Community Funds

St Breock Wind Farm Community Fund

The St Breock Windfarm Community Fund gives grants for projects that provide services or opportunities for local people and / or enhance social, cultural and community life.

Approximately £70k will be available to projects which benefit people in St Breock, Withiel, St. Wenn, Wadebridge, Egloshayle, St. Issey and St. Columb.

If you applied for the fund in 2024 you may apply again in 2025.

Please see the Application Form for further guidelines on eligibility.

Send your completed form as a Word Doc or for further details email: 

Closing date is 14th March 2025.

Roughly £18,000 was available in 2024 for grass roots community and voluntary groups.

Priority was given to:

• local children’s groups / young people’s schemes / local youth projects/ local schools
• households in fuel poverty or at risk of fuel poverty, support projects and services for households in or at risk of fuel poverty
• low carbon initiatives
• climate change mitigation or adaptation

Grants are available for community projects in Wadebridge, Egloshayle, St Mabyn and St Kew.

The closing date for completed applications was 5pm Friday 30^th October 2024.  

The Nanstallon Community Fund is now open for applications, with £600 available to distribute.

The Committee will allocate funds to charitable projects and purposes to support community and voluntary organisations whose projects will benefit the residents of Nanstallon.

Projects should:

• Either provide services or opportunities for disadvantaged people
• Or enhance and enrich the social, community or cultural life of the area.

Not-for-profit (i.e. non-commercial) organisations and groups are invited to apply. Please find further guidance notes as part of the application form: Nanstallon_application_form-24.do

If sending electronic copy please use Word, do not send as PDF. Send the completed form to 

If hard copy, return completed forms to WREN, c/o Alexander and Co, Negys Gorthybow, Schooners Business Park, Bess Park Road, Wadebridge, Cornwall, PL27 6HB.

We will acknowledge all applications – if you have not received an acknowledgment 7 working days after submitting your application, please phone Tony Faragher on 01208 622123. 

The closing date for complete applications is 5 pm, Friday 12th January 2024.

Results for the Middle Treworder Community Fund 2023 will be announced shortly, with approximately £15,000 available to distribute.

The Committee will allocate funds to charitable projects and purposes with a focus on grass roots community and voluntary groups. Priority will be given to:

• local children’s groups / young people’s schemes / local youth projects/ local schools
• households in fuel poverty or at risk of fuel poverty, support projects and services for households in or at risk of fuel poverty
• low carbon initiatives
• climate change mitigation or adaptation

The projects must be for the benefit of people living in at least one of the four eligible parishes of Wadebridge, St Kew, St Mabyn and Egloshayle.

Not-for-profit (i.e. non-commercial) organisations and groups are invited to apply. Please download the application form and guidance notes document: click here.
Or you can ask for a hard copy by telephoning 07858 489254 or writing to WREN, c/o Alexander and Co, Negys Gorthybow, Schooners Business Park, Bess Park Road, Wadebridge, Cornwall, PL27 6HB.

The closing date for complete applications was 5 pm, Friday 10th November 2023.

St Breock Wind Farm Community Fund

The Fund has made the following awards for 2023, totalling £75,025.

Middle Treworder Community Fund

Just under £10,000 was awarded in 2022 to local groups, as follows.

•    £700  Avalon Youth Theatre for stage shoes fund
• £3,096  FOWLC CIC for gym equipment at Wadebridge Leisure Centre
• £2,000  Creation Fest Youth Club for Creation Fest Youth Project
• £1,650  Wadebridge Lawn Tennis Club for enhancement of outside clubhouse space
• £1,000  Wadebridge Carnival for Wadebridge town carnival costs
• £1,503  St Kew Community Gardens Association for Safe and Sound (shed)

Over £5,000 is to be carried forward to next year's awards.

WREN Community Fund – for environmental and sustainability projects.

Three awards have been made:

• Camel Community Supported Agriculture - £8397 awarded for Community Orchard and Veg Store
• Trevone Village Hall - £6600 awarded for air source heating.
• St Eval Archive - £4003 awarded towards the costs of community engagement activities and energy conservation measures at the Archive.

