Major funding

We welcome approaches from local charities and community organisations about major and significant projects for which they need funds.

If you are applying for funding for a major project – £75,000 or over – please call us to discuss your project in person.

Here are some of the major projects that the Trust has funded.

£1m towards a new cancer and dialysis centre at West Berkshire Community Hospital

£770,000 towards the restoration of Greenham Common

£640,000 to refurbish Crookham Common Athletics Track

£570,000 to help save The Watermill Theatre, Bagnor

£550,000 towards equipment for the Pelican Cancer Foundation, North Hampshire

£500,000 towards a new cancer care centre serving North Hampshire and West Berkshire

£450,000 for digital X-ray equipment at West Berkshire Community Hospital

£350,000 towards improving Victoria Park

£250,000 to help convert Greenham Common Control Tower into a visitor centre and cafe

£230,000 towards Berkshire's first children's hospice

Over £200,000 a year for New Greenham Arts

£187,500 for a new building on Newbury Showground

£185,000 towards the upgrading of West Berkshire Museum

£185,000 for a Music Bursary Fund for local primary school children

£150,000 for an indoor climbing wall at Adventure Dolphin, Pangbourne

£143,000 for core funding for the Corn Exchange, Newbury

£125,000 for affordable housing in Newbury

£90,000 for a programme helping the disadvantaged and isolated into employment

£86,000 a year for Newbury's spectacular Outdoor Arts Events

£50,000 to protect homes in Thatcham from flooding

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