Revenue grants of between £300 and £3,000 are available to voluntary and community organisations, including Community Interest Companies, based and working in the area covered by the Hall & Woodhouse brewery across Southern England. Applicants should have an annual income of £200,000 or less.
Blandford St. Mary, Dorset-based brewery, Hall & Woodhouse provides a Community Chest with an annual budget of £80,000 from which it awards small grants to voluntary and community organisations.
Applications are welcome from any voluntary or community organisation with an annual income of less than £200,000 based or working in the company’s trading area across the south of England, from Devon to Kent and north to Bristol, Swindon, Bracknell and London. If you’re interested in finding out where your nearest Hall and Woodhouse pub, is, there’s a location finder on the company’s website (there is one in central Bath and another in Newbridge, Bath).
Grants of between £300 and £3,000 (but usually for less than £2,000) are available for projects and activities that improve local communities, with no specified matched funding requirement. However, applicants that have raised some funding towards their project are likely to be viewed favourably.
Grants can be used towards things such as equipment and furniture, training, transport, professional assistance, specific project resources or operational costs for (please note this is not an exclusive list):
- Conservation and the environment
- Elderly and people with disabilities
- Health and social care
- Local arts and culture
- Sports and social clubs, and/or
- Youth work and activities.
Listings of all previous grant recipients can be viewed on the Community Chest webpage under the 'Previous Winners' heading (scroll down the page to the heading on the right-hand side).
Woodhouse & Hall suggests applicants consider the following questions when applying (which are good pointers for other funding applications too!).
Need
- Is there a real need for this project?
- Does your project or organisation really improve the lives of local residents or is it nice to have?
Own Efforts
- What efforts have you made to help your own organisation?
- How much money have you raised for your project or organisation?
Difference
- How much more money is needed to make the project a reality?
- Will a contribution of up to £3,000 enable the project to happen?
The fund opens to applications on Thursday 14 May 2026 with a deadline for applications of Sunday 12 July 2026.
Further information, guidance and an online application form is available on the Hall and Woodhouse website. The application form must be completed electronically and emailed.