St Breck Community Fund

The St Breock Windfarm Community Fund has made grant awards totalling £71641. The awards were:

£900 Wadebridge Choral Society. Set of music books.
£6,600 St Wenn School. Daily mile track to enhance sport.
£2,500 Wadebridge Carnival 2022.
£670 Withiel Short Mat Bowls. Replacement of broken and worn equipment.
£9,987 Wadebridge Cricket club. Renewables in the Clubhouse.
£315 St Issey Parish Council. Defibrillator maintenance.
£3,714 Ruthern Valley Players. Stage curtain system.
£6,304 Withiel Playing Fields Association. Refurbishment of Village Hall toilet block.
£326 Bodieve Community Group. Replacement battery for Bodieve defibrillator.
£2,820 Wadebridge Tennis Club. Clubhouse refurbishment, including LED lighting
£1,000 Columba Centre. CCTV replacement
£718 Town Council. Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Weekend
£2,900 Wadebridge Town Council / Wadebridge Community Theatre Company. Cinderella 2022 production costs
£4,730 St Wenn Church. West Door replacement
£1,722 Wadebridge and District Museum. Wadebridge Timeline & A Child’s Eye View
£1,200 Friends of St Breock School. Summer Residentials and Educational Trip Subsidy
£1,500 Cornwall folk Festival CIC. Far Stage / Shanty Street/ sessions and clubs / workshops
£895 Friends of Wadebridge Primary Academy (FOWPA). Playground installations advancing educational, creative play & gross motor skills.
£1,310 Cornwall Gymnastics Centre CIC. Upgrade second hand equipment for progression to competition level.
£1,500 British Red Cross. Cornwall Mobility Aids Service
£1,251 Withiel Village Website. 2 year’s running cost of website
£3,223 Parochial Church Council of the Parish Church of St. Clement , Withiel. Restoration of Withiel Church’s Baptismal Boards
£3,000 Wadebridge Creative Hub. Bikelights 2022 : Atlantic Highway.
£1,069 Camel Community Supported Agriculture (Camel CSA). Compost Extract brewing system for better soil health.
£1,000 St Wenn Community Project. St Wenn Queens Platinum Jubilee events and celebrations.
£1,250 St Columb Town Council. St Columb in Bloom 2022
£1,237 St Columb Town Council. Xmas Lights 2022
£8,000 St Breock Parish Council. Burlawn Play Area refurbishment phase 2

Middle Treworder Community Fund

The decision committee of the Middle Treworder Community Fund has made the following awards, announced on 5th Janury 2022.

£10,000 Wadebridge Cricket Club – Renewable technologies and water saving for the Club House
£2,187   Bowmen of Wadebridge – Archery Outreach project
£1,018   Connect Church Wadebridge Youth Project – Youth Club equipment
£1,000   Friends of St Breock Primary School – School cardio wall activity boards
£750     Avalon Youth Theatre – Aerobic step platforms & costume and props fund
£515     St Mabyn Church – Peace Memorial Garden
£427     Dragons Swimming Club – Training pace clocks

Middle Treworder Community Fund

The Middle Treworder Community Fund awards were disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, but some awards were nevertheless made in September 2020 and July 2021.

• Wadebridge Foodbank:  £2500 for energy efficient lighting in their new premises
• Friends of St Breock Primary School:  £1095 for outdoor play equipment
• Cornwall Gymnastics Centre CIC:   £650 towards the purchase of a vaulting table
• Wadebridge Tennis Club:   £2000 for LED floodlights for Court 5
• Egloshayle Village Hall: £900 towards the cost of (a) LED lighting to lower the Hall’s carbon footprint & (b) the provision of baby changing equipment

Nanstallon Solar Farm Community Fund -- now closed, information on grants to be made public soon

The Nanstallon Solar Farm community fund is open for applications with £890 available for community and voluntary organisations whose projects will benefit the residents of the Parish of Nanstallon. The 100kW solar farm was established by WREN to supply electricity to the Nanstallon Southwest Water sewage treatment works adjacent to the farm.

Further details, application form and fund guidelines can be downloaded as a Word document by clicking here. 

Or contact WREN –
Email: 
Phone: 01208 622123

The closing date for applications is Friday 2nd April 2021.

