Wrexham Community Endowment Fund

Communities, Culture, Educating & Young People, Environment, Health | Clwyd

Aims

The Wrexham Community Endowment Fund is an umbrella of Funds and donations dedicated to enhancing education and strengthening communities in Wrexham.  

Objectives

Either

1. To encourage, support and promote non-statutory educational attainment and lifelong learning, including early years.  Applications should meet at least one of the following priorities:

• Projects that support the educational development of school aged children and young people
• Projects that support the educational development of children in the early years
• School based projects that support health matters and healthy living
• Educational attainment projects including lifelong learning
• Education inclusion projects with support for talented individual students in the form of scholarships, prizes for attainment and educational materials or other resources

Or

2. To encourage, support and promote spiritual wellbeing and improve the lives of people with limited resources.  Applications should meet at least one of the following priorities: 

• Projects that promote safer and more inclusive communities
• Sustainable environment and neighbourhoods
• Supporting older people
• Working with children and young people  
• Projects to encourage improved health and wellbeing
• Culture, heritage and sport  

Who can apply

• Individual students who are currently full time residents of the Local Authority area of Wrexham, provided that the initiatives do not fall within statutory provision, can apply under Objective 1 only. 
• Groups and organisations in the Local Authority area of Wrexham running grass roots community projects are welcome to apply under Objective 1 or Objective 2.   For example local charities and community gropus, scouts/guides & boys/girls brigade, projects organised by churches and/or using the facilities of faith-based organisations, and community projects eg. senior lunch clubs, youth clubs, mums & tots groups.  

Preference will be given to applicants who best show how they meet the Fund’s objectives and priorities, and who have not previously received support from this Fund. 

Grants available

- Individuals can apply for grants of up to £500

- Organisations can apply for grants up to £1,000 

Please note:

• Grants will not be awarded retrospectively i.e. for costs already incurred prior to receipt of the grant offer letter and signed terms and conditions.

• Projects that fall within statutory sector responsibility eg. anything that falls within the school curriculum will not be supported

• Applicants (particularly individual applicants) must be able to demonstrate the financial and social need the grant will address

• Grants will not be awarded to individuals towards costs where financial support is otherwise available e.g. tuition fees where the applicant is eligible for a student loan

HOW TO APPLY

This programme has two annual deadlines:

- 28th February

- 31st August

This fund is currently CLOSED to applications