Welsh Water has launched its new Community Fund to support local groups looking to enhance their communities. This forms part of the £100,000 initiative to support community initiatives throughout Wales and Herefordshire.
- Fund which will support not-for-profit organisations looking to enhance their local communities
- Up to £5,000 grants available
Welsh Water has launched its new Community Fund to support local groups looking to enhance their communities. This forms part of the £100,000 initiative to support community initiatives throughout Wales and Herefordshire
The Fund, which is available to not-for-profit groups, will be open three times a year, and give organisations the opportunity to apply for funding up to £5,000.
Applicants for the community fund grants will need to demonstrate how their projects benefit their community and how it aligns with Welsh Waters values. The fund will give groups the chance to enhance the area they live in, to improve the environment or to support education.
Welsh Water has already made a significant impact through its Community Fund which launched in 2017. In 2022 alone, over 252 charities and organisations from all around Wales and Herefordshire have secured funding from the not-for-profit company’s Community Fund.
Usk Food Kitchen received support of £500 through the community fund said, “The money donated by the Community Fund helped towards food costs, cleaning materials and the upkeep of cooking materials.”
Usk Food Kitchen runs twice a week delivering hot food to over 40 homes in the area. Run by local volunteers, they rely on food and financial donations to ensure that anyone that requires a hot meal receives one.
This new fund is part of a wider £100,000 social purpose initiative that Welsh Water are continuing to implement throughout 2023. This includes matching colleagues fundraising efforts, working closely with larger chosen charities such as WaterAId, and supporting the communities most effected by their investment work.
Claire Roberts, Head of Community Engagement said: “We launched our community fund in 2017 and to date have donated hundreds of thousands of pounds to local projects. We are pleased to continue supporting our customers and communities by helping the groups who work tirelessly to improve their communities.
The heart of our mission is a commitment to support the communities we serve, by funding projects that are doing important work, to make a real difference in their local area”.
To find out more, visit www.dwrcymru.com/communityfund
