Whitbread Plc Chairman's Fund (South Bedfordshire)
Funding
Up to £5,000
Deadline
8 December 2026
Location
Dunstable; Houghton Regis; Leighton Buzzard
Applications
Deadline: 8 December 2026
Overview
Charities and groups in Dunstable, Houghton Regis, Leighton Buzzard and nearby villages can get up to £5,000. Priorities are skills, inclusion, rural isolation and community cohesion. Send an expression of interest by 8 December 2026. Official source: https://blcf.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant/central-beds/whitbread-plc-chairmans-fund/. Last checked by GrantMatch on 22 October 2026.
Requirements to check
Key requirements:
- Up to £5,000.
- South Bedfordshire beneficiaries only.
- Skills, isolation or cohesion focus.
- EOIs close 8 December 2026.
Charitable organisations and community groups whose beneficiaries live in South Bedfordshire.
This summary may not include every exclusion. Check the full eligibility rules, including who and what the funder will not support.
Charities and community groups in South Bedfordshire.
Regions
Full details from Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation (Whitbread)
The Whitbread Plc Chairman's Fund, run by Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation, offers grants of up to £5,000 to charities and community groups whose beneficiaries live in South Bedfordshire, including Dunstable, Houghton Regis, Leighton Buzzard and the surrounding rural communities to the south west county boundary. Its priorities are skills and inclusion, reducing rural social isolation, and community cohesion. Expressions of interest close on 8 December 2026 (BLCF says the EOI form for this deadline will be available soon), and the fund may close early if heavily subscribed.
Read the Whitbread Plc Chairman's Fund criteria document on the Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation website, then complete the short expression of interest form by 8 December 2026. BLCF may close early if heavily subscribed, and the grants team will contact suitable applicants about a full application. Online Meet the Funder sessions run on 11 November and 1 December.
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