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Keepmoat Foundation

Frank Haslam Milan is proud of the community work carried out by The Keepmoat Foundation, set up by our parent company Keepmoat.

The Keepmoat Foundation is an independent 'Community Investment Programme' which helps transform lives by supporting local charities, community groups, schools and community-based initiatives.

The Foundation also supports sustainable projects which can inspire and educate people in communities all over the UK.

The Keepmoat Foundation partners with a national network of 10 Community Foundations in the areas in which we work.

Each of the 10 is allocated money from the Keepmoat Foundation, to provide grants to smaller, less well-resourced groups in local communities. In this way, we underpin the current support work of Keepmoat.

The Community Foundations make donations twice a year, ranging from a minimum of £500 to a maximum of £1,500. Most of the grants are one-off.

The Keepmoat Foundation also supports more complex, longer term projects for young people which require higher levels of financial support.

Our aim is to inspire and educate young people to positively contribute to their own community, providing new opportunities and developing their self-respect and integrity.

These youth projects are supported directly, with the level of financial support decided by a panel meeting twice a year.

The panel chooses projects by region, which meet Foundation objectives and have been researched by the Executive Advisor.

In addition, the Keepmoat Foundation will help identify, support and develop key individuals who have the potential to inspire their friends, neighbours and work colleagues and encourage pride and a strong sense of purpose within their own communities.

Key to this will be helping to develop qualities and values such as respect and integrity, while enabling individuals to grow through education, new skills, greater employability and by making a positive contribution to the community.

Long-term sustainability can only be built through working in partnership with the people who live in the communities in which we work.

Together we can help shape and grow those communities to build a sustainable future.

We support projects which:

  • Support people in greatest need
  • Are locally-led and run
  • Involve people who face particular discrimination or disadvantage e.g. Black and Minority Ethnic Communities, Young People, people with disabilities, carers, and people with mental health problems.
  • Respond to local community needs
  • Work well with other local community initiatives
  • Give real value for money
  • Grants can be awarded to meet capital costs (e.g. buying equipment) and/or to meet running costs (e.g. room hire). Projects must benefit more than one person.
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