St Breock Wind Farm Community Fund

The St Breock Windfarm Community Fund made the following awards, after allowing for prorjects that did not go ahead because of covid-19.

£7,039  Withiel Playing Fields Association – Village hall air source heating system
£5,425  The Women's Centre Cornwall – POWER programme
£5,133  Cornwall Community Supported Agriculture – Phase 3 move to Treraven
£5,109  St Breock Parish Council – Refurbishment equipment Burlawn playing field
£3,450  St Wenn Church – Sound system
£3,118  St Wenn WI Hall – Chairs/trolley/electrical work
£2,950  St Wenn School – Courtyard project St Wenn School
£2,703  Wadebridge Foodbank – Storage facilities
£2,700  St Wenn Parish Council – Defibrillator Rosenannon & Tregonetha
£2,600  Concern Wadebridge – Covid 19 Fund
£2,553  Wadebridge Memory Café Association – Capture the Chatter
£2,500  St Breock Parish Council – Defibrillator project Whitecross
£2,368  Wadebridge Town Council – Cinderella 2020
£2,000  St Issey and Little Petherick Playpark Trust – Playpark upkeep
£1,700  Withiel Village Website – Withiel Village Website
£1,264  Time to Shine Club – Mermaid of the Doom Bar
£1,136  The Parish of St Breoke and Egloshayle – Repairs to spiral stairs & access to Egloshayle Church tower
£1,052  Gofundme CABMFF Cornwall – Scrubs and masks
£1,000  St Columb Town Council in Bloom – Environmental enhancement 2020
£1,000  St Columb Town Council Xmas lights – Xmas lights 2020
£1,000  St Wenn Community Project – Contribution towards legal fees transfer of ownership of St Wenn WI Hall
£860     Avalon Youth Theatre Group – Musical equipment
£791    The Columba Centre – Stage sound system & replacement table
£353    Intentional Health – Can't Cook?
£350    Wadebridge Bowling Club Juniors – Junior kit & taster day
£315    St Issey Parish Council – Maintenance of defibrillator
£280    Wadebridge Festival of Music and Speech – Festival 2020
£151    Withiel Parish Plan – Printer

Middle Treworder Community Fund 

Applications and awards from the Treworder fund were affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and just three awards were made. Unallocated funds will be held over for future grants.

£2,500 to Wadebridge Foodbank for energy efficient lighting in their new premises.

£1,095 to Friends of St Breock Primary for "A better outside for everyone" - outdoor play equipment.

£976 to Cornwall Gymnastics Centre CIC as a contribution towards purchase of a vaulting table.

St Breock Wind Farm Community Fund

The St Breock Wind Farm community fund has granted a total of £60,900 to 28 not-for profit organisations in the parishes of St. Breock, St Wenn, Withiel, Egloshayle, St Issey, and the towns of St Columb and Wadebridge. Awards were affected by the the Covid-19 pandemic. A number of events and projects that applied for funds and were initially allocated money were subsequently cancelled. The money was returned to the Fund and reallocated.

For a list of recipients, click here.

Middle Treworder Community Fund 

Wadebridge Renewable Energy Network (WREN) is delighted to announce the awards made from the Middle Treworder Solar Farm community fund.

14 local community groups benefitted from a total of £11,495 awarded by the decision committee in mid-October. Wadebridge Cricket Club was awarded £2,025 to replace ladies and junior kit. Wadebridge AFC received £1,000 for goal posts for girls and boys football and Wadebridge Carnival also received £1,000 towards the costs of the carnival.

Wadebridge Camels RFC mini & juniors were given £994 for a transportable welfare shelter for junior club members and Wadebridge Creative Hub received £990 towards a photography project called Wadebridge 2020 Vision.

Other recipients were Camhayle Theatre £951, Avalon Youth Theatre £850, North Cornwall Dragons Swimming Club £800, Cultivate Cornwall CIC £750, Wadebridge Community Theatre £565, Friends of Wadebridge Town Girls Football Club £520, Time to Shine CIC £500, Wadebridge Churches Together £300, and Wadebridge Bowling Club £250.

WREN chair Tony Faragher, said: “The awards this year to sports, theatre and other cultural activities directly address the object of the fund – to provide services or opportunities for disadvantaged people or enhance the social, cultural or community life. The awards will benefit young and old across the whole community.”

