Cheshire & Warrington Funding
WVA works hard to make funding accessible to reduce the stress of trying to sustain your group. Below are some that we administer or support.
Remember! The WVA Team are happy to talk through your project/bid ideas, read it through before you submit or help you when you're stuck. If you need any support, contact [email protected] and we'll make sure it gets to the right person.
Crisis & Resilience Fund (CRF)
Funded by UK Government, administered by Warrington Borough Council and hosted by WVA, this microgrant can help you build resilience in local people and prevent crisis before it happens.
Funds between £500 and £5000
This fund is open to Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) groups:
- Constituted Community groups
- Registered Charities
- CICs
- Parent Teacher Associations
- Community Associations
The following are not eligible:
- Statutory groups/services
- Foodbanks seeking funding for core or routine provision
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Cheshire & Warrington Combined Authority Mayoral Investment Fund (MIF)
This £650,000 investment will create new opportunities for Cheshire and Warrington’s VCFSE sector, forming part of the Celebrating Place: Communities, Culture and Renewal theme of the MIF.
It will be led by Cheshire and Warrington Infrastructure Partnership (CWIP), a collective of the four infrastructure support charities across the area – Cheshire Community Action (CCA), Cheshire West Voluntary Action (CWVA), CVS Cheshire East and Warrington Voluntary Action (WVA) – along with Voluntary Sector North West (VSNW) and Cheshire Community Foundation (CCF).
Funds between:
- Prevention and progression grants Micro grants/seed funding – supporting pilots for smaller VCFSE sector organisations – up to £1,500
- Larger grants – up to £10,000
- Community buildings and spaces 5,000 - £50,000
- Feasibility and pipeline development £10,000 - £15,000 (roughly)
Organisations with the following structures will be eligible for this programme.
- Charities and charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs)
- Constituted groups and clubs
- Community interest companies (CICs) and other not-for-profit organisations
- Town and parish councils (for the community buildings and spaces element)
- Community sports organisations
- Faith organisations where the building has significant wider community use (for the community buildings and spaces element)
Only organisations across Cheshire and Warrington – within the boroughs of Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, and Warrington – will be eligible.
Partnership applications are welcomed, but one organisation will need to act as the lead applicant for the project. All delivery organisations through the partnership will need to meet the above eligibility criteria.
Please note the below link takes you to Cheshire West Voluntary Action's website.
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Warrington Charities Trust (WCT)
Warrington Charities Trust aims to help small groups, new groups and projects, or groups which find it difficult to raise all their funds themselves. All grants awarded must be for charitable purposes and must benefit the community of Warrington.
You can ask for funding towards running costs, training, publicity, events, equipment etc. You can ask for a grant to cover the whole cost or to top up your own fund-raising for the need you have identified.
Funds up to £500
The fund is open to Registered Charities or Voluntary or Community Groups that undertake and provide charitable activities.A charitable activity is considered to be an activity that provides a benefit to the community. All projects submitted for grant-aid must operate for the benefit of the community of Warrington Borough and must aim to improve the quality of life in the Borough. In particular WCT aims to support small local groups who find it difficult to raise all their own funds.
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Looking for something else?
Our friends at Cheshire West Voluntary Action have created a great list of current funds and funders. (Thanks CWVA!)
We have various guides, templates, resources ands links on our WVA Groups page.
Remember! The WVA Team are happy to talk through your project/bid ideas, read it through before you submit or help you when you're stuck. If you need any support, contact [email protected] and we'll make sure it gets to the right person.