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Projects the Community Fund has already helped
The Community Fund has managed to help many wonderful projects so far, here's some details on just a few of them.
Marton Community Garden, Rugby, Warwickshire - £5,597
Marton Playground and Playing Fields received £5,597 for the development of a community garden providing volunteering opportunities and including willow domes, rainwater harvesting, an edible garden, picnic area, and re-cycling scheme.
Following the easing of lockdown measures, Faye Chambers, Chair of Marton Parish Council, said it gave the whole community a boost to see work getting underway:
"It now feels so good that three months later, with careful adherence to guidelines, we've been able to start properly. We’ve started by making huge raised beds in the playground to encourage cross-generational growing and will be adding rainwater harvesting, composting, benches and welcome signs. Everyone involved commented how good it was to be working physically and socially for the community again. It made us all feel hopeful."
Families First - Worcestershire - £18,189
Families First are a community based project in Worcestershire offering online advice and support to vulnerable families on a wealth of topics including food and nutrition, physical and mental health and dealing with stress and anxiety. With the help of the Community Fund, the groups have been able to continue their services despite of coronavirus, including running Parenting Peer Support groups online, and keeping connected to families via video and phone calls.
Buxton CoderDojo, Buxton - £3,500
Buxton CoderDojo is a volunteer led club for young people to learn how to code. They received a £3,500 donation for their next water efficiency based project, to develop electric programmable systems to monitor soil conditions and create a process where plants are automatically watered, using only the right amount of water required. The coronavirus hasn’t stopped this project from starting as they managed to do everything virtually – so it’s meant this unique project has been able to crack on, keeping children occupied during lockdown and learning coding at home!
Rectory Wildlife Garden, Loughborough, Leicestershire - £10,000
The Rectory Garden Community Group was awarded £10,000 to re-establish Loughborough’s Rectory Wildlife Garden to benefit both the local wildlife and residents. New designs to bring the garden back to its former glory include constructing a new pond and planting hedges, trees and plants.
"With the efforts of the volunteers we will improve urban biodiversity and provide a tranquil space for Loughborough residents."
"I am really pleased that Severn Trent are supporting this community garden initiative. The wildlife garden will be a real asset to the local community who will be able to get involved whatever their age, so good for children and adults alike, who may not have access to their own garden. A place that brings the local community together."
Food Farmacy Co-op, Derbyshire - £25,384
Food Farmacy Co-op Project believes fresh, organic food should be available to everyone. They received just over £25,000 from the Severn Trent Community Fund, so they can create health and wellbeing programmes all around food!
Their aim is to provide fresh, organic food to communities across Derbyshire, with specific programmes aimed to target wellbeing, such as boosting immune systems and reversing diabetes.
With the help of the Severn Trent Community Fund, the Farmacy team have been able to deliver fresh foods to families during coronavirus, providing people with ability to eat fresh and with confidence, by using locally sourced organic foods from the community.
They also offer in store health advice, run community events, walking clubs and cooking demos and are also using renewable energy and with zero waste!
Water and Bee-friendly allotment project, Staffordshire - £5,939
"We’re really excited that we’ve been able to support this wonderful project that uses sustainability to help create areas where wildflowers can grow, giving local wildlife the opportunity to thrive and bringing benefits to the local environment."
Uttoxeter Rural Parish Council have been awarded funding to create a wildflower verge to increase biodiversity and install water troughs at allotments in Stramshall, Staffordshire.
"Severn Trent were the natural partners for this project. We needed to bring water to the site, in a way that was sustainable by way of water troughs and after consultation with the plot holders, it became clear they also wanted the creation of a wildflower verge to attract bees and other insects to the site to pollinate the crops."
Full list of funded projects
| A Place to Belong | Nottinghamshire | £22,800 |
| Allotment Project - Water and Bee Friendly | Staffordshire | £5,939 |
| Alveley Cricket Club | Shropshire | £10,000 |
| Atherstone Hatters Garden | Warwickshire | £9,510 |
| Buswell Lodge's Outdoore learning Space | Leicestershire | £10,000 |
| Buxton Coderdojo | Derbyshire | £3,500 |
| Community Springs | Nottinghamshire | £9,976 |
| Families First | Worcestershire | £18,169 |
| Farmacy Co-op | Derbyshire | £25,384 |
| Fields Millenium Green | Central | £2,009 |
| Food at the Cavern | Gloucestershire | £39,225 |
| Forest Sensory Services | Gloucestershire |
£4,000 |
| Foxt Fostering Friendships 2020 | Staffordshire | £5,464 |
| Friends of Lyme Brook Wildflower Meadow Creation Scheme | Staffordshire | £5,891 |
| Grange Child Development Sessions | Central | £7,697 |
| Impact 4 Life Wellbeing | Central | £10,000 |
| Jewellery Quarter Festival (event cancelled) | Central | £987 |
| Kemerton Lake Nature Reserve New Boat and Onsite Storage Project | Gloucestershire | £3,600 |
| Leamington Spa Half Marathon (postponed) | Warwickshire | £872 |
| Learning Allotment | Leicestershire | £5,946 |
| Little Rainbows Sensory Garden | Leicestershire | £32,464 |
| Marton Playground and Playing Field | Warwickshire | £5,597 |
| Mindful Forest | Leicestershire | £10,000 |
| Project Marble - Earth from Space | Leicestershire | £249,860 |
| Rafters Against Rubbish | Nottinghamshire | £10,000 |
| Rectory Wildlife Garden | Leicestershire | £10,000 |
| Roundhill Allotments Wildlife Area & Water Capture Project | Worcestershire | £6,710 |
| Saltbox Money Matters | Staffordshire | £16,769 |
| Severn Valley Country Park Pool | Shropshire | £5,412 |
| Shipley Woodside Community Garden | Derby | £6,243 |
| Support Groups for Younger Women affected by Breast Cancer | Central | £2,952 |
| Sustainable Life | Central | £9,856 |
| Taking the plunge - developing a wildlife pond | Nottinghamshire | £6,935 |
| Team Development | Leicestershire | £4,180 |
| The New Harbury Heritage Centre | Warwickshire | £9,721 |
| TURN Water for Wellbeing | Staffordshire | £8,000 |
| Warley Woods Tree Nursey: Growing for a healthy future | Central | £6,527 |
| Water for Wellbeing | Staffordshire | £70,190 |
Applying for funding from the Severn Trent Community Fund
If your organisation is registered not-for-profit, and the project you would like to fund will benefit Severn Trent customers, you may be eligible for a grant from the Severn Trent Community Fund.
