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. In previous rounds of funding, we have supported more than 70 projects with a value of over £6million across our network, supporting important local causes and initiatives and 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.

The online application for Customer and Communities Improvement Fund for financial year 2023/24 is now closed.

If you would like to find information about our previous round of CCIF, click here.