Does your community project need funding?
Our Brighter Community Fund is a pot of money which, as one of our customers, you can apply to use to make things happen in your community. For example, it could be used to fund an event, service or activity that local people would enjoy.
In the year 2022-23 we’re delighted that we were able to help fund and support 13 projects. Could your project could be next?
Here are some of the projects we’ve supported recently:
Cromwell Community Garden
The community has come together to create a fantastic communal garden on Observatory Walk on the Cromwell Estate in Redhill. Our Brighter Community Fund provided and installed benches for local residents to use when enjoying the garden.
Merstham Ladies FC
Ladies and girls football has been growing in popularity over the last few years, especially with the recent success of the Lionesses. For the 2023/24 season, Raven is the sponsor for the Merstham Ladies and Wildcats girls teams and covered the kit costs for team players. The team is a great way for ladies and young girls to keep active, enjoy football and make friends. You can follow their success here.
MYTI club
The MYTI club is a weekly youth club session at The Phoenix Centre in Preston for young people aged from 8-14 years. Held every Friday evening from 4:15-7:15pm, there’s a brilliant programme of events including cooking, karaoke, arts and crafts, as well as physical activities. The Brighter Community Fund covered the costs of these sessions for three months.
How to apply
Applications can be made by an individual or a community group and projects must support our purpose of ‘Building homes, Changing lives’. Your application will be reviewed by a panel of Raven customers. The total fund is £30,000 each year and you can apply for up to £5,000 for each project.
The next deadline for applications is 7th February 2024 and decisions will be made on 6th March 2024.