Thornton-in-Craven School applied for a grant from us in January 2026, to help subsidise a trip for year 1 and 2 to Chester Zoo, as part of their learning of animals and their habitats.. Subsidising the cost made it accessible for all. 'Words from the school' Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children had an amazing time at Chester Zoo. We are very grateful for the grant given to us from Robert Windle foundation to enable the trip to go ahead by bringing the bus cost down to paren

It's not often that the Foundation gets a chance to grant money for pioneering new sports equipment, but that's exactly what happened when Pendle & Craven Croquet Club got in touch with us in October 2025 They were struggling to find indoor hoops for a Wellbeing project they wanted to run over the winter at Earby Community Centre. They had been gifted the mats but our grant of £200 was instrumental in designing a set of brand new, freestanding hoops, which were also manufactu

Coates Lane Primary School applied for a grant in December 2025, they put the funding towards building an outside shelter in their forest area.. How fabulous does it look!!!! 'Words from the school' We were very lucky in that one of our colleagues in school, her husband kindly built it for us so we saved a huge amount of money on labour costs.  The children had their first session in it on Monday afternoon and absolutely loved it.  He even made some worm calculators so the ch

On Friday the 6th February the Robert Windle Foundation received a lovely donation from Earby Clarets. For those who are not aware who they are, they started in the early 2000's when a group of Burnley FC fans joined together to help the club and raise money to donate to groups in Earby. The group were very successful., however as time rolled on the groups membership dwindled and they eventually folded. There was still money left in the bank so they very kindly donated £2,000

Lothersdale School applied for a grant in March 2025, to pay for a subscription of Music Express, which provides resources for subject leaders and class teachers, including engaging lessons, activities and games. "Words from the School" At Lothersdale , we continue to use the music express online resources to support the teaching and delivery of music lessons across school. In class 2, we have been looking at the unit 'Ourselves' and thinking about the different sounds we can

Gisburn Road School applied for a grant from us in July 2025, to contribute to change the playground into an outdoor sensory area. This will help all the children at the school by giving them an alternative place to learn. Words from year 5 children ; Thank you so much for your generous donation towards our outdoor sensory area. We love spending time outside enjoying this area. Thank you again, Year 5 Gisburn Road Primary School Read about all the latest grants we have award

Lothersdale Primary School applied for a grant in September 2025. The grant went towards buying new atlases for both the juniors and the infants, they sent us photos of the children using them. Read about all the latest grants we have awarded on our 'News' page. Find out if your School or voluntary group would be able to apply on our 'Grants' page.

Gisburn Road Primary School applied for a grant from us in November 2025. They put the money towards hiring a theatre group to come into the school, and perform the pantomime Dick Whittington. It was a wonderful event and the whole school had a great afternoon watching!

Barnoldswick Rainbows applied for a grant from us in August 2025, to purchase some badges and resources they needed for the group. Here is what they said: We have bought materials for some of our activities and a couple of these are also reflected in the photos - we made bird feeders as part of our "Helper" badge, very messy but great fun. We also made marble runs as we work towards our STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) challenge. We have materials ready for m

St Joseph's School in Barnoldswick applied for a grant in August 2025, so they could hire the 'Lancashire Music Bus' to visit the school for the day. It is a big bus that comes to park on the playground,.different groups of children have musical activities involving instruments and music tech. It enables more children to experience different aspects of the Music curriculum delivered by experts and with a range of high quality resources that the school doesn’t have access to.