Verwood Solar Farm Fund

20/10/2025

Information and grant application forms available from:

The Parish's two solar farms provide annual revenue for the community, managed by independent groups with Town Council support.

20/10/2025

Following our recent committee meeting, we’re pleased to announce that grants have been approved for:

Friends of Verwood First School and Nursery
Verwood Pantomime Society
Verwood Memorial Hall
Verwood Youth Riders
Verwood Concert Brass

15/10/2023

At the recent committee meeting, grants were made to the following organisations:

- The Verwood Community Group
- Forest FM
- The Pantomime Society

We look forward to receiving more grant applications in time for out next meeting in early February.

06/06/2023

Despite a heavy demand on funds, at their recent meeting the Verwood Solar Farm Committee were able to give awards to:
Verwood 1st School
-The Dementia Friendly Group
-Verwood Youth Club
-Verwoodians on Waste
-Emmanual Middle School
-Verwood Concert Brass

The Committee next meets on 25th September and applications need to be in by 11th September. Details on the website.

13/05/2023

The Verwood Solar Farm Fund Committee AGM is taking place on
Monday 15th May 2023 at 6pm, in the Town Council Office.

We look forward to seeing people from the local community.

The meeting will be followed by our next committee meeting. If you have submitted a grant application, you'll soon find out if your project has been allocated funding.

03/10/2022

It's nice to hear how the grants we have issued are helping the local community. Most recently, we received some lovely feedback from the Verwood Friendship Club:

"On Thursday 18th August we hired the Branksome Dene Community Room overlooking Poole Bay. ... we arranged ...for freshly fried fish and chips to be delivered to us by the well known Chez Fred Restaurant in Westbourne. Transport to and from Verwood was made possible using a 35 seater coach hired from the North Dorset Coach company and the loan of a mini-bus including driver from the Ferndown Arthritis Group. The weather was especially kind and allowed many of our members to either sit outside taking in stunning views of both the Isle of Wight and Old Harry Rocks or in a few cases to even go down to the water’s edge to dip their feet in the sea. The outing was a huge success and very much enjoyed by everyone. However, what made the day particularly significant and successful was the fact that the cost of the outing was almost exclusively sponsored by a generous donation from the Verwood Solar Farm Fund Group, a local community group which administers a portion of their profits to be given as grants to successful applicants. Their support was very much appreciated."

We look forward to hearing what they'll be getting up to next!

03/10/2022

The Verwood Solar Farm Fund AGM is on Monday 17th October at 6pm in the Town Council Offices.

There's still time to submit grant applications before the next meeting of the committee.

26/08/2021

Our AGM, rescheduled due to Covid restrictions, will now go ahead on Monday 25th October, followed by the next meeting of the committee.

The AGM will take place at 6pm, in the Town Council Office.

There is information on the Town Council website, for community groups that would be interested in making a grant application:

http://www.verwood.gov.uk/Solar_Farm_Community_Benefit_33134.aspx

Also, if you would be interested in joining the committee then please get in touch by e-mail at:

[email protected]

There are two Solar Farms in the Parish; Homeland Solar Farm in Three Legged Cross and Manor Solar Farm to the west of the B3072.The local community receives money from both solar farms which will be paid annually for as long as the farms are operational. The funds are administered by two Community....

08/02/2021

*POSTPONED*

Ongoing COVID restrictions mean the AGM will not go ahead as planned.

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If your calendar is looking rather bare this year, why not come to the Verwood Solar Farm Fund annual general meeting?

Save the date of Monday the 21st of June.

The AGM will take place at 6pm in the Town Council Office.

Also, if you would be interested in joining the committee then please get in touch by e-mail at:

[email protected]

08/02/2021

Don't let the cold, ice or snow get you down, take advantage of the benefits of sunlight.

The Verwood Solar Farm Fund Committee are looking forward to receiving more grant applications from the local community.

To check eligibility, find out more information on the Verwood Town Council website.

Applications submitted by the 14th of May will be considered at the committee's next meeting.

There are two Solar Farms in the Parish; Homeland Solar Farm in Three Legged Cross and Manor Solar Farm to the west of the B3072.The local community receives money from both solar farms which will be paid annually for as long as the farms are operational. The funds are administered by two Community....

19/02/2020

£18,250 awarded to local causes since May.

13/08/2019

For the committee to consider your cause for funding this year, grant applications should be made by Friday 13th of September. Are you feeling lucky?