St Breock Windfarm Community Fund awards over £55,000

26 community groups in Wadebridge, Egloshayle, St Breock, Withiel, St Wenn, St Issey and St Columb benefitted to the tune of over £55,000 from awards made by the St Breock Wind Farm community fund. Projects were selected by committees representing each of the seven towns and parishes.

The full list of awards made can be downloaded by clicking here.

NEW £9,000 WREN Community Benefit Fund

This year WREN launched an exciting, new £9,000 community benefit fund to support environmental and sustainability projects run by not-for-profit organisations and groups operating in the Padstow and Wadebridge Community Network area. There were a good number of strong applications and not all could receive awards.

The Awards made were:

£10,000 Middle Treworder Solar Farm Community Fund closed 13th September 2018

£10,000 was available for grass roots community and voluntary groups to run projects in the parishes of Wadebridge, St Kew, St Mabyn and Egloshayle. Projects should provide services or opportunities for disadvantaged people and/or enhance the social, cultural or community life of those areas.

The Awards made were:

Wadebridge and District Camera Club - £960 towards the cost of their 70th Anniversary public photography exhibition

Wadebridge Camels Rugby u-16’s - £950 towards the costs of their tour to France in 2019

Camel Community Supported Agriculture - £2000 towards the costs of their move to Treraven Farm.

Wadebridge Creative Hub - £500 towards the costs of Bikelights 2018

Tine to Shine CIC - £500 towards the costs of celebrating the Mexican Day of the Dead in October 2018

St Mabyn Parish Council - £562 towards ‘seating and eating’ in the playing fields

St Mabyn School PTA - £600 for a multifunctional outdoor space

Wadebridge School - £650 for construction of a Remembrance Peace Garden

Wadebridge Churches Together - £300 for ‘Incredibles’ Holiday Club in October 2018

Wadebridge Bowls Club - £600 to buy new bowls for the juniors’ section.

St Kew Playing Field Trust - £800 for the improvement and updating of facilities

Wadebridge Carnival - £1000 towards the costs of the £2018 Carnival.

St Breock Windfarm Community Fund has awarded over £54,000.

The Fund is for not-for profit organisations in the parishes of St. Breock, St Wenn, Withiel, Egloshayle, St Issey, and St Columb Town and Wadebridge Town. The fund is administered by WREN and the decisions on awards are made by the seven local town and parish committees.

Click here for a list of projects and awards made.

The Nanstallon Fund closed for applications on Tuesday 31st October 2017 .

£420 was awarded for repair of the Nanstallon village institute windows.

The original terms of the fund stated:

This money comes from the Wadebridge Energy Company's 100kW solar array at Nanstallon, which powers the South West Water sewage plant there.

To be eligible for funds you need to be a community group or voluntary organisation or a not for profit organisation. The closing date for applications is 31st October and the results will be announced by the end of November.  Projects should either provide services or opportunities for disadvantaged people or enhance and enrich the social, community or cultural life of the area.

The Middle Treworder Solar Farm Fund closed for applications on Wednesday 13th September 2017.

The panels awarded the following grants totalling £10,596:

Egloshayle Parish Church: £2396 for replacement seating in the church.
Friends of St Breock Primary School: £1086 for replacement playground equipment for years 3-6.
Wadebridge Carnival: £1541 towards the costs of the 2018 Carnival.
Wadebridge Scouts and Guides: £409 for their Crafts Fayre to promote art and crafts.
Wadebridge Creative Hub: £1540 towards the costs of Bikelights 2018.
Time to Shine CIC: £975 towards the costs of the Mexican Day of the Dead Festival, October 2018.
Loaves & Fishes Café: £500 towards the costs of a commercial dishwasher.
Camhayle Theatre Club: £237 to purchase digital controls for LED lighting.
St Mabyn School PTA: £599 for sound equipment.
Wadebridge Churches Together: £200 towards the costs of the Holiday Club in October 2017.
Wadebridge Tennis Club: £1113 for clubhouse and court improvements.

The original terms of the fund stated:

This money comes from the Section 106 agreement made at the time the Middle Treworder Solar Farm was given permission to go ahead.

