Aviva Community Fund
Backing the clever ideas that move communities forward
A new decade welcomes in a new Aviva Community Fund
Through the Aviva Community Fund, we celebrate and support charities doing great work all around UK. We've provided thousands of causes with funding, skills and resources, and we've seen up close just how much of an impact this is having on the lives of the people involved.
Now, we want to have an even bigger and more sustainable impact. That’s why we’ve evolved the way the Aviva Community Fund works, delivering quarterly funding and year-round support.
Applications for the second round of the Aviva Community Fund programme are now open. So if you work with, or know of, an eligible charity with a forward-thinking idea that could make a big difference, encourage them to apply here between before Tuesday 5 May 2020.
What’s changed?
We've evolved the way the Aviva Community Fund works, to back small charities with forward-thinking ideas and to provide even more causes with vital support and resources.
Supporting forward-thinking charities
Over the years we’ve learnt that the charities that make the biggest impact are those that have the chance to innovate and test new ideas. The new Aviva Community Fund programme backs the clever ideas that move communities forward, so together we can build a better tomorrow.
Empowering our employees
We’re also excited to give our employees a much bigger role in how we are supporting charities. By getting them more involved with funding, skills-sharing and volunteering, we’ll not only build stronger communities, we’ll also create deeper connections between us and those communities.
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Facebook community group
Join the conversation and help your project thrive.
Beyond funding
We want to help your cause be as strong and successful as it can be – even if you haven’t received funding. Join our Facebook Community Group to share ideas with other causes, learn new skills, keep up with news and be part of live events run by experts in volunteering, fundraising and more.
Everyone’s a winner
"I am so excited to see that there is so much more out there for our community. Thank you, Aviva. The Facebook community group could potentially bring the community together even if we don’t win. We may win friendships and partnerships!"
Need volunteers?
Could your organisation do with a helping hand or two? We give every Aviva employee 21 hours each year to switch their day job for community volunteering. So, if your cause could benefit from the skills, expertise or people power of the Aviva workforce, we’d love to hear how our ready and willing volunteers could lend a hand.
Stay up to date
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Stories of social change
Take a look at the videos below and learn how these organisations are building stronger communities all over the UK.
19 Oct 2018
Veterans In Action
See how rebuilding 3 Land Rovers for an overland expedition helped post-traumatic stress sufferers rediscover themselves and build a path to personal growth.
Veterans In Action
18 Jul 2018
Waggy Tails Club
See how this after-school activity club in Croydon used the money they were awarded by the Aviva Community Fund in 2017.
Watch Waggy Tails’ story
4 Sep 2018
Let there be light
Watch the moment Nightingale Primary School found out they’d been awarded funding by the Aviva Community Fund.
See the drama unfold
14 May 2018
Farsley Girls FC
See how the Aviva Community Fund made a difference to the Farsley Celtic Ladies under-12s team.
Watch them in action
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