The Customer and Communities Improvement Fund (CCIF) is South Western Railway’s programme to support projects that have a community benefit or address an area of social need across our network

Customer and Communities Improvement Fund

The Customer and Communities Improvement Fund (CCIF) is South Western Railway’s programme to support projects that have a community benefit or address an area of social need across our network.

CCIF is intended to support small and medium-sized projects which can be completed over the course of the year. Across all previous rounds of funding, we have supported over 100 projects with a value of more than £7million. Across our network, this funding has gone towards important local causes and initiatives, delivering extensive social value and benefit.

An important part of CCIF is that it involves customers and stakeholders in helping inform which schemes are taken forward. Once a final list of preferred schemes has been finalised, it is submitted to the Department for Transport (DfT) which will make the final decision on which schemes go ahead.

Thank you to everyone who applied for the next round of CCIF by the deadline of 31 December 2023. We are now reviewing the applications received. Successful applicants will be notified in April 2024 (the start of the new railway financial year), following the completion of our Annual Business Plan process with the Department for Transport.

Find out more about our previous round of CCIF.  

Approved schemes

See the full list of approved CCIF schemes

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Scheme map

See where CCIF schemes are taking place on our network

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Previous Customer and Communities Improvement Fund

Find out more about the previous CCIF

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