Severn Trent Community Fund: Core Funding Open Now!
Since 2020, Severn Trent have supported almost 500 community groups with core cost funding to help them through the impact of Coronavirus and cost of living crisis. They know support with running costs is always needed so they’ve allocated £400,000 of this year’s Community Fund to cover core costs for groups within the Severn Trent region.
Criteria
This funding is for groups that deliver a vital service for local residents and improve wider community wellbeing, especially supporting those most vulnerable.
Groups can apply to be considered for a restricted grant of between £5,000 – £20,000 (depending on the size of the organisation) for 1 year to help them and our communities get through this incredibly challenging time.
This support will be available to not-for-profit organisations that:
- deliver a vital service for local residents, and improve wider community wellbeing, especially supporting those most vulnerable;
- have been operating since 2021 or before;
- have an annual income of £250,000 or less (averaged over the past 3 years).
If an organisation is faith based, they are eligible to apply as long as the request is for community work e.g. food banks or warm hubs. They cannot fund the practice of religion, or any activities that actively promote religion or particular belief systems.
Sports groups, Scouts, Girl Guides, Cadets or statutory bodies are not eligible for this stream.
Open for applications now
Severn Trent Community Fund: core funding will be open from Thursday 1 August until midnight on Sunday 1st September. They expect demand for this support to be high, so whilst we’d love to, unfortunately we won’t be able to fund every application we receive.
Their full eligibility criteria and details on how to apply can be found at stwater.co.uk/corefunding
Applications for new projects
Their new project funding is open as usual! All information can be found at stwater.co.uk/communityfund