Berkshire & north Hampshire community funding boost
South Western railway is inviting applications for supporting community projects
SOUTH Western Railway (SWR) is inviting applications for the latest round of its Customer and Communities Improvement Fund (CCIF).
CCIF is SWR’s funding programme to support projects that have a community benefit or address an area of social need across its network, which serves Berkshire, Devon, Dorset, Greater London, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Somerset, Surrey and Wiltshire.
As announced at SWR’s annual stakeholder conference, the new funding round has now opened, with applications judged on criteria including:
Addressing community or social need
Demonstration of benefits
Deliverability against costs and timescales
Alignment with our charitable giving policy
Links to the railway
Match funding is not a necessity for a grant application, however having additional funding available will be considered in the scoring and judging of applications.
Applications can be submitted until Sunday 31 December 2024 and more information on the 2025/26 window can be found on SWR’s CCIF webpage.
This year, funding of £400,000 was awarded to 15 projects across the SWR network ranging from supporting an outreach worker to reach vulnerable young people around our stations in the Southampton area, to cycle repair training in the London Borough of Hounslow.
Priority
Peter Williams, South Western Railway’s Customer and Commercial Director, said:
“We’re pleased to announce that applications are now open for the latest round of our highly successful Customer and Communities Improvement Fund.
“Supporting the many local communities we serve is a priority for South Western Railway, and we look forward to receiving applications for projects that can bring them real benefit.”