Foundation receives major donation to support local communities
TopCashback, the UK 's leading cashback shopping site, has taken its commitment to the local community a step further by making a donation to The Community Foundation for Staffordshire.
They have also set up a new charitable fund to support local communities.
Based in Stafford, TopCashback have made a significant donation to the Community Foundation for Staffordshire to establish a new fund called the TopCashback Sustainability Fund.
TopCashback made the donation as part of their ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) work. ESG measures a business 's impact on society and its local environment.
The Community Foundation will use the donation to provide grants to organisations across the county, with the purpose of supporting activities that benefit the natural environment, as well as wider environmental issues.
Activities will also engage people to improve healthy living. Most grants made will be to smaller, grassroots organisations, and will be around £500, although larger grants will be available for more wide ranging projects.
The community foundation is a team of locally based grant managers with extensive knowledge of local needs. They create and administer benevolent funds and grant giving schemes for philanthropists, businesses, central Government, and local authorities, that want to improve their reach into local communities.
The community foundation manages more than £10m of charitable funds each year, which are designed to create a lasting local legacy.
Olly Ragg, founder and CEO of TopCashback said, “We have grown from humble roots in Uttoxeter into a global brand, but Staffordshire is still our home.
“We have always taken our commitment to our local community very seriously and this year really wants to ramp-up our impact. We want to create a positive future for the community we exist in. We want to support people and organisations local to us, and we want that support to have a beneficial and sustainable impact.
Faye Williams, endowments development manager of The Community Foundation for Staffordshire, said: “I 'm delighted that such a prominent international brand, based in Stafford, are supporting the work of The Community Foundation to improve the health and lives of many across the county.
“Often businesses will know what they want to do and how they want to help, but they may not be aware of all the organisations working in their local community. We are able to connect them and ensure that any funding awarded will have the impact that the business wants, whilst making sure it is suitable for the community ”.
“Any business that wants to find out how they can use The Community Foundation For Staffordshire to deliver their social responsibility activities can call us on 01785 339540 or click here."
For more information on the scheme visit here or call The Community Foundation on 01785 339540
Pictured from left to right: Leanne MacPherson and Faye Williams of The Community Foundation for Staffordshire, Olly Ragg (co-owner of TopCashBack), Michelle Hayes (events manager) and Peter Amison (finance director)