Final Dogger Bank Wind Farm Community Grants available for 2025
Dogger Bank Wind Farm is pleased to announce the final allocation of its operator fund community grants for 2025 are available, offering support of up to £1,000 to local community projects in the areas closest to its construction and operation bases.
The operator fund grants are available to community projects near our construction and operation locations. Eligible organisations can now apply for this latest round of funding from the Dogger Bank operator fund to support their vital activities.
The operator fund supports local community projects in East Riding of Yorkshire, Redcar and Cleveland, and South Tyneside – the locations of the wind farm’s grid connection points and the operations and maintenance base.
The operator fund provides a total of £80,000 of funding in grants of up to £1,000 for local community projects who have a constitution and deliver activities in Redcar and Cleveland, South Tyneside or East Riding of Yorkshire.
Community grants can be used to enhance quality of life for local residents; contribute to vibrant, healthy, successful and sustainable communities; and/or promote community spirit and encourage community activity.
Eligible community projects and local organisations can apply for grants up to the amount of up to £1,000, at https://doggerbank.com/about/community/.
The funding decisions are made by a panel with representatives from wind farm joint venture partners Equinor and SSE Renewables, as well as independent participant Hannah Smiles from NOF. NOF is a not-for-profit business development organisation helping to make connections between national businesses in the energy sector and owns and operates Energi Coast, North East England’s Offshore Wind Cluster.
Dogger Bank Wind Farm is under construction more than 130 km off the Yorkshire coast and will generate enough renewable energy to power six million UK homes once completed. A joint venture between SSE Renewables, Equinor and Vårgrønn, SSE Renewables is leading on Dogger Bank construction and delivery while Equinor will operate the wind farm on completion. Vårgrønn brings specialist offshore wind expertise to the project.
Find out more about Dogger Bank’s £25 million community fund commitment here.
See who benefitted so far in 2025 from the Dogger Bank operator fund grants:
| Boyes Lane Recreation Ground | East Riding | Equipment for wildlife field |
| East Redcar Young at Heart | Redcar | Entertainer for event |
| Bilton Hall ABC | South Tyneside | Boxing club |
| Blue Light Weekend | East Riding | Free festival |
| Mortimer Primary School | South Tyneside | Kielder Observatory programme |
| Skelton Rangers | Redcar | Keep girlguiding troop running |
| Walkington Village Hall | East Riding | Kitchen worktops replaced |
| Eastrington Sports Club | East Riding | Changing facilities |
| Cottingham Northgate Allotment Association | East Riding | Grass cutter |
| Veterans for Veterans in Care | South Tyneside | VE day event |
| East Redcar Resident Association | Redcar | Shrubs and planting |
| Going for Independence CIC | Redcar | monthly visually impaired support group |
| NHub Community Group | Redcar | polytunnel and gardening equipment |
| Stamford Bridge Netball | Redcar | upgrade facilities to meet standards |
| Marske Sports and Recreation Partnership | Redcar | free music event |
| Luna Blu NE Community Interest | South Tyneside | creative wellbeing project for adults with additional needs |
| Hutton Cranswick Sports and Recreation Association | East Riding | white goods for renovated kitchen |
| The Stephen Hughes Foundation | East Riding | Walkington Ukelele Festival |
| The Rise of She CIC | South Tyneside | Sending out period packs |
| St Aloysius Primary Federation PTA | South Tyneside | nature hub |
| South Shields & Westoe RFC | South Tyneside | mower |
| Next Step social club | East Riding | singles social club |
| Watton Parish Council | East Riding | extend horse mounting block project |
| Friends of Porlock Green | South Tyneside | compost and topsoil to grow food |
| Other Lives Productions | East Riding | Dickens christmas show |
| Saltburn Folk Festival | Redcar | venue hire for youth hub |
| Cottingham Lawn Tennis | East Riding | repair and refurb 2 outdoor courts |
| Read Easy | South Tyneside | adult literacy |
| Empowering Eston | Redcar | enhancing local area |
| Cottingham Methodist Church | East Riding | improving heating system |
| Window on the World | South Tyneside | STEM activities for children |
| NextGen STEAM | Redcar | workshops sessions |
| Marske in Bloom | Redcar | plants, mulch and grit |
| 43rd South Shields Brownies & Rainbow unit | South Tyneside | trip to Adventure park |
| Walkington Bowling Club | East Riding | bowling equipment |
| 1st Skelton in Cleveland Guides | Redcar | camping equipment, uniform and transport |
| Hornsea Sporting FC | East Riding | under 7s team kit and reduce costs to parents |
| Neuro Key | Redcar | SEND navigator |
| St Mary’s Beverley Church Lads’ and Girls’ Brigade | East Riding | residentials |
| Hornsea Bowling Club | East Riding | footpath |
| Guisborough in Bloom | Redcar | floral displays |
| Holderness Vikings | East Riding | new club house |
| Bluejay Wellness | South Tyneside | mental health support app |
| Beverley and District Civic Society | East Riding | plaques to celebrate local industry |
| Association of Jarrow Community Bowling Clubs | South Tyneside | new storage to free up pavilion |
| Friends of Roos School | East Riding | calm space in playground |
| Saltburn Athletic Football Club | Redcar | playzone – high quality sports space |
| Friends of Guisborough Library | Redcar | reading trail and pottery sessions |
| Hebburn Unit 176 of The Sea Cadet Corps | South Tyneside | improving outside space for boats |
| All Saints Church Cleadon | South Tyneside | to improve IT facilities in parish hall |
| Yorkshire Wolds Railway | East Riding | wi fi for centre |
| Nunthorpe Bowling Club | Redcar | replacing groundskeeping equipment |
| Woods & Waves Forest and Beach School CIC | Redcar | sessions for children with additional needs |
| KAYAKS | South Tyneside | STEM sessions for children with additional needs |
| South Gare Litter Pickers | Redcar | litter picking equipment |
| Beeford Lawn Tennis | East Riding | maintenance of lawn tennis courts |
| Growing Together South Tyneside | South Tyneside | gardening sessions for over 50s |
| 9th Redcar Brownies | Redcar | support to cover costs of badges for unit |
| Durham County Bowling | South Tyneside | taster days for local schools and shirts for county playing |
| 4Hebburn | South Tyneside | Free community event at Christmas |
| Create & Connect CIC | South Tyneside | Funding performances at Ocean Road Mela |
| Marsden Cricket Club | South Tyneside | cricket screen to enable safer play |
| Bridlington Alexander Bowling Club | East Riding | equipment to maintain green and for players |
| Nafferton Amateur Production Society | South Tyneside | putting on three performances of panto |
| Cottingham WI | East Riding | laptop and printer for volunteers |
| Strong at Heart CIC | East Riding | rehabilitation and fitness project that aids children recovering from heart surgery |
| Beverley Urban Gardeners | East Riding | plants, bulbs, bushes and equipment for all the areas we cover. |
| Network not Work | East Riding | junior journalism courses |
| Skirlaugh Primary School PTFA | East Riding | outdoor space |
| Harton and Westoe Miners Welfare | South Tyneside | trip to Beamish |
| Veterans Response | South Tyneside | drop-in service and foodbank |
| The Marske Centre | Redcar | double glaze window |
| MND Yorkshire Coast Group | East Riding | Christmas meal |
| Dementia Action Teesside | Redcar | dementia music and dancing sessions |
| Skipsea Village Hall | East Riding | replace solar inverter |
| Whiteleas JFC | South Tyneside | period pants for girls’ team |
| Jarrow Under 11 Tigers | South Tyneside | travel for European tournament |
| 1st Pocklington Scout group | East Riding | improve Scout Hut |