Waterside Community Fund grants
Waterside Community Fund gives grants to organisations and individuals in the Hythe, Dibden and Marchwood area of Hampshire, prioritising family poverty, older residents' independence, and youth and community projects.
Guidance last checked 16 July 2026· from the funder’s own website
Overview
Waterside Community Fund is a local charity serving the Waterside parishes of Hythe, Dibden and Marchwood in Hampshire, extending to Fawley where needed. It makes grants to organisations and individuals, and its current priorities are relieving family poverty, helping older residents retain their independence, and supporting youth activities, pre-schools, schools and community projects. Individual applicants are expected to have lived in one of the three Waterside parishes for at least 12 months before applying. It does not fund the relief of rates, taxes or other public funds, retrospective payments for goods already purchased, or the repayment of existing debts, and grants are not normally given to a church or religious group to promote religion or to fund activities only available to its own members. Applications are normally considered within four to five weeks.
What they fund
Waterside Community Fund is registered for a wide range of charitable purposes, including education, health and the prevention or relief of poverty.
Who and where
It is registered to support people with disabilities, children and young people, older people and the general public in Hampshire.
Who they help
Where they fund
What Waterside Community Fund says in its own guidance
Quoted directly from the funder’s own website, with a link to the page each quote came from. Always the most current word is theirs — check the source before you apply.
What they say they're looking for
“The current priorities are to relieve family poverty, to help older residents to retain their independence and to support youth activities, pre-schools, schools and community projects.”
Source: watersidecommunityfund.org.uk — (PDF) WCF-2023-2024.pdf →
Who they say they'll fund
“Applicants are expected to have lived in one of the three Waterside parishes for at least 12 months before making an application.”
Source: watersidecommunityfund.org.uk — Grants to Individuals - Waterside Community Fund →
What they say they won't fund
“Grants will not be awarded to a church or other religious group to promote religion, fund religious activities or to support activities which are only available to members of the church or religious group”
Source: watersidecommunityfund.org.uk — Grants to Organisations - Waterside Community Fund →
“Awards cannot be made for the relief of rates, taxes or other public funds, for retrospective payments of goods already purchased or the repayment of existing debts.”
Source: watersidecommunityfund.org.uk — (PDF) WCF-2023-2024.pdf →
“It is unlikely the Fund will replace items already provided within five years.”
Source: watersidecommunityfund.org.uk — (PDF) WCF_Individual_application_form.pdf →
How they say to apply
“Applications are normally considered within four to five weeks.”
Source: watersidecommunityfund.org.uk — (PDF) WCF_Individual_application_form.pdf →
Their charitable objects
As registered with the Charity Commission (their formal purposes):
Apply the income of the charity in relieving either generally or individually persons resident in the parish of hythe and dibden who are in conditions of need hardship or distress by making grants of money or providing or paying for items services or facilities calculated to reduce the need hardship or distress of…
How to approach them
Start with the official sources — they’re always more current than any directory, including this one.
Common questions
How much does it give?
There is no published typical grant size. In its most recent recorded year, it gave around £144,000 in grants to organisations and around £130,000 to individuals.
What does it fund?
Its current priorities are relieving family poverty, helping older residents retain their independence, and supporting youth activities, pre-schools, schools and community projects.
Who can apply?
Organisations and individuals connected to the Waterside parishes of Hythe, Dibden and Marchwood (extending to Fawley where needed). Individual applicants are expected to have lived in the area for at least 12 months.
What won't it fund?
The relief of rates, taxes or other public funds; retrospective payments for goods already bought; repayment of existing debts; and, normally, activities that promote religion or are only open to members of a church or religious group. It is also unlikely to replace an item it has already funded within the past five years.
How do I apply?
Waterside Community Fund does not publish a detailed application process on this page beyond typical turnaround: applications are normally considered within four to five weeks of submission. Check the funder's own website (www.watersidecommunityfund.org.uk) and its Charity Commission entry (charity number 255778) for the application form and current guidance.
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Contains public sector information from the Charity Commission for England and Wales licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and grants data from 360Giving used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Figures are derived (filtered and summarised by TrusteeMeetings), not republished unchanged. About the data · Terms of use. This page is a starting point for your own research, not a promise of funding, and is not endorsed by or affiliated with Waterside Community Fund.