WACCL (Wakefield Annual Charity Christmas Lunch) Grants

WACCL (Wakefield Annual Charity Christmas Lunch) is a fundraising initiative led by a dedicated group of local businesspeople, created to support charities working with children and young people across the Wakefield district.

Prosper will once again be partnering with the WACCL 2025 event, a much-loved annual Christmas lunch and charity auction raising vital funds for The Wakefield Children’s Charity and other local organisations supporting children across our district.

This is a very small funding pot specifically for organisations operating in the Wakefield district that benefit children and young people.

Before sending in applications, please call Kath at Prosper for a chat on 07576 952 527.

Whether you’ve received funding from WACCL before or this is your first time applying, you're warmly invited to be part of the 2025 grants round.

Criteria for Application

To be considered for funding you must satisfy the following criteria:

• Be a charity or organisation that supports children and or young people. (Defined as babies up to young people aged 25 or younger)
• Be based in the Wakefield district or explain how the money would be used to benefit specifically young people in the Wakefield district.
• Be able to send at least one paying guest to the lunch on the 11 December 2025 and potentially be able to speak about the charity or supply a short video to play on the day.
• Explain to us what the funds would be used for and, if possible, detail a specific project that could benefit from the support.
• Work with WACCL to create joint PR activities post and pre-event as appropriate.
• Promote WACCL as a beneficiary of the organisation pre and post the event for a minimum of 12 months.
• Provide evidence to WACCL of how the donation was spent and the benefit received.