Wessex Reinvestment Trust grants and how to apply

Charitable objects

The relief of poverty and unemployment in the United Kingdom and in particular in the rural parishes, by:1. The provision of financial assistance, technical assistance or business advice or consultancy in order to provide training and employment opportunities for unemployed people in cases of financial or other charitable need;2. The advancement of education, training or retraining, particularly among unemployed people and providing unemployed people with work experience;3. The creation of training and employment opportunities by the provision of workspace, buildings and/or for use on favourable terms;4. The provision of financial assistance and debt counselling services to those in financial hardship;5. The provision and improvement of housing and any associated amenities for persons in necessitous circumstances, upon terms appropriate to their means provided that such power shall not extend to relieving any local authorities or other bodies of a statutory duty to provide or improve housing;6. To promote for the benefit of the public the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment by promoting biological diversity by raising awareness of the consequences of unsustainable use of natural resources and helping communities to become environmentally and economically sustainable;

Where it operates

Devon, Dorset, Somerset