News & insights

Here you’ll find the latest news on all things philanthropy and funding, as well as updates on our research and blogs written by our team.

£1.25 million grant towards Bridgwater Carnival redevelopment programme

Old Mill Fund reaches £50,000 milestone

If you go into the woods today...

Power of youth work celebrated at special event thanks to £25,000 grant funding

Funding boost for performance and career training in west Somerset

Surviving Winter appeal reaches £1,000,000 milestone for local pensioners

Small things that make a big difference

Intergenerational workshops create understanding and compassion thanks to funding from Hinkley Point C Community Fund

Provisional award of £1.25 million made to the Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival

Somerset Community Foundation raises £500,000 to support our local charities and communities through the cost-of-living crisis

Local charities benefit thanks to Team Mulberry conquering Three Peaks for Somerset

Bridgwater’s outdoor spaces to improve thanks to new funding

Somerset Community Foundation welcomes new Chair

£100,000 raised in first month of Somerset Cost-of-Living Crisis Appeal and grants now available for charities and community groups

Somerset Community Foundation celebrates £20 million of funding for local charities in 20 years

Our statement on the death of Her Majesty The Queen

Somerset Cost-of-Living Crisis Appeal Launched

Book celebrating the history of Somerset raises £10,000 for local charity

Below the Radar: Cultivating the growth of community groups

New hub brings two rural communities together thanks to grant from HPC Community Fund

More grants to help prevent crime in Somerset

Mulberry team conquer Three Peaks to raise money for local mental health charities

Burnham & Weston Energy Sunshine Fund awards £35,000 to local communities

Compass shows the way thanks to flexible funding from Somerset Community Foundation

Somerset Community Foundation awards £44K to local community and voluntary organisations from the Arts Council’s Let’s Create Jubilee Fund

Community arts hub gets a makeover thanks to HPC Community Fund grant

Taunton law firm helps to fund food project, counselling and community support

People living with dementia in Sedgemoor helped thanks to the Hinkley Point C Community Fund

Community philanthropy in Somerset

SCF to distribute Arts Council England fund helping communities celebrate Platinum Jubilee through culture and creativity