Mendip Hills Fund

08/10/2025

Over the summer some of our volunteers marshalled for the fantastic Great Weston Ride. This brilliant event brings together riders of all abilities and celebrates the community spirit of the area. What a brilliant day for all involved! Thank you to the organisers for a generous donation to the Mendip Hills Fund.



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10/06/2025

We were very pleased and proud to accept a £3000 cheque from the Town & Country Harriers after their 2025 Butcombe Trail Ultra. The running group have been the longest running contributors to the fund, donating an incredible £18,000 over the years from the proceeds of their tough endurance event across the Mendip Hills.

The Mendip Hills provides an amazing backdrop to lots of events so it's great when they help local environmental and social projects via the Mendip Hills Fund.



The Mendip Hills Fund is run in partnership with Somerset Community Foundation

23/05/2025

The Big Cheese big donation! Every year Cheddar Running Club organise The Big Cheese running race across the Mendip Hills National Landscape, 15 tough miles through the best bits of Mendip. And every year they make a very generous donation to the Mendip Hills Fund.

Jim, manager of the Mendip Hills National Landscape team who administer the fund with Somerset Community Foundation dropped in to their training session this week to personally thank them, 'It's very heart-warming when local groups raise money that will benefit the environment but also that other community groups in the area can benefit from'.

23/05/2025

02/05/2025

Always more adventure on Mendip!

01/05/2025

Want funding to plant trees? Apply for funding and don’t forget to root for Somerset! https://content.govdelivery.com/landing_pages/51747/f9dc7e22039f13eb8f4c6c1b3964ab43

27/04/2025

Amazing physical and financial effort from the runners and organisers of the Butcombe Trail Ultramarathon yesterday! And well done Jim.

The BTU races are organised by TACH - Town and Country Harriers for the benefit of the Mendip Hills Fund and we're pleased to have Jim Hardcastle, Manager at the Mendip Hills AONB Unit (pictured) running today.

The Mendip Hills Fund is a community fund set up to conserve and enhance the environment, communities and economy of the Mendip Hills.

TACH is proud to have donated a total of £15,800 to the Fund from the proceeds of the race in previous years, and all our runners can be very proud to be raising money for such a worthy cause today!

27/03/2025

More grants and funding sources for you! Hope they help.

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07/03/2025

£33 million in the Rural England Prosperity Fund. Could this fund help your local group?

Rural communities are set to benefit from up to £38 million in funding.

12/02/2025

The Mendip Hills Fund panel had 17 grant applications to review this year and it was a difficult task selecting from them. There were a wide variety of applications, from creating new spaces for wildlife, to making a contribution to and energy efficient heating system. Find out which applications were successful here:

https://mendiphills-nl.org.uk/2025/02/12/mendip-hills-fund-awards-9000-to-local-projects/



Somerset Community Foundation

28/11/2024

There's still time to make an application to the Mendip Hills Fund. The fund awards grants to projects that benefit the community and the environment of the Mendip Hills, from Bleadon in the west to Frome in the east. The deadline for applications is Monday 2nd December. If you have any last minute questions please do get in touch with us or Somerset Community Foundation who will be happy to help.

https://mendiphills-nl.org.uk/caring/mendip-hills-fund/

13/11/2024

The "Champion, Connect and Create" project with Cheddar Arts Quarter is almost at an end. The panel was delighted to see this application because it brought together the local community and raised awareness of the special qualities of the Mendip Hills National Landscape and the wildlife of the area.

The Mendip Hills Fund is open for applications right now so if you have a community project looking for funding we can award grants of up to £2,000. More information on our website: https://mendiphills-nl.org.uk/

Somerset Community Foundation

The Arts Quarter