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Our vision is to create a vibrant and connected community in Stratford-upon-Avon.

We will achieve this by maximising our assets and working in partnership to enhance the quality of life for the people of Stratford upon Avon. 

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The difference we make:

Through our grantmaking, we commit to being 

  1. A participatory grant maker – genuinely working with the broader community and bringing them into our decision making and leadership work. 
  2. An empowering organisation – building skills, capacity, and raising aspirations across our community 
  3. A grant maker with a human approach that is centred on the aspirations and hopes of the community and assets present (sometimes unrealised!) across our community 
  4. A grant maker that understands its reach and data to make better decisions around:
    • Who and what is funded
    • Geographic hot and cold spots with a bespoke approach in engagement
    • Themes and trend analysis to understand how our funding is evolving
  5. An organisation that champions and celebrates diversity. We will commit to inclusive funding practise in how and what we fund.
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Through Community Engagement and relationship building we commit to: 

  1. Championing our Community Hub in person and digitally.
  2. Creating meaningful and sustained relationships with our beneficiaries
  3. Maintain direct engagement with our members
  4. Provide a positive experience for Guild Chapel visitors and volunteers.
  5. Enabling widest possible access to our green spaces, Church Lane Allotments, Rowley Fields and The Lench Meadows 
  6. Being a thoughtful and considerate landlord for our commercial tenants.
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Through our commitment to Placemaking we will: 

  1. Be an advocate by actively promoting place making to other delivery partners in sharing examples and demonstrating the wider benefits to the community and the town 
  2. Work with partners and the community to deliver and sustain place making initiatives to targeted neighbourhoods within Stratford-upon-Avon 
  3. Prioritise work in our green spaces, Rowley Fields, Church Lane Allotments and The Lench Meadows to promote people's health, happiness, and well-being
  4. Enable place making through our discretionary grant making by allocating a percentage of funding each year to localised/neighbourhood centred grass roots initiatives 
  5. Work with others including Stratford District Council, Stratford-upon-Avon Town Council, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Royal Shakespeare Company and Stratforward to curate a town centre offer that is sustainable, relevant and unique
PLACEMAKING

Featured Case Studies

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Pathway to success
We supported the refurbishment of Elta House to create a comfortable and functional day centre for Heart of England
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Making Music
Street Arts Project provides weekly street music sessions to take place at Stratford Playhouse where those affected by
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Thunderbirds
Thunderbirds are a netball club for both juniors and seniors based in Stratford Upon Avon.
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Creating opportunities for fun and friendship
iLEAP works delivers a children's programme, a youth programme and an adult programme of inclusive leisure activities
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Stratford-upon-Avon Town Trust is a registered charity (no. 1088521) and a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales (no. 4222949). It is also a Trustee of the Guild Estate Charity (no. 217484) and College Estate Charity (no. 217485).

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    • Our History
    • Meet the Team
    • Our Trustees
    • Our Aims and Objectives
    • Our Values
    • Governance
    • Work with us
    • Blog
    • Contact Us
  • Our Grants
    • Apply for a grant
    • Case Studies
      • Bringing basketball to town
      • Café Muse
      • Citizen’s Advice South Warwickshire
      • Creating opportunities for fun and friendship
      • Helping a Network to Grow
      • Like I Care
      • Making Music
      • Meet one of our retail tenants - shakespeare Distillery
      • New Meaning Warwickshire
      • Pathway to success
      • Providing a lifeline - VASA
      • Stratford Youth Collective
      • Thunderbirds
      • Time4Hope
  • Our Community
    • The Guild Chapel
      • Guild Chapel website
    • Green Spaces
      • Wildflower Meadow at Rowley Fields
    • Stratford-upon-Avon Local Nature Reserve
    • Bandstand
    • Community Arts Venue
    • Our Properties and Assets
    • Get Involved
      • Volunteer
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