Community Resource

Community Resource is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1096779).

Community Resource is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales that develops and delivers practical solutions to rural problems to maintain the well-being of individuals and communities in Shropshire. It held its inaugural meeting on 4 November with the aim of bringing people in communities together and finding practical solutions to rural problems, functions it still carries out today. It connects donors with causes through its Community Fund, offers guidance and funding to households to save energy and keep warm, and distributes grants to local organisations, groups and meeting places, paying £27,600 according to its annual report.

Priority Areas

The foundation connects donors with causes through grant schemes for local groups, charities and community organisations. Its community-grant schemes help new and established groups in Shropshire grow, develop, build capacity, reach more people and strengthen their work over the longer term; it prioritises projects with a clear long-term benefit to the organisation. It also supports small voluntary and community groups and organisations, many of them volunteer-dependent. Eligible work includes relief of fuel poverty and energy efficiency, addressing homelessness and food poverty and supporting local food production, improving quality of life for older people and people with mental health issues, community enterprise and social or environmental innovation, conservation, environmental education and upkeep of community buildings. Its grants support community and voluntary organisations seeking to improve their communities and the lives of local people.

Themes

• Fuel poverty and energy efficiency
• Homelessness and food poverty
• Older people and mental health
• Community enterprise and innovation
• Conservation
• Environmental education
• Community buildings

Geographic Focus

Shropshire. Priority: North East Quadrant of the county; Prees Heath.

For the Twemlows 1 Fund, complete the online application. Its panel meets quarterly, with closing dates listed on the website; late applications are not accepted, and incomplete forms wait until the next round.

Deadlines: The Twemlows 1 Fund holds grant-panel meetings quarterly, with closing dates for each round published on the website.

Who can apply:

• Shropshire Grassroots Fund
  • You can apply if your group is based in Shropshire and primarily supports local residents. The fund is open to new start-up groups or those operating for less than 12 months, and small voluntary and community organisations operating for more than 12 months with an annual income under £50,000.
  • To apply, your group must be based in Shropshire, serve Shropshire residents and meet the eligibility criteria for your organisation type.

What to send:

• Community Energy Twemlows 1 Fund
  • Confirm that you have at least two signatories on financial transactions.
  • If the project involves working with children or vulnerable adults, confirm that you have a safeguarding policy in place; state whether staff, volunteers and helpers have been DBS checked.
  • Confirm whether your organisation has public liability insurance in place and, if the project involves purchasing assets, whether they will be insured.
  • Provide the full details of the organisation's bank account, including bank name, account name, account number and sort code.

What the charity says:

• The Grassroots Fund assesses applications on how well they support organisational growth and long-term sustainability.
• The Grassroots Fund prioritises projects with a clear long-term benefit for the organisation.
• Twemlows 1 gives priority to groups with a revenue income under £60,000 per annum.