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WHSmith Trust Community Grants

 

The following community groups may apply for WHSmith Community Grants: Registered or Exempt Charities Voluntary/Community Groups (constituted) Schools and pre-schools There are two annual application rounds – 1st October to 31st March, and 1st April to 30th September – and at the end of each six month period grant applications will be reviewed and grants issued. Grants are made at the discretion of the trustees of the WHSmith Group Charitable Trust and are subject to there being available reserves.

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Programme notes for Janya

It’s been great to get to know the orchestra personally, and have time to try out several drafts and sections of the piece before finalising them;

Celebrate UK

 

You could celebrate something from your community's history or a local hero. Or maybe it's a chance to bring people together to get to know their neighbours better.

We are especially keen to receive applications from groups who have not applied to us before.

You will also need to show that your project is open to everyone in your local community.

We will give higher priority to applications from:

Do you know a 'non-singer'?

Nearly 20% of the British population call themselves 'tone deaf', and probably many more would call themselves 'non-singers', hol

Bacc for the Future campaign Parliamentary debate: what happened and what now?

After over 100,000 music makers and supporters signed an official Parliamentary petition asking the Department for Education (DfE