Rampion Wind Farm’s Community Benefit Fund 2026 will open on 14th April until 19th May with £150,000 for grant applications from charities, community groups and not-for-profit organisations to fund environmentally friendly projects in Sussex.
Grants for community projects that align with the fund criteria are available in the Sussex region from Littlehampton Harbour in the west to Beachy Head in the east and up to the A272 near Twineham in the north. All details on how to apply to the fund, as well as the map detailing the area of benefit, can be found on the Foundation’s website.
Shelley Bennett, Co-founder & Trustee of Pelican Parcels in Hove, urged other projects to apply, saying: “We were delighted to receive a Rampion Fund grant of £5000 in 2025 towards our general costs, which has helped us to recycle thousands of pre-loved clothes, shoes, toys, games, books, highchairs and other useful equipment to help families in the local community living in poverty. We take items from families that no longer need them and gift them to those that do, so please consider having a spring clean and sending your lovely items our way!
“This kind of funding support is crucial to help a project like ours to afford to store and process our donations, and I’m sure there are many others who could benefit and achieve great things for the local community with a grant.”
Run by Sussex Community Foundation, over the past eight years the Fund has provided £2.1 million in grants and supported 255 Sussex community projects and benefitted more than a million local people in Sussex.
“Through the Rampion Fund, we’re helping communities lead the way on climate action – supporting local charities and community groups to deliver projects that strengthen neighbourhoods, invest in renewable energy, and reduce carbon emissions for a cleaner, greener Sussex,” said Hannah Clay, Head of Grants & Impact at Sussex Community Foundation.
“We are delighted to have supported such impactful and important projects in Sussex and hope many more will apply and benefit this year,” said Kelvin Macleod, Acting Stakeholder Manager for Rampion Offshore Wind Farm.
For more information about the Rampion Community Benefit Fund and how to apply, visit the Grants pages at:
https://sussexcommunityfoundation.org/rampion
The RWE-operated Rampion Offshore Wind Farm supplies enough green energy to power the equivalent of almost 409,000 homes – around half the homes in Sussex – and reduces CO2 emissions by up to 600,000 tonnes a year.
Find out more about Pelican Parcels at www.pelicanparcels.org.uk
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Sussex Community Foundation is a registered charity that exists to make Sussex a fairer and more equal place. They do this by enabling local people to support local causes, making grants to small charities and voluntary groups working in communities across Sussex.
Rampion Offshore Wind Farm is capable of generating enough electricity to meet the average annual domestic energy needs of 409,000 typical UK homes. The calculation is based on 2021 generation, and assuming average (mean) annual household consumption of 3,509 kWh, based on latest statistics from Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (Subnational Electricity and Gas Consumption Statistics Regional and Local Authority, Great Britain, 2021, Mean domestic electricity consumption (kWh per meter) by country/region, Great Britain, 2021).
Rampion is a joint venture, made up of 3 shareholders: RWE Renewables, one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies, who also operate Rampion Offshore Wind Farm; Canadian energy company Enbridge; and responsible investors Equitix, who are a leading international investor, developer and fund manager in infrastructure, actively helping to deliver the UK’s green transition.