TRU Community Fund 2025

Aims/Priorities: The fund aims to support projects that help create or enhance indoor or outdoor community focused facilities. The fund aligns with key objectives of the TRU Sustainable Development Strategy, ‘Our Guiding Compass’. This aims to use TRU as a catalyst for regeneration, by enhancing and protecting community spaces and places along the Transpennine railway line.

Successful projects will align with the key principles of TRU’s Sustainable Development Strategy, which includes, but is not limited to: 

  • Developing community support facilities and green spaces.
  • Improving local environments and place-making.
  • Supporting vulnerable people, including people who are homeless, disabled people and older people.
  • Enhancing mental health, wellbeing and suicide prevention.
  • Promoting skills, education and employment.
  • Fostering arts, recreation and cultural heritage.
  • Advancing equality, diversity and inclusion.

Who can apply? A group or organisation that has a clear social purpose can apply for the funding. This includes: 

  • Registered charities and CICs
  • Community groups, centres and organisations
  • Schools
  • Not-for-profit nurseries and family centres
  • Universities, as long as they are linked to a registered charitable organisation or community group with a clear social purpose.

To be eligible for the funding, both the organisation and the proposed project must be within 5 miles of the Transpennine Route and within 5 miles of the Shipley Traincare Centre (a key TRU worksite). Applicants can check that they are within the 5-mile radius using this map. Please note that if you are not eligible and you still choose to submit an application, your application will not be considered.

Grant Amount: A total of £250,000 is available in grants of £1,000, £5,000, £10,000 and £20,000.

Approximately 75 grants are available, depending on the number of applications received and the specific grants applied for.

Application Process: 

  • Applications will open on 6th October
  • Before applying, you will need to make an account on the online platform, Neighbourly (this takes approximately 5 minutes). Once applications open, you can then apply for the funding on the TRU Community Fund campaign page.
  • When you register, you must create a profile for your organisation itself, not for a specific project you are seeking funding for. This profile will serve as the hub for all your applications and updates.
  • Only one application can be submitted per Neighbourly page. However, if your organisation has multiple, distinct branches (e.g. different physical locations or independent community groups under a larger umbrella), you can create a separate Neighbourly page for each branch. This allows each individual branch to apply for its own grant.
  • Applicants will be contacted via email by 30th November to be told if their application has been successful or not.
  • The funding will be paid to successful applicants between 24th November and 19th December 2025.

Deadline: Monday 27th October 2025 (or earlier if all funds are allocated)

Contact Information: community@neighbourly.com

Website: The TRU Community Fund 2025 | Neighbourly