Get ready to support your community and help bring their project to life.

Being the fourth year of the Community Fund, with £85,000 to give away - our biggest prize pot ever, and with over 600 projects in the running, projects are going to need your support more than ever to get them through to the finals.

Imagine what they could achieve with your support – the outcome could be amazing!

The ins and outs of supporting a project
The projects have done their part identifying a need within their communities, now it’s over to you.

Public supporting is open until 5pm on 16th July, so don’t miss out on your chance to show your support, it could be the difference between a project making it through to the next round.

It’s simple, head to communityfund.calor.co.uk/search/projects before 5pm on 16th July to show your support by hitting ‘like’ or ‘share’ on a project you love the sound of. Every project will receive 1 point for your 'Like' and 1 point for your 'Share'. Don't forget, you’re not limited to supporting just one project – you can help as many as you like.
Remember to hit 'Share' on the Rural Community Fund project page (this will take you to your social media to publish), rather than sharing somebody else’s share on social media. Also, if someone is feeling generous and decides to donate to your chosen project, it will be awarded 10 points for their pledge.

Once the Public Support stage has closed those with the most public support points in each funding category will make it through to the finalist stage. Finalists will then be scored by a panel of impartial judges who will select the winners.

The prizes
These well deserved grants will be as follows:  5 x £1,000, 6 x £2,500, 11 x £5,000. This year we’re also giving £500 to all 21 of the remaining finalists who don’t win one of the main grants.

Important dates for your diary

Public supporting: 4th June – 16th July   

Finalists announced: 4th August
Judging day: 12th August
Winners announced: 19th August

Getting involved is easy and its fun. Simply log in to your account, show your support by liking, sharing or pledging on a project(s) and watch as your favourite projects move up the leader board.

You have until 5pm on 16th July to show your support. Like, share or pledge on one project or support a few, the choice is yours. It’s now down to you to help our worthy rural community projects make it through to the judging round.
Public supporting starts today, so show your support and help make great ideas a reality - communityfund.calor.co.uk

The Calor Rural Community Fund