To be eligible for funds you need to be a community group or voluntary organisation or a not for profit organisation. The decisions about who will get the grants will be made by a committee which includes representatives from Wadebridge Town Council , the Parish Councils of St Kew, St Mabyn and Egloshayle, the landowner and WREN.

The Committee wishes to make grants for projects that will benefit children or young people, people in fuel poverty or at risk of being so, low carbon initiatives, and climate change mitigation or adaptation.

The Pengelly CE Wind Ltd Fund closed for applications on 31st May 2017.

The panel awarded the following grants:

• Wadebridge & District Museum: £264 towards the costs of fingerpost signage to the Museum
• Wadebridge Carnival:£1000 towards the costs of putting on the Carnival in 2017.
• Friends of Wadebridge Primary Academy: £969 for the purchase of four bikes, helmets and gloves to use on the schools multi-purpose bike track.
• Wadebridge Creative Hub; £1000 towards the costs of putting on Bikelights in October 2017.
• Loaves and Fishes café: £500 towards the costs of a dishwasher for the café
• Cornwall Federation of Young Farmers Club: £1000 towards the costs of their Club Officer Training weekend in October 2017.
• St Breock Primary School: £998 for a wide range of equipment and resources to support outdoor learning.
• Wadebridge Young Farmers: £957 to purchase two barbecues to use for charity fund-raising events.
• St Breock Parish Church: £1000 towards the costs of external lighting to improve safety on the access paths to the church.

The original terms of the fund stated:

The fund is for ‘not for profit’ organisations. Projects should provide services or opportunities for disadvantaged people, or enhance and enrich the social, community or cultural life of the area.

The maximum grant for any single project is £1,000, so at least 14 projects can benefit this year.

The £50,000 St Breock Wind Farm community fund closed for applications on 31st May 2017.

 36 grants were allocated by the various panels as follows:

The original terms of the fund stated:

In its second year, over £50,000 is available for not-for-profit community projects that benefit people in St Breock, Withiel, St. Wenn, Wadebridge, Egloshayle, St. Issey and St. Columb.

Organisations that applied for the fund in 2016 are very welcome to apply again in 2017, regardless of whether or not they were successful then.

A total of £51,785 is available for projects in 2017 (the original £50,000 uplifted by inflation). This is broken down by area as follows:

• St. Breock £12946
• St Wenn £12946
• Withiel £7767
• Egloshayle £5178
• St Issey £2589
• St Columb Town £2589
• Wadebridge £7767

The Middle Treworder Solar Farm community fund closed for applications on 12th September 2016.

The fund had £10,566 to distribute – this amount being the original £10,000 uplifted by inflation, plus the return of the grant made last year to Mother’s Milk Café.

It received 31 applications from local groups, requesting a total of £33,763.42, so after much discussion by the award committee, these seventeen awards were made:

• 1st Wadebridge Scouts (£802.20) - Safety Buoyancy aids for the riverboats (lifejackets and ski-vests) 
• Camels Rugby Club (£2,194.60) - First aid kits and professional training equipment (tackle bags)
• Churches Together Holiday Club (£150.00) - Kids’ Holiday Club 2016  'Jungle Jamboree ' for the October half term holiday
• Dragons Swimming Club (£1,000.00) - to upgrade Coaching qualifications to Level 2  for  their five volunteer coaches
• Growing Wild Cornwall (£500.00) - 7.5 whole class woodland days so that every child at St Breock School can enjoy the huge benefits of learning in nature
• St Kew preschool (£180.00) - protective outdoor clothing – waterproof and mudproof clothing for all year round activities
• St Kew Primary 'Growing for Gold' (£1,150.00) - additional polytunnel, an irrigation system, dry-wipe whiteboard and tools to enable use as an outdoor science room
• St Mabyn Home School Association (£690.00) - Polytunnel and growing equipment to support children’s outdoor education and learning
• St Mabyn Parish Council (£499.20) - New play and fitness equipment for the Playing Fields
• Time to Shine CIC (£300.00) - ‘El Dia de los Muertos’ Celebration (Day of the Dead) – a Mexican themed alternative to Halloween
• Wadebridge 1942 Squadron Cadets (£200.00) - Resources to help set up a newly formed Squadron in Wadebridge
• Wadebridge Carnival 2017 (£500.00) - to support the activities in the 2017 Carnival
• Wadebridge Community Theatre/Hopeful Monsters (£500.00) - towards the costs  of their 2017 production of ‘Master and Margarita’  by Mikhail Bulgakov
• Wadebridge Creative Hub - 'Write Wadebridge' (£150.00) - a writing workshop ‘Write Wadebridge’ to bring together all sections of the local community to write about living and working in Wadebridge
• Wadebridge Festival of Music and Speech(£500.00) - venue hire and programme printing costs for the 2017 Festival
• Wadebridge Primary Academy (£850.00) - to purchase ‘balance bikes’ as an aid to learning to ride
• Wadebridge Tennis Club - 'mini tennis' (£400.00) - mini tennis - tennis lessons free of charge throughout the year to reception age children at both Wadebridge’s  primary schools

