To aid management of projects by WREN, areas have been allocated one of four deadline dates for each funding round.

You should submit your application and supporting documents as soon as you are able.  We can only consider a limited number of applications in each round and projects are allocated to panels on a first come first served basis, subject to all information being provided.  You will be notified of the decision date when we acknowledge your application.  If your application is not received by 5.00pm on the appropriate deadline date for your area your project will automatically be allocated to the next available funding round.

Years of dedicated fundraising and the sale of the old building eventually gave the opprotunity for a new Scout and Youth Centre to be constructed on land adjacent to the playing fields. The timber clad building was completed in Summer 2011 thanks for a £50,000 grant from WREN. 

The local community turned out in force to see former Bunbury Rainbow Beth Tweddle perform the official opening. The building offers a range of facilities including a large hall, meeting room, kitchen and toilets and  is now being well used by Scouts and Guide groups and is also proving popular with other local groups and residents.  

As from 9 May 2012 WREN will no longer be accepting applications for funding around the Stewartby Landfill site in Bedfordshire.   If you have a potential project in this area please make sure it is received at WREN by this date otherwise it cannot be considered for funding.

The final two deadlines for receipt of applications in this area are:

7 March 2012
9 May 2012

The nearest WRG landfill sites are Bletchley in Buckinghamshire, and Buckden in Cambridgeshire.

If you have any queries regarding a project in this area please contact WREN's Grant Manager, Emma Brooks on 01234 772370

WREN is delighted to announce that the maximum application amount under its Main Grant Scheme has been increased from £50,000 to £75,000.   The change, which comes into effect now for all new applications, is in response to the lack of funding opportunities around at the moment.

Peter Cox, Managing Director, commented that from monitoring application levels and the match funding indicated, it is apparent applicants are finding it increasingly difficult to fund their projects. WREN wants to see projects delivered so it seemed right that WREN help bridge the gap. 

For more information about what WREN can fund, where WREN can fund and to find out if your community project might be able to benefit, please click here.

 The latest Grant Awards by WREN for Cambridgeshire have now been announced, totalling £118,110.  Other projects which also received good news are the Townley Memorial Hall at Fulbourn, who have been awarded £49,800 for a new sports hall extension, and March will soon see exercise equipment installed at West End Park, after Fenland District Council secured £24,000.

 Sarah Gosling, WREN Grant Manager for Cambridgeshire, explained: “It isn’t very often that a village sees two applications supported at the same round of meetings, but each project we support is unique, and we are pleased to have been able to provide funding to all these projects.  It is the individual community benefits that make their projects stand out. All of these applicants have worked hard to develop their project before applying to WREN – they’ve done all the hard work and deserve the end results. ” 

During 2011, WREN has awarded £387,712 to 14 projects across the county, four of which have been completed already.