

A community benefit fund from MVV Environment Medworth Ltd, operator of the Medworth Energy from Waste Combined Heat and Power Facility in Wisbech, administered by Cambridgeshire Community Foundation. It gives small grants of up to £5,000 and larger grants of up to £50,000 (about £200,000 a year in total) to non-profit organisations for projects benefiting people living within 5km of the facility, covering community amenities and youth facilities, social and health initiatives, and environmental, low-carbon and heritage projects. Large grants can only be applied for at the 1 February and 1 August deadlines; the fund is closed now and reopens for applications on 2 November 2026.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
£1,500 – £50,000
Deadline
106 days left
1 February
Effort
Moderate
full application with documents

Who can apply

  • Non-profit organisations working across Cambridgeshire and Norfolk, for projects that benefit people living within a 5km radius of the Medworth Energy from Waste CHP Facility in Wisbech (What3Words ///impose.seemingly.rectangular; recent grants went to Wisbech and Emneth groups)
  • Organisations local to the area of benefit get priority over national organisations or those based outside Cambridgeshire and Norfolk, especially when the fund is oversubscribed
  • CCF's standard eligibility applies: Community-focused, not-for-profit organisations, which must be legally registered if their income is above £5,000: registered, exempt and excepted charities; CIOs; religious organisations (only if the project benefits the wider community and has no religious content); parish and town councils, village halls and parochial church councils; CICs, social enterprises and companies limited by guarantee (running for at least one year, non-profit distributing with an asset lock, at least three directors, no one person holding over 50% of shares or votes; companies limited by shares not normally supported); co-operatives and community benefit societies; schools; and sports clubs that are CASCs, affiliated to a national governing body or have income under £5,000
  • All applicants need a signed governing document with a not-for-profit statement and dissolution clause, and three independent/unconnected management committee members or trustees (plus two unconnected cheque signatories)
  • National organisations can apply for projects delivered in the area if the funding is restricted to it

What it funds

Projects delivering benefits in one or more of three areas. Community:

  • Provision, improvement or maintenance of public amenity spaces
  • Transport-related local well-being initiatives
  • Improving or remediating underused land and eyesores
  • Youth facilities

Social/Health: community and social enterprise businesses in the locality (including home-based businesses), especially employment-generating or regeneration projects; initiatives that improve health and wellbeing outcomes.

Environment: low carbon energy and efficiency initiatives; restoring buildings or heritage features of historic or architectural interest; bringing nature sites into positive management for biodiversity; nature-based solutions to flooding and other climate challenges; recycling and the circular economy.

Small grants up to £5,000 (all four deadlines) and large grants up to £50,000 (1 February and 1 August only); multi-year projects are occasionally considered.

Recent awards ranged from about £12,000 to £31,000 (e.g. village hall roof, LED lighting, SEN clubs, mental health drop-in, sports facilities).

What it will not fund

  • Activities or projects which have already taken place
  • Sponsored events or fundraising activities
  • Repaying debt or loans
  • Grant-making bodies or activities (not usually funded)
  • Improvements to land/buildings that are not open to the general public at convenient hours
  • Projects promoting political activities or lobbying for causes
  • The practice of religion, or projects that actively promote religion, a particular belief system or the lack of a belief
  • Animal welfare projects
  • Overseas travel
  • Statutory obligations, i.e. activities that replace government funding

How to apply

  1. If planning a multi-year project, email info@cambscf.org.uk to discuss it before applying
  2. Check your organisation and project are eligible using CCF's application guidance (CICs, social enterprises and companies limited by guarantee should also read the additional CIC guidance)
  3. Prepare the required supporting documents (see the general document checklist)
  4. From 2 November 2026, complete the online application form linked from the fund's page (the fund is closed for applications until then)
  5. Submit the form and all documents by 11:59am on the round deadline
  6. CCF's Grants Team may phone you for an assessment call; complete, eligible applications go to an internal panel of volunteers and trustees, then to the fund panel, which may fund in full or in part
  7. Outcomes are emailed; if successful, return the grant offer letter signed by two people
  8. Complete the online end-of-project report around a month after the project ends

Deadlines are at 11:59am (midday), not midnight. Each round has its own form; a part-completed form is lost when the round closes.

CCF recommends only one general application per round; you can name a preferred fund on the form or leave it unspecified for the Grants Team to match.

A guide to the form questions (Word document) is available to prepare answers offline.

Large grants (up to £50,000) can only be submitted for the 1 February and 1 August deadlines; 1 May and 1 November are for small grants (up to £5,000) only.

Have ready

  • Signed governing document (e.g. constitution or articles) confirming you operate not for profit and containing a dissolution clause passing assets to similar charitable organisations
  • Accounts for the past year (small unincorporated groups: an income and expenditure document; organisations under a year old: income and expenditure to date)
  • Bank statement or paying-in slip from the last 3 months showing bank name and logo, account name, sort code and account number (screenshots of online statements not accepted)
  • Names of three independent/unconnected management committee members, trustees or directors, and two unconnected cheque signatories
  • Three quotes for any capital item or equipment costing over £500
  • CICs: CIC 36 form (registered in the last 12 months) or latest CIC 34 annual report; co-operatives/community benefit societies: FCA registration form or latest AR30
  • Evidence of a long-term lease if the grant is for land or a building you do not own

Documents must be submitted with the application by the deadline or it may be declined without assessment; you need not resubmit documents sent in the last two years unless there have been significant changes. Safeguarding and equali…

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