Association of Voluntary Organisations in Wrexham

Registered charity 1043989 · since 1995avow.org·Wrexham·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

Open to applications

Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

Its stated priority is Wrexham County Borough, and its Youth-Led Grants support small volunteering projects led and carried out by young people aged 13–25, so a Wrexham group with a youth-led volunteering project is the clearest fit.
Youth-Led Grants go up to £1,000, and the Making a Difference Grant was for projects valued up to £500, so a modest request fits what it has offered.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, and Youth-Led Grants are made through an online application form.
The annual report gave no grants total or grant range that could be read, so say little about how many awards are made or how competitive they are, and ask the funder directly whether the Making a Difference Grant is still open, since it was described in the past tense.
No exclusions are stated, so do not assume any group is ruled out before checking the funder's current terms.

Overview

Association of Voluntary Organisations in Wrexham is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1043989).

The Association of Voluntary Organisations in Wrexham is a registered charity whose purpose is to promote charitable purposes for the benefit of the community of Wrexham County Borough and its environs, including the advancement of education, the furtherance of health, and the relief of poverty, distress and sickness. It funds community groups and youth-led initiatives through the Making a Difference Grant, which is funded through income from the AVOW Community Lottery, and through the Wrexham Young Influencers, a youth-led grant-making body for young people aged 13–25. In one year it awarded £9,571 to 13 youth-led initiatives and distributed £5,680 to 14 organisations.

What they fund

Priority Areas

AVOW’s grants support community groups in Wrexham and youth-led community initiatives. The Making a Difference Grant is open to Wrexham community groups delivering projects that could make a positive difference locally. The Youth-Led Grants support small volunteering projects and activities led and carried out by young people. Young people aged 13–25 take the lead in deciding how the youth funding is allocated to projects that matter to them and their peers. AVOW has also awarded funding to other community organisations and youth-led initiatives. Alongside its grants, it provides voluntary and community organisations with funding advice and guidance on applications, linking its grant-making with wider support for local voluntary action.

Themes

Youth-led volunteering

Geographic Focus

Priority: Wrexham County Borough.

How to apply

For the Youth-Led Grants, applicants complete the online application form.

Who can apply:

Making a Difference Grant: The grant was open to all Wrexham community groups delivering projects valued up to £500 that could make a positive difference locally.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

The Making a Difference Grant supports projects that could make a positive difference locally.
The Youth-Led Grants support small volunteering projects and activities led and carried out by young people.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Wrexham

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Association of Voluntary Organisations in Wrexham.

Thomas Howell's Education Fund for North WalesFixed deadlinesGave £309k Bridgend Association of Voluntary OrganisationsFixed deadlinesGave £139k GavoFixed deadlinesGave £653k Powys Association of Voluntary Organisations (PAVO)No public processGave £2.7M WcvaMixed deadlinesGave £29.3M Powys Welsh Church FundFixed deadlinesGave £113k The Wrexham (Parochial) Educational FoundationFixed deadlinesGave £345k Welsh Women's AidNo public processGave £993k The Gwendoline and Margaret Davies CharityFixed deadlinesGave £208k Pembrokeshire Association of Voluntary ServicesFixed deadlinesGave £671k

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£1,149,421	£933,835	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£1,298,150	£1,133,284	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£938,966	£949,293	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£989,980	£875,596	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£1,070,350	£1,082,815	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.