# West Berkshire & North Hants charities invited to compete for up to £100k funding - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/02/05/west-berkshire-north-hants-charities-invited-compete-100k-funding/ - Published: 2019-02-05T08:36:32+00:00 - Author: Melanie May **Greenham Trust is offering local charities from across West Berkshire and North Hampshire the opportunity to win up to £100,000 of funding in a Dragons’ Den style competition.** Now in its fourth year, ‘[Pitch to the Panel](http://www.pitchtothepanel.com/)’, hosted by [Greenham Trust](http://www.greenhamtrust.com/) returns on Wednesday 8 May 2019, at The Corn Exchange, Newbury, with charities in need of funding for projects invited to apply by Friday 8 March. Only one application can be made per organisation and applicants must register their projects on the [The Good Exchange](https://thegoodexchange.com/) and then email the Trust. Six shortlisted projects will be announced on 4 April when the public can then vote online for their favourite project. Each vote registered will release an additional £1 donation from Greenham Trust. Voting is restricted to one vote per person with online voting open from 4 April to 6 May inclusive. ## Advertisement Successful applicants will pitch their ideas at the Pitch to the Panel event in front of a live audience to a panel of judges who will decide whether the funds are distributed across a maximum of six projects or one winner takes it all. New for this year’s event, is the golden ticket, which every audience member at the event will be entered into a prize draw to win. The winner will be drawn at the end of the evening, and invited to nominate either a single project or a number of projects on The Good Exchange, within Greenham Trust’s area of operation, to receive grants of up to £5,000 from Greenham Trust. The winner must be present to claim the award. Tickets to attend the Pitch to the Panel event are free of charge and can be reserved [online](http://www.pitchtothepanel.com/y2019), from The Corn Exchange box office, or via 0845 5218 218. Chris Boulton, chief executive for Greenham Trust said: > “We are thrilled to be able to provide local charities with a platform to share > the incredible things they do each and every day for extremely worthy causes. > “Previous winners have received funding for major capital projects such as new > equipment at West Berkshire Therapy Centre to exciting initiatives that simply > would not have happened without this financial support. We urge projects of all > types to apply and we want to reassure applicants that we will support them throughout > the application process.” In 2017, SeeAbility received £10,211 towards the refurbishment of its gym and replacement of its 20-year old equipment. Miriam Oppenheim, SeeAbility’s Trusts and Communities Manager said: > “The grant has been a real game changer and has enabled SeeAbility to be more > innovative at a time when the young people we support, need it the most.  If we > hadn’t received the funding from Greenham Trust, it would have taken us longer > to secure this specialist equipment which is now making an extraordinary difference > to peoples’ independence each and every day. > “When you have a forum like The Good Exchange that allows you to reach out to > a number of different donors, it’s worth putting in the extra effort to develop > a larger application. It is worth it in the long run too because you could build > some really valuable partnerships out of it!” * **[Charity competitions round up](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/04/23/charity-competitions-round-up/)**( 23 April 2019) * **[Creative Shootout 2020 launches with Crisis UK as its Charity of the Year](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/09/26/creative-shootout-2020-launches-with-crisis-uk-as-its-charity-of-the-year/)**( 26 September 2019) * **[Nominations open for The Creative Shootout Charity of the Year 2023](https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/05/26/nominations-open-for-the-creative-shootout-charity-of-the-year-2023/)**( 26 May 2022) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)