Medworth Community Fund (Wisbech)
Funding
Up to £50,000
Deadline
1 February 2027
Location
Wisbech
Applications
Deadline: 1 February 2027
Overview
Non-profit groups can apply for up to £5,000, or up to £50,000 for larger projects, that benefit people within 5km of the Medworth energy from waste plant in Wisbech. It funds community spaces, youth facilities, health and wellbeing, heritage and environmental projects. The spring round opens on 2 November and closes at 11:59am on 1 February 2027. Official source: https://www.cambscf.org.uk/funds/medworth/. Last checked by GrantMatch on 2 November 2026.
Requirements to check
Who can apply:
Key requirements:
- Small grants up to £5,000; large grants up to £50,000.
- Must benefit people within 5km of the Wisbech facility.
- Large grants only in the February and August rounds.
- Spring round closes 11:59am 1 February 2027.
Non-profit organisations working in Cambridgeshire or Norfolk whose projects benefit people within 5km of the Medworth facility in Wisbech. Priority goes to local organisations. Not funded: past activities, sponsored or fundraising events, debt, grant-making, land or buildings not open to the public, politics or religion, animal welfare, overseas travel and statutory obligations.
This summary may not include every exclusion. Check the full eligibility rules, including who and what the funder will not support.
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Regions
Full details from Cambridgeshire Community Foundation (MVV Medworth)
The Medworth Community Fund, paid for by MVV Environment Medworth and run by Cambridgeshire Community Foundation, has up to £200,000 a year for projects that benefit people living within 5km of the Medworth Energy from Waste Combined Heat and Power facility in Wisbech. It offers small grants of up to £5,000 and larger grants of up to £50,000, and occasionally multi-year grants. Projects should deliver benefits in one or more of three areas: community (public amenity spaces, transport-related wellbeing, underused land and eyesores, youth facilities); social and health (community and social enterprise businesses, health and wellbeing); and environment (low carbon and energy efficiency, heritage buildings, nature sites, nature-based flood solutions, recycling and the circular economy). Organisations from across Cambridgeshire and Norfolk can apply, with priority for local groups. The fund reopens on 2 November 2026 for the spring round, which closes at 11:59am on 1 February 2027 and takes both small and large applications.
Read Cambridgeshire Community Foundation's application guidance and the fund criteria, check your project is inside the 5km map on the fund page, then complete the online application form linked from the fund page and upload the supporting documents by 11:59am on 1 February 2027. Email info@cambscf.org.uk before applying for a multi-year project.
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