Zurich Community Trust

Overview

Grant giving policy has two main strands:

• National programmes – selected to target substantial resources to issues that are often overlooked and where we can have the biggest impact.
• Employee and financial adviser involvement – developing partnerships and making local grants.

Community Trust programmes

• Mental Health and Families
• Breaking the generational cycle of drug abuse
• Vulnerable Older people
• The India programme

Employee and Financial Adviser Involvement programmes

• Zurich Cares - for their UK business staff.
  • NSPCC (Childline)
  • Marie Curie Cancer Care
  • Calvert Trust
  • Hope and Homes for Children
  • Foundation for Conductive Education
  • Canine Partners

• Openwork Foundation - for members of their new multi-tie distribution network and their support staff across the UK
  • Children’s Hospices UK
  • Association of Children’s Hospices
  • Winstons Wish
  • Weston Spirit
  • Phillippine Community

There are smaller local grant budgets available from some of the larger offices, and grants available will typically be in the range of £100-£1,000. Locations are Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester and Sutton.

Zurich research their own programmes, identifying potential partners and areas of work for a medium-term commitment, typically five years. This grants are generally in Hampshire, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.

Many grant giving decisions are also made by Zurich employees and members of the Openwork Foundation. Both groups raise substantial amounts of money for good causes each year.

They encourage their people to decide where the money they raise should go by entering into partnerships and through local charity committees. They give over £500,000 to local communities every year in this way.

2008

Around £63 million has been donated to a variety of good causes since 1972, with around £500,000 raised by our employees each year. During 2008 a total of £1,608,488 was committed mainly through partnerships and local grants, but also includes the matching from fundraising to enable 184 team Challenges with charities to take place.

How to Apply

They only accept applications from those who are invited to apply under the Community Trust strand. They also only accept application made by Zurich staff under the employee involvement programme.

They strongly recommend that you ring them first to discuss your application before you submit it. Contact Nick Hoyle on 07734 336574 or e-mail him at nick.hoyle@uk.zurich.com to discuss your application relating to Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester and Sutton.

28 June 2012 - GT Team

It seems that the Zurich Trst no longer includes Belfast as one of its fundable regions.