Aviva Community Fund
What is the Aviva Community Fund?
We believe in communities. When communities are strong and resilient, they can be the solid foundations of a shining future. And we believe that nobody knows what a community needs better than its people.
That’s why the Aviva Community Fund helps local causes and projects – with funding, but also with access to tools and resources, like volunteering and professional coaching. It’s there to help communities build the kind of long-term, sustainable projects that they need – and help us all look forward to a brighter future.
The benefits of Aviva Community Fund
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We’re taking on the big stuff
In 2023, we’ve pledged £1.8m towards community projects that support financial wellbeing and take action against the impact of climate change.
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We’ll double your donations
We’ll match every individual donation to your project, up to £250 per donation.
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Our door’s always open
There’s no deadlines or application windows. Whenever you’re ready to apply, we’re ready take a look at what you’re planning.
How our funding works
We offer funding for projects looking to raise up to £50,000. You can apply any time – just make sure your organisation or cause is eligible.
Once we’ve approved your application, you can create a fundraising page that explains your project, including its aims and your fundraising target.
Moving the dial
Transcript for video The Feed
‘When you eat with The Feed, whether it’s our catering services or our café, all of our food is packed full of meaning. We support people off the street, into the kitchen and enable people to really change their lives.’
‘We’re passionate and people and we’re passionate about food.’
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‘Oh brilliant, that’s amazing’
We surprised some of our Aviva Climate Fund projects with some exciting news….
‘We’re going to give you an extra £10,000!’
‘Wow! That’s fantastic’
‘They really just wanted a hall for the church. As the project developed, our focus become much on it being a hall for the whole community. Its just a fantastic thing to be part of.’
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‘Its important to give ocean plastic a second life because if we don’t recycle it, it ends up in landfill. To deal with that then, we decided to make kind of low-tech plastic recycling machines and that’s what we’re doing at the moment in our lab.’
The Feed
The Feed is more than just a café – it’s a social enterprise. They offer trainees a four-week course on the key skills needed for working in hospitality, and then a four-week work placement to give them the experience they need to get started.
Many of the trainees have gone through complex issues like homelessness, substance misuse, and mental health problems, and The Feed is focused on helping them become independent and employed long-term. All the café’s profits go towards breaking down barriers to employment, by providing therapy alongside training and work experience.
Tulse Hill Holy Trinity Church
When Tulse Hill’s Holy Trinity Church needed a new hall, the team behind it were determined to create a community hub that contributed to fighting climate change. The idea was to not just be carbon neutral, but carbon negative – which meant using materials and techniques that actually store CO2, rather than release it.
It’s amazing what you can do with straw, some know-how, and a community that comes together.
Plastic@Bay
Plastic@Bay raised £5,000 to build machines that recycle ocean plastic for local beaches. With the help of the Aviva Community Fund, their lab is developing new prototypes that turn waste plastic into fence posts.
They pick up between 5-10 tonnes of plastic waste from local beaches every year -– and they’ve got ambitions to go even further.
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