Severn Trent Community Fund

Our customers have helped us to create and shape our community fund. We've spoken to lots of you to better understand your community needs, and as a result, have chosen to design our fund around improving community wellbeing. By this we mean:

• People: Projects that help people to lead a healthier life and gain new skills
• Places: Projects that help to create better places to live in and use
• Environment: Projects that will help look after our natural environment, give people greater access to that environment or help look after water

We seek to fund projects that link to these key elements of community wellbeing - with favourability shown to projects that ideally lie within a 'sweet spot' that incorporates all three. If you're applying for over £75,000, please note that a combination of all three of these themes is necessary to be eligible. And of course, being a water company, naturally we'd love to see applications for projects that have a connection to water too (although not essential)! This might mean creating sustainable drainage, installing grey water recycling or creating water efficient green spaces.

How much you can apply for and when

There are three sizes of grant that you can apply for:

• £2,000 to £10,000 – up to 12 months for project completion
• £10,001 to £75,000 - up to 24 months for project completion
• £75,001 to £200,000 - up to 24 months for project completion

To apply for more than £10,000 you must be a registered charity or a business registered with Companies House, a local authority or parish council.

Applications between £2,000 - £10,000:

Applications between £10,001 - £200,000:

For more information about the fund, please visit - Severn Trent Community Fund | About Us | Severn Trent Water (stwater.co.uk)

Core Funding

We know support with running costs is always needed so we've allocated £400,000 of this year's Community Fund to cover core costs for groups within our region. This funding is for groups that deliver a vital service for local residents and improve wider community wellbeing, especially supporting those most vulnerable. If you're unsure whether your organisation is within our region, you can check our map or your postcode.

Eligible charities and organisations can apply to be considered for a restricted grant of between £5,000 - £20,000 (depending on the size of the organisation) for 1 year to help them and our communities get through this very challenging time.