Hambledon Community Fund
Dedicated to the village and its residents, especially supporting local heritage, training for young people, and social isolation.
What is Hambledon Community Fund?
The Hambledon Community Fund encourages local giving to develop a greater capacity to respond to village needs.
Managed by the Community Foundation for Surrey, the Hambledon Community Fund is part of a network of borough and district Area Funds across the county.
Why support the Hambledon Community Fund?
The Fund enables people who love Hambledon to donate money for the exclusive benefit of the village and its people. With your help we can help build a stronger community by supporting local causes that can make impact and that will empower Hambledon to help itself now and in the future.
Hambledon Community Fund objectives
The fund's main goals are to:
Help older or disadvantaged residents combat isolation and stay happy, healthy and included
Increase facilities, training, skills and experience for young people.
Support village activities, services and community focal points such as the Village Shop
Fund projects that improve and preserve the village heritage, culture and environment.
To discuss how you can get involved, please contact the Community Foundation for Surrey directly, giving@cfsurrey.org.uk
To support the Hambledon Village Shop Roof Appeal, click here.
Since its inception in 2008, the Hambledon Community Fund has awarded 52 grants worth £65,582 (2024) to most of the village organisations and to some individuals.
The projects that grants have contributed to are summarised below:
Hambledon Village Shop – kitchen refurbishment, benches for picnic area
Almshouses – extension and refurbishment of the houses
Hambledon Cricket Club – maintenance of club grounds including new boundary posts, creosote, movable safety nets, clubhouse lighting improvements
St. Peter’s Church – purchase and installation of a hearing loop and other audio-visual equipment
Hambledon Football Club – new changing rooms, mower, ground improvements, pitch irrigation
Hambledon Nursery School – new outdoor classroom, equipment and development of pond garden area
Hambledon Festival Committee – PA system for use in village events
Hambledon Village Hall – two storage heaters, new stage curtains, replacement windows
In addition to the above, a defibrillator was organised by the Parish Council, The Hambledon Village Trust built a toilet block behind the shop and the Hambledon Heritage Society installed a viewpoint map plinth on Hambledon Common.
Small Grants
To apply for a grant up to the value of £2,500, download the Hambledon Small Grants Form.
For grant applications over the value of £2,000, Express your Interest here.
If you’re interested in leaving a legacy to Chiddingfold, further information can be found here.
Make a donation.
Donations can be made at any level, either as one-off donations or spread over a period of time. They can be donated as gifts of cash, legacies, shares, property or land.
The easiest way to give is through the form at the top of the page, which will direct your donation directly to Chiddingfold Community Fund. If you would prefer to make a bank transfer, please contact us.
Don’t forget Gift Aid! Using Gift Aid means that for every pound you give, the Chiddingfold Community Fund will receive an extra 25p from HM Revenue & Customs, helping your donation go further.
Apply for funding
Applying for funding is easy. Simply fill out a quick Expression of Interest Form (EOI) to start the application process.
Tell us what you want to do, and how much you would like to apply for. The EOI is designed to save you time and provide us with a little more information about your funding needs prior to making a full application.
The grants team will then review your EOI against our fund criteria and advise you if we can invite you forward to make a full application.