Britannia Foundation and Community Fund

Overview

The Britannia Foundation is a registered charity and from January 2008, their yearly contribution increased from £300,000 to £500,000.

Their priority will be in areas where they believe they can make the biggest difference and that is by supporting education and wherever possible promoting an improvement in numeracy and/or financial literacy.

The Foundation offers grants and donations between £1,000 and £25,000 to registered charities and schools working within education, particularly numeracy and/or financial literacy. It is an independent registered charity, number 1069081 and has its own Board of Trustees who evaluate all grant applications.

They believe that community involvement provides us with a significant way of putting our values into practice and of contributing to the communities in which they live and work. Therefore their focus is to support local communities where there are higher densities of Britannia employees and customers.

They welcome applications from:

• Registered Charities and Schools: Any registered charity or school working within our key priorities.
• National Charities: Any national charity working within our key priorities that can ringfence their activities to a local community.

The Britannia Community Fund

The Britannia Community fund offers a quick and simple application process to voluntary groups, charities and schools, working within education, specifically numeracy and/or financial literacy, who require donations of up to £1,000. They also support individual customers with a donation of up to £100.

They welcome applications from:

• Individuals: They will support individual loyal customers, who have held accounts with us for the last two years, wishing to achieve personal development that supports our key priorities.
• Groups: They will support any voluntary organisation, school or charity working within our key priorities, that operate within a local community. Whilst the Britannia Community Fund focuses on buying specific items or equipment, eg educational toys, books, it will also support small projects in support of key priorities. However, please ensure you have a look at the list of exclusions before you apply.

They will consider applications from any voluntary organisation, school or charity, as well as any individual loyal customers, who have held accounts with us for the last two years, wishing to carry out voluntary work within the UK that links to our key priorities.

How to Apply

Email them for an application form, or call on 01538 391806. You'll need to supply the most recent copy of your report and accounts, independently audited where possible.

All applications will be acknowledged on receipt. There are two regional trustee committees who evaluate applications. The trustee committees meet twice a year, so there may be a delay before a decision is made and communicated to you. If your application is successful the trustees will want to ensure the donation / funds are used as expected and the intended benefits are achieved. How this is done will depend on the circumstances of each case.

As the Foundation receives far more applications for support than we can meet from available funds, it is with regret that we are unable to provide reasons or enter into any correspondence in relation to the decline of any application.