Horsleys Community Fund
Dedicated to the villages of East and West Horsley and its residents, especially supporting local heritage and social action.
What is Horsleys Community Fund?
The Horsleys Community Fund encourages local giving to develop a greater capacity to respond to the specific needs of East and West Horsley villages.
Managed by the Community Foundation for Surrey, the Horsleys Community Fund is part of a network of borough and district Area Funds across the county.
Why support the Horsleys Community Fund?
The Fund enables people who love Horsley to donate money for the exclusive benefit of East and West Horsley villages and their people. With your help we can help build a stronger community by supporting local causes that can make impact and that will empower Horsley to help itself now and in the future.
Horsleys Community Fund objectives
The fund's main goals are to support individuals and non-profit organisations including charities and voluntary groups who are focussed on social action and addressing community needs in East and West Horsley.
To discuss how you can get involved, please contact the Community Foundation for Surrey directly, giving@cfsurrey.org.uk
Since its inception in 2010, the Horsleys Community Fund has awarded 70 grants worth £63,000 (from old website) ranging in size from £80 to £2,500 to 38 local organisations and to some individuals.
Some examples of the projects that grants have contributed to are below:
Horsley Repair Cafe – to help open its doors to support local people
Horsley Riding for the Disabled – purchase and installation cost of five specialist equestrian training mirrors
West Horsley Playgroup – new soft play equipment, toys, dressing up clothes and craft supplies
St Mary’s Church – provided funding for the Heart and soul Ladies Groups Mad Hatters Tea Party which supports older residents in East Horsley.
Individual in need – a specialist swivel car seat provided to newly disabled resident
Veterans Lunch – funding for the annual Remembrance Day lunch for 15 local war veterans.
Small Grants
To apply for a grant up to the value of £2,000, download the Horsleys 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 Horsley, 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 Horsleys 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 Horsleys 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.