Examples of recent Grant Awards

Since setting up in early 2004, the Cambridgeshire Community Foundation, working in partnership with local and national businesses, charitable trusts, local government and individuals, has distributed nealy £5M to community projects across Cambridgeshire involving a wide range of beneficiaries.

Some of the projects that have been funded are shown or listed below.  Click on picture to enlarge and then scroll through collection.

• Christ the Redeemer Church received a grant to fund their holiday club
• Landbeach Parish Council received a grant to provide additional recreational facilities for older children and younger people.
• Peterborough Civic Society received a grant to purchase a lap-top and digital projector for the presentations people give at monthly winter talks.
• Wittering Community Activity Forum received a grant to pay for first aid courses and contribute towards equipment costs.
• Peterborough Disabled Angling and Sports Club received a grant to fit a handrail around the lake.
• Just Us received a grant for a workshop/theatre/activity day for looked after young people.
• St Andrew's Hall Chesterton received a grant to refurbish a meeting room.
• 1st Newmarket Brownies received a grant to run 3 events,  specifically looking at ways of storing and preserving, sell-by dates and common leftover recipes.
• STARS Cambridgeshire Children's Bereavement Support Service received a grant to upgrade database.
• The Garage Project received a grant to contribute towards the costs of  a production of 'Grease'.
• Desi Ladies received a grant to organise monthly meetings with other groups and run a competition.
• EARTH received a grant as a contribution towards one year's running costs.
• Prickwillow Womens Institute received a grant to be used to fund publicity to raise awareness about the WI  and to encourage new members to join.
• Red2Green received a grant to cover the costs of four clients with Asperger Syndrome (a form of Autism) for a year to attend our Aspirations project.
• Cambridge Joint Playschemes received a grant to continue Saturday club for children and young people with severe learning difficulties.
• Chesterton Festival Committee received a grant towards the costs of Chesterton Festival.
• The Friends of Midsummer Common (FoMC) received a grant to cover the costs of the AGM and purchase of a shed.
• The Friends of Whitworth House received a grant to fund  coach hire for an outing for the residents.
• Second Chance received a grant for weekly chair based exercise sessions for 6 months.
• Forward Gamlingay! received a grant to run a sexual health project, a cooking project and a Tea Dance in the local residential home.
• Trumpington Residents' Association received a grant to purchase a marquee for community use.
• Kings Hedges Family Support Project received a grant to buy toys for special needs children.
• Kings Hedges Brownies received a grant to buy materials for arts and crafts and for a trip to Woburn Safari in March 2011 and for contribution towards unexpected increase in rent.
• Castle Community Action Group received a grant to fund meetings and social events.
• Waterbeach Community Primary School Parent Teachers Association received a grant to buy a new music system for the Primary School.
• Cambridge Fans United received a grant for a project for Cambridge United and Fans United to work together to produce a recipe book of ideas for using up left overs.