It takes passion to bring natural beauty back to Loch Ness by Aviva Community Fund | Feb 24, 2022 Funds will be used to sow hundreds of thousands of native Scottish wildflower seeds and more.
It takes vision to see the hidden potential of seagrass by Aviva Community Fund | Feb 24, 2022 The Aviva funding is being used to grow and develop the seagrass nursery, running trials to refine the team’s approach to seagrass conservation.
It takes positive thinking to build a carbon negative community hall by Aviva Community Fund | Feb 24, 2022 Once complete, the straw build centre is expected to be enjoyed by around 4,000 people a year.
It takes channelling children’s eco-ambitions by Aviva Community Fund | Nov 01, 2021 The Final Straw Foundation helps educate and inspire our next generation of climate champions through their network of Youth Eco Clubs.
It takes fighting the rising tide of ocean plastic by Aviva Community Fund | Nov 01, 2021 Plastic@Bay raised £5,000 to develop machines that will recycle ocean plastic picked up from local beaches and give it a second life.
It takes fighting ecological collapse, one bee at a time by Aviva Community Fund | Aug 12, 2021 Pollenize raised over £8,000 to fund their artificial intelligence beehive project!
Ensuring blind children aren’t left out of the picture by Aviva Community Fund | Feb 10, 2021 The Aviva Community Fund helped Living Paintings raise £10,000 for their innovative project for a brighter future. Living Paintings creates Touch to See books, which use raised images and immersive audio recordings to help blind and partially sighted people understand the world around them. Through their free postal library service, these unique books reach 15,500 […]
Making kids’ first aid their first priority by Aviva Community Fund | Feb 09, 2021 Millie’s Trust raised over £10,000 through the Aviva Community Fund to provide mental health first aid training to people who work with children. Based in Cheadle Hulme, Millie’s Trust is a charity with a special purpose. “Our daughter Millie passed away when she choked in her nursery,” says Joanne Thompson, CEO of Millie’s Trust. “We […]
Creating a recipe for turning lives around by Aviva Community Fund | Feb 09, 2021 Through the Aviva Community Fund, The Feed raised over £10,000 to provide therapy for the people in Norwich who need it the most. The Feed isn’t just a café – it’s a social enterprise. All of its profits go towards training and support for people facing barriers to employment. Based entirely in their café and […]
Making opportunities accessible to all by Aviva Community Fund | Feb 09, 2021 Topcats raised over £11,000 towards the cost of a minibus to help young people with complex needs access more opportunities. Topcats runs activity programmes for children and young people with complex needs in Lowestoft. It’s a deprived area, where specialist support and equipment are not always accessible – meaning these young people can often miss […]
Rising to the challenges of flood rescue by Aviva Community Fund | Feb 09, 2021 Thanks to the Aviva Community Fund, York Rescue Boat raised over £10,000 to buy essential equipment and expand their team. York Rescue Boat is an independent lifeboat team based in the city of York. They’re on call 24/7 to assist local emergency services with search and rescue operations and can also be deployed nationally to […]
Helping homeless people build their own future by Aviva Community Fund | Feb 09, 2021 Through the Aviva Community Fund, Help Bristol’s Homeless raised over £11,500 for their innovative approach to getting rough sleepers off the streets. The priority of Help Bristol’s Homeless is getting people off the streets and into safe, stable accommodation. They do this by taking shipping containers and transforming them into fully self-contained, insulated and heated […]