community fund

Devon housebuilder launches £10,000 community fund

A local housebuilder has launched a scheme to support community initiatives in Devon.

Redrow South West, which is currently building at St. Michael’s Meadow and Saxon Brook in Exeter, and Romansfield in Okehampton, has created the £10,000 community fund to support as many local groups, organisations and charities as possible – and is now welcoming applications.

The housebuilder...

Devon community group wins Community Heroes cash boost 

An organisation that supports people in poverty in Exeter and Torquay has won a community award from leading builders merchant Selco.

Punk Against Poverty CIC has secured £500 worth of building materials through its Community Heroes campaign.

The organisation provides free school uniforms to children in need and will use the materials to help fix the roof at one of its two...

WPD helps customers keep warm this Christmas with fuel poverty grants to South West charities

This festive season, Western Power Distribution (WPD) is supporting its vulnerable customers across the South West, by issuing £87,000 of fuel poverty grants from its ‘Community Matters’ fund to local charities and organisations.

Amongst the beneficiaries announced today is Kingswear Parish Council , which has been awarded £10,000 for a ground-breaking project to support households...

Calor offers £85,000 worth of grants to rural communities

Now in its fourth year, leading off-grid energy supplier, Calor, is once again calling on worthy rural community projects of all shapes and sizes to enter its Rural Community Fund for 2020 and be in with the chance of securing grants from its £85,000 fund pot.

Calor is celebrating its 85th anniversary this year and is marking the milestone by making this year’s investment bigger than...