Grants News

Stay up to date with the latest news and updates about our grant making. To see the difference our funding makes in the community, we recommend visiting Our Impact section to read real examples of local projects we’ve supported and example individual grant stories.

Celebrating our first round of organisation grants for 2025-26

Celebrating our first round of organisation grants for 2025-26

We are delighted to announce the recipients of our first set of grant awards for this financial year (1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026). We awarded nearly £119,917 in…

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Helping to Level the Playing Field: School Social Fund 2024–25

Helping to Level the Playing Field: School Social Fund 2024–25

Across Chippenham, many families continue to feel the pressure of the cost-of-living crisis and for those with school-aged children, essential costs like uniforms, trips, and learning materials can quickly add…

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Third Round of Grant Funding – Building Wellbeing, Strengthening Community 

Third Round of Grant Funding – Building Wellbeing, Strengthening Community 

We’re proud to announce the third and final round of grants awarded this financial year through our

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£30,000 Grant Awarded to Chippenham Community Hub

£30,000 Grant Awarded to Chippenham Community Hub

We are delighted to announce our latest grant of £30,000 to Chippenham Community Hub, providing essential funding support over the next three years. Our commitment of £10,000 per year will…

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Second Round of Grant Funding

Second Round of Grant Funding

We’re pleased to share the successful grants awarded in our second round of funding (deadline 1st October 2024), supporting a wide range of Chippenham-based projects tackling loneliness, poor mental health,…

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Making a difference in 2024!

Making a difference in 2024!

As we bid farewell to 2024, we're proud to share that we've awarded over £290,000 in grants this year to strengthen and support our community… Health & Wellbeing – Funding…

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Supporting Local Households This Christmas

Supporting Local Households This Christmas

We're delighted to share the impact of our 2024 Christmas Voucher Scheme, which has provided £46,475 in supermarket vouchers to local families facing financial pressures this winter. Making a Difference…

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CBLC Christmas Voucher Scheme Now Closed – over £50,000 in Applications in Just One Week!

CBLC Christmas Voucher Scheme Now Closed – over £50,000 in Applications in Just One Week!

We are announcing the closure of applications for our 2024 Christmas voucher scheme following an exceptional level of demand. The application window was originally scheduled to remain open until 12pm…

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Celebrating a Year of Impactful Grants in Chippenham

Celebrating a Year of Impactful Grants in Chippenham

We're pleased to share the fantastic impact of our grant awards across Chippenham over the past year. From supporting youth development to funding vital health services, these grants have touched…

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Celebrating a Year of Impactful Grants in Chippenham (April 2023-March 2024)

Celebrating a Year of Impactful Grants in Chippenham (April 2023-March 2024)

We're pleased to share the fantastic impact of our grant awards across Chippenham over the past year. From supporting youth development to funding vital health services, these grants have touched…

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Exciting News: We’re Launching Weekly Funding Advice Sessions!

Exciting News: We’re Launching Weekly Funding Advice Sessions!

We're pleased to announce the launch of our new Weekly Funding Advice Drop-in Sessions! We understand that navigating the world of funding can be challenging. That's why we're adding a…

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First Round of Grant Funding Announced

First Round of Grant Funding Announced

We have now moved from accepting grant applications all year round to three set funding rounds each year - the change will help better manage demand and ensure fairer access…

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New Online Grants Application System Launched

New Online Grants Application System Launched

We are excited to announce the launch of our new online application system for our two major grant funding streams: Grants for Individuals and Grants for Organisations. These two discrete…

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Making the season brighter for Chippenham households

Making the season brighter for Chippenham households

Our Charity is dedicated to supporting low-income households in Chippenham. For over a decade, our initiatives have included an annual Christmas Voucher Scheme. This scheme provides supermarket vouchers to help…

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Quarterly Grants update: Funding awarded January-March 2023

Quarterly Grants update: Funding awarded January-March 2023

We have provided support and funding to a diverse range of organisations and individuals during the final quarter of the financial year, between 1st January and the 31st of March…

