The Community Fund for Reigate and Banstead is a new and growing philanthropic fund that provides support specifically to local projects which tackle need, disadvantage, and community participation across the borough of Reigate and Banstead. Run by volunteers, and managed by the Community Foundation for Surrey (CFS), the Fund, comprising donations from individual residents and local companies, has a long-term endowment fund for future growth, and a grants fund from which disbursements are made to local charities and good causes on a regular basis.

The key objectives are to:

• Create a sustainable fund of community capital to support and benefit local residents, community projects and voluntary groups in the Borough of Reigate and Banstead;

• Inspire local philanthropy and raise the level of giving from local residents and businesses;

• Bring together any inactive trust funds or smaller funds where they can be more effective within a larger fund;

•  Make it easier for community and voluntary groups to access funding for both revenue and capital funding from a single source within the Borough.