Salisbury Reds Community Fund - Next open October 2025
Every month, Salisbury Reds is approached by many organisations in the community asking for help, or donations towards their local efforts. In the past, we have dealt with these requests in a very ad-hoc manner and the result differs dramatically depending on who gets the call, question or email.
Our Community Fund is a dedicated resource for supporting local causes, charities and organisations, whether it is monetary support, marketing help, free travel or the use of a bus/coach for an event required.
The Community Fund is open for applications from everyone in our local community; whether it’s a charity, a sports team, a school or a one of the local events that makes Salisbury and the wider Wiltshire area an exciting place to live.
Local people are able to apply via our website and we have two rounds of applications per year in April and October. There is a judging panel to see which causes we can support and this will involve some of our local management team. This process will help us streamline the constant requests we get for help and support and ensure we give to the ones that fit closely with our brands.
Who did we support in 2024?
We have supported many projects through the community fund including:
Woodfalls Band 
We were thrilled to get into the festive spirit by donating £500 for the Woodfalls Band Christmas concert.
The band feel music should be accessible for all and our donation helped them put on a truly magical concert which featured the Salisbury Plain Military Wives Choir.
Events like these really bring our community together.
Salisbury Transition City
We showed our support for Salisbury Transition City’s People in the Park event by providing a funding boost.
Salisbury Reds is committed to bringing additional sustainable transport to the city - and recently announced a successful joint bid with Wiltshire Council for government funding under the Zero Emission Bus Regional Area Scheme, that will see 23 more electric buses arrive in Salisbury.
Salisbury Transition City’s People in the Park event is all about sustainability, so we were delighted to support the event by donating £500 from our April 2024 Community Fund.
How does it work?
There are two months a year where local charities, organizations and events can apply for community funding, donated by us. These months are April and October.
This application could be as small as a raffle prize or as large as a £500 donation. We have a total of £500 to give away, twice per year.
It will be at the discretion of the assigned judging panel to select the worthiest causes and allocate the support/donation to the causes they feel would most benefit from our support.
By applying for the community fund, applicants must agree and acknowledge that Salisbury Reds must be given the opportunity to take a press photograph at the applicant's premises/with their cause/group in order to issue a press release that they will be obliged to provide a comment for. They agree that this will be used on the Salisbury Reds website and social media channels.
What is the benefit?
The Community Fund enables us to engage and support the local community as needed, allowing us to build firm relationships within the community, while making support more accessible – providing a fairer system and inviting applications twice annually.