Apply before 1st April 2025 for the next round of funding!
We support charitable activities of units of the Army Cadet Force, the Sea Cadet Corps, the Air Training Corps, the Volunteer Cadet Corps, the Combined Cadet Force throughout Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and, in so far as funding being available, across surrounding counties.
What can we apply for?
Our grant funding can help with activities and equipment such as:
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Summer Camps
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Improvements to Existing Facilities
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Sports Equipment
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Transport Facilities
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Training Equipment
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Adventure Training Expeditions
If you have a requirement for funding, we're happy to chat with you informally to establish if this is something you could apply for from The Connaught Trust.
Feel free to contact us here or email enquiries@connaught-trust.co.uk
Areas We Cover: We accept grant applications from Reserve and Cadet units across Hampshire, the Isle of Wight. Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Surrey and West Sussex.
Find out how other Cadet units have used their grant funding:
Cadet Units that have benefitted from our grants
Combined Cadets Forces
Alton College CCF
Andover College CCF
Ark Charter Academy CCF
Ash Manor CCF
Bournemouth School CCF
Brakenhale School CCF
Budmouth College CCF
Canford School CCF
Charterhouse CCF
Chichester Free School CCF
Churchers College CCF
City of Portsmouth CCF
Claires Court School CCF
Costello School CCF
Cowes Enterprise College CCF
Effingham Schools Trust
Gordons School CCF
Greater Brighton Metropolitan College
John Madejski Academy CCF
Pangbourne College CCF
Petersfield School CCF
Poole High School CCF
Portsmouth Grammar CCF
Reeds School CCF
Royal Grammar School CCF
Sherborne School CCF
St John's School CCF
UTC Reading CCF
Wellington College CCF
Winchester College CCF
Sea Cadet Corps
Basingstoke Sea Cadets
Bognor Sea Cadets
Bournemouth Sea Cadets (TS Phoebe)
Camberley Sea Cadets (TS Diadem)
Central District SCC
Chichester Sea Cadets
Cowes Sea Cadets (TS Osbourne)
Crawley Sea Cadets
Farnham & Fleet Sea Cadets
Gosport Sea Cadets (TS Hornet)
Guildford Sea Cadets
Horsham Sea Cadets
Littlehampton Sea Cadets (TS Sussex)
Maidenhead Sea Cadets
Newbury Sea Cadets (TS Victory)
Parkstone Sea Cadets (TS Dolphin)
Poole Sea Cadets
Portsmouth Sea Cadets (TS Alamein)
Reading Sea Cadets
Romsey Sea Cadets (TS Hampshire)
Ryde Sea Cadets (TS Royal George)
Salisbury Sea Cadets
Southampton Sea Cadets (TS Southampton)
Staines and Egham Sea Cadets
Sunbury and Walton Sea Cadets
Surrey District SCC
Sussex District SCC
Warsash Sea Cadets (TS Tormentor)
Wessex District SCC
Winchester Sea Cadets (TS Itchen)
Army Cadet Force
Berkshire ACF
Dorset ACF
Hants & IOW ACF
Surrey ACF
Sussex ACF
Wiltshire ACF
RAF Air Cadets
135 (Reigate and Redhill) Sqn ATC
413 (Aldershot) Sqn ATC
424 (Southampton) Sqn ATC
457 (Farnborough) Sqn ATC
1024 (Ryde - IOW) Sqn ATC
1105 (Winchester) Sqn ATC
1189 (Portsmouth) Sqn ATC
1216 (Eastleigh) Sqn ATC
1308 New Forest Sqn ATC
1350 (Fareham) Sqn ATC
1391 (Romsey) Sqn ATC
1827 (Odiham) Sqn ATC
1927 (Petersfield) Sqn ATC
211 (Newbury) Sqn ATC
229 Farnham Sqn ATC
2260 (Waterlooville) Sqn ATC
2327 (Havant) Sqn ATC
2391 (Parkstone) Sqn ATC
2407 (Yateley) Sqn ATC
2412 (Bordon) Sqn ATC
2428 (Hedge End) Sqn ATC
2498 (Totton) Sqn ATC
2515 (Ringwood) Sqn ATC
HQ Hants & IOW ATC
Volunteer Cadet Corps
HMS Collingwood RNVCC
HMS Excellent RNVCC
HMS Sultan RNVCC
Band of the RMVCC Gosport
Gosport Division RMVCC
Portsmouth Division RMVCC
Headquarters VCC