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Bumper Christmas Voucher scheme and grant making from September to December

Bumper Christmas Voucher scheme and grant making from September to December

During the last three months we have awarded nearly £60,000 in grants to Chippenham individuals, families, groups, and organisations. Christmas Voucher Scheme A large focus for our grant giving in…

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Six Months of Grant Giving – April to September 2022

Six Months of Grant Giving – April to September 2022

In the six months between April and September this year we have awarded grants to a range of different organisations for a variety of activities and needs. These have included:…

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CBLC Summer Newsletter 2022

CBLC Summer Newsletter 2022

It's been a really busy 6 months for our charity. You can read all about it in our latest newsletter which you can see a glimpse of in the below…

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A year of grant giving

A year of grant giving

We've been taking a look back at our grant giving in for the last financial year (1st April 2021- 31st March 2022). You can see some of the headline figures…

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Quarterly Grant Awards – January to March 2022

Quarterly Grant Awards – January to March 2022

Over the last award quarter we have given out grants to a range of different organisations for a variety of different activities and needs. These have included: – £2500 awarded…

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CBLC Winter 2021/22 newsletter

CBLC Winter 2021/22 newsletter

View or download our winter 2021/22 newsletter to keep up with the latest news and information from our charity. A PDF version can be read via this link -

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Six months of grant giving

Six months of grant giving

Over the last six months we have given out over 150 grants to individuals and families in need who live in Chippenham. We have also provided funding to local organisations…

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CBLC Summer newsletter

CBLC Summer newsletter

View or download our new newsletter to keep up with the latest news and information from our charity. Download  

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Quarterly grant awards – April to June 2021

Quarterly grant awards – April to June 2021

Over the last award quarter we have given out grants to a range of different organisations for a variety of different activities and needs. These have included: - £5,000.00 awarded…

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CBLC grant giving in 2020-21

CBLC grant giving in 2020-21

We awarded over £280,000 in grants and funding from April 2020 to the end of March 2021.  This included over £100,000 in grants and funding to different organisations that benefit the welfare of Chippenham…

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30 years of cblc

30 years of cblc

Today marks 30 years since we were registered, as a grant giving charity supporting Chippenham, with the Charity Commission. We had lots of plans for larger celebrations this Autumn but…

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A is for Arts

A is for Arts

Today is the start of the A-Z of CBLC – hopefully by the time we get to Z you will know lots more about our grant giving charity: what we…

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Six months of grant making

Six months of grant making

Most of our staff have been working remotely over the past six months but we have been providing support and funding to a wide variety of different organisations and individuals…

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Community hot meals service for chippenham

Community hot meals service for chippenham

We are delighted to be working in partnership with Age UK Wiltshire to launch this essential new service for older people living in the Chippenham area. We are providing funding for the…

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COVID-19 UPDATE

COVID-19 UPDATE

Our office building will be shut to staff and visitors from Wednesday 18th March for the foreseeable future however our support for the Chippenham Community will continue, as much as…

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New pilot ‘enrichment grant’

New pilot ‘enrichment grant’

Would you like to try something new in 2020? We are trialling a new grant scheme called the Enrichment Grant this year to enable Chippenham residents to join a local class,…

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2019 into 2020

2019 into 2020

Wishing a Happy New Year from everyone at Chippenham Borough Lands Charity. We were able to fund a wide variety of groups/organisations to benefit the Chippenham community whilst also supporting…

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£7,333.00 awarded to help fund chippenham​ based dementia support groups

£7,333.00 awarded to help fund chippenham​ based dementia support groups

We recently visited local charity, Alzheimer’s Support, at their Memory Cafe to present a cheque for £7,333.00 to staff and group members. The funding will be put towards the running…

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£10,000 awarded to Back On Track Stroke Rehab Service

£10,000 awarded to Back On Track Stroke Rehab Service

Our Communications Officer, Katie, received a warm welcome at a group session for Wiltshire based charity Back On Track Stroke Rehab Service when she recently visited them to present their grant…

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