The Wimbledon Championships charity committed to funding up to £290,000 in local community project grants, the All England Club announced on Wednesday.
The Wimbledon Foundation opened the annual grant application round until 24 February for its Community Fund and Get Set, Get Active Fund.
The Community Fund, which has awarded £1.9 million since 2014, offers grants of up to £10,000 to charities and community organisations in Merton and Wandsworth, with Merton Centre for Independent living among those to have benefitted in 2024.
The centre’s deputy chief executive David Jenkins said: “We are delighted to have been awarded a Community Fund grant to support our work building confidence, connection and skills in local disabled people to help make our borough more inclusive for all.
“This work will support our community to come together and achieve change locally.”
As well as funding projects addressing social needs and inequalities, Wandsworth’s designation as the Borough of Culture 2025 means this Community Fund round also accepts applications from community art projects.
Meanwhile, the Get Set, Get Active Fund offers grants between £500 and £3,500 for local community groups, not-for-profit organisations and sports clubs to cover costs including instructor fees, venue hire, equipment and kit.
The foundation, which has donated more than £20million to charities since 2014, estimates it has reached nine million people in this time.
Wimbledon Foundation head Amanda Horton-Mastin said: “We are fortunate to have been able to support so many excellent projects and look forward to funding more organisations that make a real difference to the lives of people living in our local community of Merton and Wandsworth.”
Full application details can be found at https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/foundation/apply_for_support.html
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