Olympic champion and Santander Ambassador Jessica Ennis-Hill has given her backing to the Santander Foundation’s Community Plus fund, which provides grants to local charities, in a bid to encourage nominations from across the UK.
Community Plus is a £1.23 million fund for small local charities, or local projects of national charities, with grants of up to £5,000 available for projects to help disadvantaged people. To celebrate Jessica’s involvement the Santander Foundation is pledging a further £150,000 to the fund to help more local charities in 2013.Jessica Ennis-Hill said: “The fund is all about supporting great British charities. We’re keen to hear about those small, local charities where a grant of up to £5,000 could make a real difference to people in the area. It’s quick and easy to make a nomination at any Santander branch, so if you know of a local charity that could benefit from the Community Plus scheme, let us know!”
Nominations can be made by visiting any one of Santander’s 1,200 branches and completing a short form which can then be dropped off in the special Community Plus postbox in the branch.
Alan Eagle, Santander Foundation manager said: “We’ve traditionally focused our donations on education and financial capability projects. Community Plus was set up in 2012 to support a broader range of initiatives, with a simple application process specifically designed to help small charities access vital funding.”
To see Jessica’s video, click here. For more information on the fund, visit www.santanderfoundation.org.uk and click on Community Plus.
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