THE Swindon Advertiser is on the lookout for the most deserving of causes to support with our massive cash giveaway.

The Adver is looking for charities doing great work in our community, who could do with just that bit more help, to be nominated to take a share of £16,000 we’re making available.

It could be that you volunteer or work for a charity, or you may just want to support your favourite organisation by nominating it for a share of the funds we’re making available to support great local courses.

Making a nomination couldn’t be easier – simply log-on to www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/readerschoice and fill in your nomination form or you can write to us, confirming the name and address of the charity you’d like to nominate and why to: Readers’ Choice Cash For Charity Nominations, Redhill House, 227 London Road, Worcester WR5 2JG

The closing date for nominations is Sunday, September 11, 2022.

Swindon Advertiser editor Daniel Chipperfield said: “I am so pleased to be able to get involved in something that will prove to be beneficial to good causes in Swindon.

“Now more than ever, people need help. And the organisations supporting them also need help so this could not be a more opportune time.

“Make sure your friends and family all know about the scheme and get their charity registered to be in with a chance of getting this cash!”

Once all nominations have been received, the editor will select ten of the most deserving local charities to be featured in this year’s grants scheme.

We’re then going to put the power to allocate the cash back into your hands.

For four weeks, readers will be invited to collect tokens from our newspapers which can then be sent to collection points across our region or posted.  Each token collected will then be used to allocate cash to the nominated charity – so if your favourite charity collects 50% of all tokens collected, it will receive 50% of the £16,000!

The £16,000 cash is being provided by our parent company’s charitable arm: The Gannett Foundation.  This year the Gannett Foundation will donate £128,000 to charities across the country.

Qualifying Criteria

  • Applicants must be registered charities.
  • Applicants must not have received a grant from us within the last two years
  • Preference to be given to projects supporting those in our communities who are overlooked or under-served.

Grants will not be awarded for:

  • Salaries, professional fees or day-to-day running or maintenance costs of the charity (but this does not exclude such expenses where essential to a specific project)
  • General appeals as opposed to specific projects or items of equipment
  • Projects that do not bring benefits to our local communities
  • Political or religious objectives, or projects that discriminate in favour of particular ethnic or religious groups (but this does not exclude religious organisations offering charitable support to the sick or needy without discrimination)
  • State or privately-run schools (other than special needs)
  • Hospitals (other than hospices)
  • Community Interest Companies that are not registered charities