The EDC Project Fund supports ethnically diverse community groups in BCP to strengthen governance, leadership, and sustainability through tailored capacity-building grants and training from 2024–2027.
BCP Crisis and Resilience Fund supports community groups providing food, advice and connected services to help vulnerable and low-income BCP households build financial resilience and rely less on crisis support.
Neighbourhood Fund supports grassroots groups delivering local services that tackle poverty, disadvantage and social issues to improve Dorset residents’ quality of life, with a focus on older people and mental health.
Wessex Water Environment Fund supports community groups with projects that reduce water use, improve sustainability and enhance biodiversity, involving local people in caring for the natural environment.
BCP Homelessness Prevention Fund supports community organisations in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole to deliver early support that prevents homelessness and helps people sustain independent tenancies.
Wessex Water Community Fund supports community groups in Dorset and Ringwood with locally shaped activities that address unmet needs, strengthen communities and help people manage money and avoid debt.