Our customers, and the communities we live and work in, are at the heart of everything we do. And that’s why, from 2020, we’re going to be giving away more than £10million over the next five years to support new projects by local charities and community groups in the Severn Trent region – helping to make a real and tangible difference in our communities.
How it works and who can apply
Our customers have helped us to create and shape our community fund. We’ve spoken to lots of you to better understand your community needs, and as a result, have chosen to design our fund around improving community wellbeing.
By this we mean:
- People – Projects that help people to lead a healthier life and gain new skills
- Places – Projects that help to create better places to live in and use
- Environment – Projects that will help look after our natural environment, give people greater access to that environment or help look after water
We seek to fund projects that link to these key elements of community wellbeing – with favourability shown to projects that ideally lie within a ‘sweet spot’ that incorporates all three. If you’re applying for over £75,000, please note that a combination of all three of these themes is necessary to be eligible.
And of course, being a water company, naturally we’d love to see applications for projects that have a connection to water too (although not essential)! This might mean creating sustainable drainage, installing grey water recycling or creating water efficient green spaces.
We’re ideally looking for projects that are unique, have a genuine community need, and stand out as having a real impact on improving community wellbeing.
Before applying, we encourage all interested applicants to discuss their project idea with one of our dedicated Fund Officers. We can tell you if it’s a good fit for our aims and what to expect with the application process, just feel free to get in touch with us at [email protected].
Guidance and Eligibility Criteria and a link to apply is here
