Orchard End Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund
Closing Date: 16 December 2026, midnight
Decision By Date: Early March 2027
Provided by Orchard End Wind Farm, £16,000 available every year for grants between £250 and £8,000. Projects must be located with 4km of the Orchard End Wind Farm.
The Fund is open to new applications. There is £16,000 available to give out in grants each year.
Project locations
Projects for which grants are requested must be located within 4km of REG Power Management’s Orchard End Wind Farm. Priority will be given to projects located within 3km.
To see whether your project falls within the eligible funding area, please click on the map image below and enter the project postcode:
Deadline
There are two funding rounds to apply to each year. Half of the available annual funding, this being £8,000, will be available at each funding round. The next two closing dates for applications are:
Grants Awarded
To find out which organisations were previously awarded grants, please click here
Grant Amounts
The Fund allows groups to apply for grants between £250 and £8,000. Please click below to read the full criteria and how to apply:
Decision Making
Applications are reviewed by a local Community Advisory Panel (CAP) that has been established to help decide how the grants will be allocated from the Fund.
Below is a list of the current CAP members:
- David Salisbury
- Christopher Meadows
- Pilling Parish Council (TBC)
- Cheryl Vardey
- Neil Cookson
- Alice Collinson
- Mark Barlow