About Us
Check your project's eligibility
To be eligible for a grant from the Hafren Dyfrdwy Community Fund, the organisation must be a registered not for profit, and the project you would like funding for must benefit Hafren Dyfrdwy customers.
What we can fund
You can apply for a grant if your organisation is not for profit and you have a governing document.
Applications can be made by organisations including:
- Local Authority or Parish Council
- Charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) / foundation CIO
- Registered Company (limited by guarantee)
- Registered Charity
- Volunteer / community group
- Foundation school, college or academy
- Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC)
The proposed project must be located in the Hafren Dyfrdwy region and the community it is benefitting must be Hafren Dyfrdwy customers.
A Hafren Dyfrdwy customer is somebody who receives their water supply from us.
If you’re not sure if your project is eligible, you can check whether your project is in our region using the WaterUK water supplier finder.
What we can't fund
Unfortunately, we can’t fund:
- Individuals
- Any organisation that is legally able to make a profit (e.g. limited liability partnerships, limited companies, sole traders)
- Work that is too closely linked to our core services (e.g. new or replacement water or waste pipes, new water supplies, or new connections)
- Any Hafren Dyfrdwy costs or improvements to Hafren Dyfrdwy or Severn Trent owned property/land (we can’t allow Community Fund money to come back into any of the Severn Trent group businesses)
- General organisation or current project costs – your application must be for a new project
- Projects where we are NOT the majority funder
- Projects with a political or religious purpose
- Projects not within the Hafren Dyfrdwy region
- Projects that aren’t sustainable (e.g. the project would need a further grant to continue beyond our investment)
- Short term/one off events
- Retrospective costs – Project/work that has already taken place
- Any organisation that cannot demonstrate appropriate governance
- Any project that is to the detriment of Hafren Dyfrdwy and its interests (e.g. projects that use excessive volumes of mains water, that use mains water irresponsibly, or that do not use water efficient alternatives where possible)
- Projects that have already received funding from us
We’re unable to support political or religious causes, however we will consider religious organisations if projects are for wider community benefit and not faith based.
Unfortunately, you cannot apply for more funding from us if you have already received funding from us for the same project.
Please see our guidance document (PDF) for a full list of ineligible costs.
