Funders
The WATCH Project receives funding from a number of organisations. Below are a few of our main funders.
Somerset Community Foundation have provided us over the years with many grants that has helped watch maintain our valuable service we offer in peer support and helping adults that are isolated stay connected.
Find out more here: www.somersetcf.org.uk/
Abri has helped and continues to help the WATCH Project to fund a dedicated Project Coordinator for WATCH to improve the running of the organisation and offer greater opportunities to members and volunteers. Currently, Abri regularly visits our Project and bring in workshops of their own to enhance our members and volunteers.
Find out more here: www.abri.co.uk
WATCH CIO joined the Open Mental Health Network (OMHN) in 2019 becoming part of an alliance of charities formed to develop a bold new community-based mental health support service for Somerset residents.
The shared ambition for the Open Mental Health Network is to ensure that people living with mental health problems get the right support at the right time. As well as reducing waiting times for clinical services, it aims to ensure that people can live a full life in their community, accessing housing, jobs or volunteering opportunities, community activities and physical exercise, to help support and improve their wellbeing and quality of life.
Find out more here: openmentalhealth.org.uk
Somerset Council has been a funder of WATCH for several years. Their support has allowed us to fund essential training for volunteers and staff allowing us to provide the best support possible for our members.
Find out more here: www.somerset.gov.uk
Tesco
Our regular local Tesco in Chard fully supports and often donates to our Project, whether it is through the Blue Token scheme or weekly donations of items to help reduce our costs.
Find our more here: www.tesco.com
The National Lottery Community Fund has been funding the Watch Project for many years, which has helped us grow and work with many new partners. The latest funding stream being our Bridges to Wellbeing (B2W) which we received funding for three years in 2025.
Find out more here: www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
Somerset Skills and Learning
SS&L provide valuable funding for small community projects, such as WATCH, to enable them to provide educational courses for beneficiaries to improve and develop their skills.
WATCH has delivered over the years a variety of courses to help the development of peer groups through learning activities.
Find out more here: www.sslcourses.co.uk
Well Wessex
The Well Wessex group established by Lucy Nelson alongside Somerset Community Foundation have funded the four grass roots projects that make up the Well Wessex group. This valuable funding has enabled these projects to provide courses such as ‘Future’s Bright’ that brought isolated adults together to form valuable friendships and raise self-esteem.
Somerset Wildlife Trust
Somerset Wildlife trust has worked closely with The WATCH Project over many years. With the help of funding from SWT and the support of their amazing staff The WATCH project has been able to organise trips for our members to local farms along with conservation days across Somerset to help give back to the environment.
Find out more here: www.somersetwildlife.org