The total amount of grant available through our Community Impact Fund has now doubled to £2,000 per successful application.
Our Community Impact Fund is an initiative designed to support customer groups, local charities, voluntary and community groups and organisations operating within our localities.
Through the fund, we offer grants to projects that benefit our customers and the neighbourhoods they live in.
Since launching in October 2022, our Community Impact Fund has supported projects from Walsall to Wiltshire including:
- Supporting the work of a children’s and young people’s mental health charity in Gloucestershire
- Sponsoring the creation of public art in Calne, Wiltshire
- Providing school holiday activities for children in Bilston, West Midlands
- Funding a community kitchen in Northway, Oxford
Sian Every, our Community and Investment and Social Value Lead said: “It has been amazing to see how the fund has gone from strength to strength.
“Over the last few years, we have benefited our customers and their local areas by funding community clean ups, art projects and activities for young people to name but a few of the initiatives we’ve supported.
“It is very encouraging to see the maximum amount of grant available, per application, increase from £1,000 to £2,000. This has been made possible by the generosity of our suppliers such as Jewson Partnerships, Rexel UK, Abbey Group Services, SMS Environmental.”
In 2023/24, its first full year of operation, our Community Impact Fund awarded £8,079 to 13 projects. Last year, the fund supported 21 projects making a total of £20,544 in grant payments.
The funding for our community investment schemes comes from social value rebates and donations from some of our supply chain partners in addition to a small investment from GSA.