Get the funding your project deserves.
Our 'Your Community, Your Fund' scheme provides support to the following organisations:
- Registered charities
- Constituted community groups
- Community Interest Companies (CiC)
- Other not-for-profit organisations including:
- Community rail partnerships
- Business improvement districts
- Town councils
- Parish councils
- Schools and Colleges. (we can only fund activity which is extracurricular and outside the school’s usual statutory remit).
- Partnership bids are accepted and encouraged
Step one: Is your project eligible?
Please check that your project meets the following criteria:
- Your project must create a welcoming environment or use a station space to benefit communities in and around West Midlands Railway network. You can check this by looking at our network map.
- We can only accept applications which include improvement works and or instillations on station property only.
- Your project is aligned to at least one theme featured in our Community Rail Strategy:
- Youth Engagement
- Health and Wellbeing
- Passenger Safety and tackling anti-social behaviour
- Rail Recovery and Encouraging Modal Shift
- Groups must be properly constituted, with a dedicated bank account requiring two signatories into which the grant funds would be paid.
- The funds must only be used for community gain and cannot be used for the purchase of assets providing benefit to private companies or individuals, they cannot support salary/wages or be used to make payments to members of the committee.
- Projects must be ready to launch in May 2024 and completed by 28/02/2025
If you have any general questions on the process, please contact [email protected] . Unfortunately due to the volume of applications received we are unable to provide individual guidance or specific advice.
Applications close at 23:59 on the 16th April 2024.
Step two: Download application form
Before you can submit your application form, you must download the form and complete it on your device. This will allow you to save your document and complete it in a time that suits you best. Once you have completed your application, return to this page, and continue to step three..
Step three: Submit your application form
Now you are ready to submit your application form, please complete the fields below and attach your application.