United Kingdom: Warburtons Community Grants

Community Grants aim to provide groups, working towards one of our outcome areas, with small amounts of funding to support ongoing activities. They can be used for something specific that will benefit the cause e.g. buying equipment to support an employability project etc. Employees of Warburtons are able to apply on behalf of organisations if they are actively involved with them (e.g. they are a volunteer, trustee, active supporter).

Priorities

• The principal aim of funding is clear; it is to focus on supporting families that need the help the most in a way which adheres to their principles of Transparency, Trust and Transformation.

Focus Areas

• The specific areas of focus and their associated outcomes are below:
  • Health: Supporting families to care for each other and lead healthier lives
  • Intended outcomes
    • Improving physical health
    • Improving wellbeing
  • Place: Supporting families to flourish in communities that are safer, greener and more inclusive
  • Intended outcomes
    • Making spaces safe and inclusive
    • Connecting communities with the environment
  • Skills: Supporting families to gain useful skills for life and work
  • Intended outcomes
    • Developing useful life skills
    • Developing useful skills for employment

Funding Information

• Grants of up to £400.

Eligibility Criteria

• Financial giving shall be for not-for-profit organisations with charitable purposes only. They will fund organisations that deliver activities which fit within the three focus areas of The Warburtons Foundation, stated above as Priorities Health, Place and Skills.

Ineligibility

• In order to focus their support most strongly, they do not support individuals, nor do they support:
  • Organisations that:
    • are not charitable and do not operate on a not-for-profit basis
    • are not based in and working in England, Wales or Scotland
    • discriminate on the basis of race, creed, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion or national origin
    • primarily promote political or religious viewpoints to their beneficiaries
    • primarily focus on animals
    • solely seek support for salaries. However, they will consider funding a proportion of a salary or sessional worker fees where these are directly linked to funded project delivery
    • use the funds to make grants, bursaries or financial donations to other organisations or individuals
    • solely seek to purchase something (e.g. the buying of a building or other significant purchase), except small items within Community Grants
    • are unable to supply appropriate registration and financial documents, bank details and personal details of trustees/directors
    • cannot report back effectively on outcomes
    • may be potentially harmful to the Warburtons business
  • Activities or projects that:
    • have a negative impact on the environment
    • benefit Warburtons’ commercial business
    • have already taken place
    • are for sponsorship, advertising and promotion alone, which primarily generate commercial returns
  • Individuals (as opposed to groups, teams or communities) that seek:
    • educational bursaries e.g. assistance to individuals for school, research projects, travel costs or college and university fees
    • third party fundraising (e.g. sponsoring an individual to complete a challenge).

For more information, visit Warburtons.