Croydon charities awarded £108,000 in funding from Zurich Community Trust
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19 January 2023
- Four local charities have been awarded a total of £108,000 over two years, including existing partners Ovacome
- New charity partners Nightwatch and Croydon African Caribbean Family Organisation have been awarded over £17,000, with South Croydon Day centre for the retired receiving £2,000
- Funding is part of a support package worth more than £2million over two years from Zurich Community Trust to local charities around the UK
Zurich Community Trust (ZCT) has donated £108,000 to Croydon-based charities as part of a more than £2million package to local organisations around the UK.
Charities were chosen by Zurich’s Croydon based employees, with a focus on poverty, isolation, and homelessness.
New charity partner Nightwatch, a non-profit organisation that provides help and support to Croydon’s homeless, and Croydon African Caribbean Family Organisation who support the elderly in Croydon have received more than £17,000.
Ovarian cancer charity Ovacome has also been awarded over £17,000. Funding will be used to support the mental health and well-being of those affected by ovarian cancer in the community.
Meanwhile £2,000 has been donated to the South Croydon Day Centre for the Retired as part of an ongoing project to refurbish the centre. The insurer has also integrated a charity donation platform, MyImpact, which allows employees to make regular or one-off donations to partner charities. Each donation will be matched by 100% by ZCT. For every 10 hours of volunteering recorded on the platform, employees will receive £100 to donate to their favourite charity partner.
Victoria Clare, Ovacome CEO, said:
“We are so pleased to be working with Zurich Community Trust on this project. It will give us a chance to really reach people in the local communities so that they know the symptoms of ovarian cancer and can be diagnosed and supported much earlier.
“Both Ovacome and Zurich Community Trust are committed to reaching those who face barriers to accessing diagnosis, treatment and support and so it is great to be able to work with a likeminded organisation.”
Frank lp, South Croydon Day Centre for the Retired, said:
“We, the volunteers, and the visitors, are absolutely overjoyed to receive the generous support from Zurich Community Trust. This is in addition to the dedication and continued efforts of the team over the past few years to help our visitors, to bring joy and cheer to them in their later years.
“The generous grant will help the centre to carry out some essential refurbishment work to make the premises cosier and safer for the visitors. It will also support us through the year, when funding is scarce, and expenses are high.”
Steve Grimmett, Head of Zurich Community Trust, added:
“The cost-of-living crisis is affecting both households and charitable organisations, with inflation and high energy costs meaning budgets must now stretch further. Zurich Community Trust is proud that these donations will help to ease the pressure for charities in Croydon, picked by Zurich’s employees.”