Focus Areas

• Your project must focus on one or more of these areas:
  • Nature & Environment – Projects protecting nature and improving community wellbeing.
  • Education – Helping people of all ages grow and develop.
  • Community – Bringing people together and creating a sense of purpose.
  • Vulnerability – Supporting people who need extra help.

Funding Information

• In the Bristol region, at least £112,000 per year will be awarded over five years.

Eligible Costs

• Equipment hire or purchase.
• Skills and training.
• Employee salaries for work directly on the project.
• Professional fees (e.g. builders, groundworkers, interpretation design agencies).

Eligibility Criteria

• Located in the Bristol Water supply area.
• Schools, colleges, or academies.
• Registered charities and other not-for-profit organisations.
• Constituted groups or clubs.
• Community Interest Companies (CICs).
• Local community groups (e.g. cricket clubs, allotment groups, scout groups, garden clubs).

Ineligibility Criteria

• Applicants under 18.
• Profit-making businesses (e.g. limited companies, sole traders).
• Individuals.
• Projects outside our service area.
• Projects needing significant extra funding to complete.
• Retrospective costs — only new projects are funded.
• Projects with political or religious purposes.
• Applications for the same project rejected in the same financial year.

For more information, visit Bristol Water.