South Western Railway (SWR) is inviting applications for the next round of its successful Customer and Communities Improvement Fund (CCIF).
CCIF supports small and medium-sized projects with a community benefit or that address an area of social need somewhere on the SWR network, which serves Berkshire, Devon, Dorset, London, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Somerset, Surrey and Wiltshire.
The new funding round for the year 2024-25 has now opened, with applications judged on criteria including*:
- Addressing community or social need
- Demonstration of benefits
- Deliverability against costs and timescales
- Alignment with our charitable giving policy
- Links to the railway
*Match funding is not a necessity for a grant application, however having additional funding available will be considered in the scoring and judging of applications.
SWR welcomes bids from grassroots or neighbourhood groups, local authorities, elected representatives, civic societies, charities, sports teams, social clubs, or any other organisation with a great idea for how CCIF may be able to help their community.
Applications can be submitted until the end of Sunday 31 December 2023. Any proposed project must be completed by 31 March 2025.
More information about how to submit a proposal can be found on SWR’s CCIF webpage.
Since the launch of the first round of CCIF in 2018, SWR has awarded more than £7 million in funding to a wide range of projects.
This year, for the 2023-24 round, grant funding was awarded to 58 projects.
The projects funded included improved, greener facilities at Smallbrook Junction where the Island Line connects with the Isle of Wight Steam Railway.
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