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Funding Support

Securing funding is essential to sustaining and growing your organisation. We provide practical support to help you become funding-ready, identify opportunities, and approach funders with confidence.

How We Can Help

Fit for Funding
Before applying for funding, it’s important to have the right foundations in place. We support organisations to become “fit for funding” by ensuring you have the structures, plans, and information funders are looking for.

Finding Funding Opportunities
Knowing where to look can make all the difference. We help you identify relevant funding opportunities that align with your organisation’s aims and activities.

Guidance & Resources
We provide helpful tools and resources to support your funding journey, including practical advice to strengthen your applications and improve your chances of success.

Fundraisers Coffee Morning
The Fundraiser coffee morning is a relaxed and practical session designed for anyone involved in fundraising. It’s a chance to connect with others, share experiences, and pick up useful ideas to strengthen your fundraising approach.

Funding opportunities

Below are some of the best places to start when looking for funding.

  • Wiltshire and Swindon Community Foundation

    Community Grants programme supporing people and communities in need in Wiltshire and Swindon. Grants of up to £5,000 per year for up to three years are available to voluntary organisations for projects and activities that improve people's lives.

    Learn more

  • Wiltshire Council Area Boards

    Wiltshire Council devolves significant funding to the Area Boards in order for them to invest in local community projects and initiatives that meet local priorities and deliver exceptional outcomes for residents. Grant applications must demonstrate how they will improve the local communities by addressing priorities and help to deliver to the council's Business plan.

    Types of grant

    Area Board grants are split into 4 funding schemes:

    • Community grants 

    • Youth grants 

    • Older and Vulnerable adult grants 

    • Councillor Led initiatives

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  • Wiltshire Community Lottery

    A Community Lottery is an opportunity to generate sustainable, unrestricted revenue

    for local good causes and community projects.

    Registration is now open for local good causes who would like to take part in the Wiltshire Community Lottery. The process is simple and straight‑forward.

    For full details, including eligibility criteria, please visit their website.

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  • Local Town Council Grants

    Many of the town councils across Wiltshire offer small grants to local organisations. Check out their websites to find out more information.

  • National Lottery Awards for All

    Funding for projects that bring people together to build strong relationships and improve communities in England. You can apply for a grant of between £300 and £20,000 for projects lasting up to 2 years.

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  • National Lottery Awards for All: Environment

    Fund community-led projects that improve the environment and help people connect with and enjoy nature where they live.

    We fund projects that meet one of the following priorities:

    • help people connect with and care for nature in their area

    • make a positive difference to the environment

    Learn more

  • National Lottery Reaching Communities

    With this funding, they want to help strengthen communities and improve lives across England. This funding is available to all communities. But priority is the places, people and communities that need it most.

    By ‘community’, they mean people who live in the same area. Or people with similar interests or life experiences, even if they do not live in the same area.

    You can apply for £20,001 or more, for projects lasting up to 5 years. 

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  • Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants

    National Lottery Project Grants is our open access programme for arts, libraries and museums projects. The fund supports thousands of individual practitioners, community and cultural organisations

    Learn more

Other places to find funding opportunities

Get Fit for Funding

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