Nationwide Building Society is inviting applications for grants of between £10,000 and £50,000 for housing projects that will support the most vulnerable in local communities.
Local community housing projects and charities are being urged to put their case forward as Nationwide, the world’s largest building society, makes a total of £500,000 available to help make a difference to communities across South West England.
Andrew Manning, Nationwide’s Regional Director for the South West Region, said: “In 2007, our members voted for us to donate at least one percent of our pre-tax profits to good causes and asked that we focus on tackling housing issues.
“We recognise there is a housing crisis, resulting in many people living in unsuitable, insecure or unaffordable accommodation.
“So, to help make a real and lasting difference, we are making over £20 million available in grant funding for housing-related charities and organisations across the UK over 5 years.
“We are delighted to open the application process and encourage housing-related charities and organisations to apply so that they can collectively benefit from the £500,000 award that is available in their area.”
A Community Board, comprised of local Nationwide members and colleagues, will review the applications and award grants of up to £50,000.
The Community Board and Nationwide branches within the region will also provide on-going support to the charities.
So far Nationwide has awarded over £7 million in grants to more than 180 projects and will be investing over £20 million in housing projects across the UK over 5 years.
The programme is being delivered with support from the UK Community Foundations programme, the national network for all accredited Community Foundations across the UK.
Nationwide is inviting applications for housing community projects until 22nd November 2019.
Full details can be found at www.nationwide.co.uk/communityfunding or in Nationwide branches across the region.