Treworder Award recipients at WREN AGM

The original terms of the fund stated:

£10,000 is now available for community projects to benefit people living in Wadebridge, and St Kew, St Mabyn and Egloshayle parishes.

The money comes from the Middle Treworder Solar Farm and is available as grants to charitable projects and purposes; with a focus on grass roots community and voluntary groups.

The fund committee’s priorities are for projects that will benefit children, young people and schools, or households in or at risk of fuel poverty, and also to low carbon initiatives and climate change mitigation or adaptation projects.

The Pengelly CE Wind Ltd Community Fund 2016 is closed for applications.

The nine successful applicants were:

• Burlawn Residents Association (£1,000);
• Cornwall Folk Festival (£306);
• Cornwall Young Farmers (£1,000);
• Project Paul May Play (£500);
• St Breock School (£1,000);
• Wadebridge Carnival (£1,000);
• Wadebridge Community Bus (£520);
• Wadebridge Primary Academy (£900);
• Wyndhurst Orchard (£100).

This comes to a total of £6,326. The unallocated amount of £3,674 is to be carried forward to 2017.

The original terms of the fund stated:

The Pengelly CE Wind Ltd Community Fund is again available for projects in St Breock and Wadebridge and this year there is £10,000 available for grants to not-for-profit organisations.

Projects should either provide services or opportunities for disadvantaged people or enhance and enrich the social, community or cultural life of the area. The maximum grant will be £1,000. Previous recipients of grants can apply again this year – all applications will be considered on their merit.

For application forms and further details contact , click here to download, or phone 07858 489 254.

The St Breock Wind Farm Community Fund 2016 closed for applications on 12th February 2016.

The original terms of the fund stated:

The Fund is for not-for profit organisations in the parishes of St. Breock, St Wenn, Withiel, Egloshayle, St Issey, St Columb Town and Wadebridge Town. Priority will be given to projects concerned with energy conservation, or the installation of renewable energy generation, or renewable energy related education initiatives. However, other projects that have environmental, socio-economic and educational purposes will also be considered.

A total of £50,000 per annum is available for projects. This is broken down by area as follows:

• St. Breock £12500
• St Wenn £12500
• Withiel £7500
• Egloshayle £5000
• St Issey £2500
• St Columb Town £2500
• Wadebridge £7500.

For application forms and further details contact , click here to download, or call in or phone the Energy Shop, The Platt, Wadebridge, Tel. 01208 812992

This fund is now closed to applications.

Successful applicants, in alphabetical order, were:

• Camel River Community Boatshed
• Camhayle Theatre Club
• Cornwall Birdwatching and Preservation Society
• Growing Wild Cornwall
• St Kew Playing Fields Trust
• St Kew Preschool
• St Kew Primary School
• St Mabyn Preschool
• Time to Shine Club
• Wadebridge Bowling Club
• Wadebridge Carnival
• Wadebridge Creative Hub
• Wadebridge Dementia Action Alliance
• Wadebridge Street Band
• Wadebridge Youth Project

The original terms of the fund stated:

£20,000 is now available for community projects to benefit people living in Wadebridge, and St Kew, St Mabyn and Egloshayle parishes.

The money comes from the Middle Treworder Solar Farm and is available as grants to charitable projects and purposes with a focus on grass roots community and voluntary groups in the area around the solar farm.

