Shropshire

Welcome to your regional PTA page. Shropshire is a landlocked county, bordered by Cheshire, Staffordshire and Hereford in England and by Wales to the west. With the UNESCO World Heritage Site Ironbridge Gorge plus the Shropshire Hills in the south being an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, it is one of England's most rural and sparsely populated counties.

Local Grants & Support

Connexus Community Development Fund 

The Community Development Fund has been set up to help fund communities working together, on local projects, which have a positive effect in their area of Herefordshire and Shropshire. 

Council for Voluntary Service (CVS): Shropshire Voluntary and Community Sector Assembly

The Shropshire Voluntary and Community Sector Assembly brings together a diverse range of groups maximising energy, ideas and resources to provide a strong collective voice.

Forest School Association - find your local group For the advancement of education for public benefit through promotion and support of quality Forest School in the United Kingdom using any means to enable all children, young people and adults to benefit from increased opportunities for high quality and varied educational experiences in the natural world. Search for FSA affiliated groups.

Priory Educational Trust 

Small grants for school uniforms submitted to the Shropshire Schools and Further Education Institutions Jubilee Trust. 

Rosalie Inskip Music Trust 

The trust helps young musicians with funding towards instruments and travel to achieve their musical potential. 

Shropshire Council 

For assistance with school uniforms click here, for information on free school meals click here, for emergency arts grants click here, for information about school travel click here, for funding opportunities click here, for the schools library service click here, for Forest Schools information click here, for the SEND local offer and further information click here and for other school services click here. 

Shropshire Music Trust 

The trust runs a programme of workshops in schools from pre-school to secondary, with the season's artists. 

The Shropshire Schools and Further Education Jubilee Trust 

The object of the trust is to provide and assist in the provision of facilities for education not normally provided by the local education authorities. 

Shropshire Towns and Rural Housing 

Offers up to £750 for community projects in areas of Shropshire, that help create a safer, greener, cleaner or more united community. 

Three Parishes Big Local

Please search the website for details about the community chest and the big grants scheme. 

We Are Fetching

Peer-to-peer childcare app provider We Are Fetching currently has budget to help fund projects for schools in Shropshire. If you would like to have a chat about how they could help your school, contact them now via the website or by email - di@wearefetching.com

Local service organisations

Find your local Lions Club or Rotary Club.

Tip: For Lions Club, search using town names for the most accurate results.

National retailers' local branches 

National retailers can also assist local schools. Please reach out to your local branches for the following retailers: 

The Asda FoundationCo-op (Local Community Fund), Pets At HomeTesco Community GrantsThe WHSmith Trust (Community Grants), Wickes Community Programme

Supermarket Community Champions

Online contact/email: ASDA

Visit in person: Aldi, Co-op, Iceland, Lidl, Marks & SpencerM&S store locator, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, SPARSPAR store locator, Tesco-Tesco store locator, Waitrose

The National Lottery Community Fund 

The National Lottery Community Fund distributes over £600m a year to communities across the UK. 

Review successful grant awards from your local area of Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin

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Below you will find links to a directory of local suppliers and your regional Facebook group. 

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