RWE Great Eppleton Wind Farm Community Benefits Fund

Grants of up to £5,000 from the Great Eppleton Wind Farm community fund, paid for by RWE and run by Point North, for community groups, voluntary organisations and environmental projects in and around Hetton-le-Hole, on the County Durham and Sunderland border. The area of benefit covers Chilton Moor, Easington Lane, Hetton, Houghton-le-Spring, Murton, Rainton, Seaton, South Hetton and Warden Law, within about three miles of the farm. You do not need to be a registered charity, but you must have charitable aims: registered charities and CIOs, constituted community and voluntary groups, and registered social enterprises can apply. Grants can support improvements to community halls and sports facilities, environmental and wildlife projects, activities that bring the community together, and energy efficiency or renewable energy projects. Contingency funding, party political activity and statutory duties are not funded. Applications close on 30 October 2026.