The fund committee’s priorities are for projects that will benefit children, young people and schools, or households in or at risk of fuel poverty, and also to low carbon initiatives and climate change mitigation or adaptation projects.

Organisations must apply by 31st August 2015 using forms available from WREN, and the fund committee’s decisions will be announced towards the end of September. Organisations can download application forms and further details of eligibility, or obtain them by calling in at the Energy Shop, The Platt, Wadebridge, or by email to .

This fund is now closed to applications.

Successful applicants, in alphabetical order, were:

• Cornwall Young Farmers
• Egloshayle Pre-school
• Growing Wild Cornwall
• Loaves and Fishes Community Help Café
• May Play
• Moor Harmony
• N.Cornwall Talking Newspaper
• St Breock Primary School
• Time to Shine
• Treraven Farm
• Wadebridge Bowls Club
• Wadebridge Carnival
• Wadebridge Creative Hub
• Wadebridge Girlguiding
• Wadebridge Memory Café Association
• Wadebridge Toy Library
• Wadebridge Youth Project Community Video and Mural
• Wednesday Arts and Craft Group (ARC)
• Whiterock Residents

 Click here for more details.

The original terms of the fund stated:

£10,000 of funding for community groups is now available from Pengelly CE Wind Ltd. Applications are invited from voluntary and community groups in the St Breock and Wadebridge areas for up to £1,000 to support their projects. The closing date for applications is 4th May 2015.

To get information and an application form for the Fund, email  or download the application form here.

If you need a hard copy application form please write or call into the Energy Shop, The Platt, Wadebridge, PL27 7AE, or phone 01208 812992.

This fund is now closed to applications.

The winners, drawn by Adrian Jones, Chair of the Wadebridge Chamber of Commerce, were Katy Luxton and Mark Hollamby in the residential category and  Allium (of Molesworth Street) in the business category.

The original terms of the fund stated:

Two lucky households could win a lighting audit and LED bulbs with a value of up to £250 each and one business similarly up to £500.

This could be just switching from incandescent, halogen or compact fluorescent bulbs to the equivalent LEDs, or changing the light fittings as well.

But the lifetime value of the prize could be worth well over £250. In the best case, if you replaced 60W incandescent bulbs with their 7W LED equivalents, then over the expected lifetime of the LEDs you could save over £4,000.

£1,000 has been received from the Hawkey family in respect of the solar PV installation at The Olde House, Chapel Amble.

Entry is simple. Send your name, phone number, e-mail address and home address to WREN via e-mail to  quoting “Lighting Audit Competition”, or visit the energy shop in Wadebridge, or telephone us on 01208 812992. Business entries should give the name of both the business and a contact person, and the business address.

Entries are free and are limited to one per household or business located within the Wadebridge and Padstow network area, postcodes PL27 and PL28. Entries must be received by 16th March 2015.

Terms & Conditions

1. Entries must be received by the 16th March 2015.

2. WREN will draw 1 commercial and 2 residential winners at random from a ballot.

3. Residential winners will be entitled to replacement LED bulbs and fittings for all non-LED bulbs in their property up to a maximum value of £250.

4. Commercial winners will be entitled to replacement LED bulbs and fittings for all non-LED bulbs in their property up to a maximum value of £500.

5. Entry is free and only one entry will be accepted per household or business.

6. Entrants must reside, or for businesses be located, in the Wadebridge and Padstow network area, postcodes PL27 and PL28.

7. Entrants must send their name, phone number, e-mail address and home address to WREN via e-mail to quoting “Lighting Audit Competition”, or visit the energy shop in Wadebridge, or telephone us on 01208 812992. Business entrants should give the name of both the business and a contact person, and the business address.

8. Directors and employees of WREN, and their immediate families, are excluded from the draw.

9. Estimated bill savings are based on the full prize value (£250) being used to buy 7W LED bulbs to replace 60W incandescent bulbs for £11.35 (current RRP) each, with electricity costing 12.5 p/kWh, over the expected lifetime of the new LED bulbs of 30,000 hours, which gives a saving of £198.75 per bulb and a total saving of £4,378.

10. The name and address details requested will be used solely to determine eligibility and to contact the winners.