A COMPANY that supplies freshwater to Wokingham borough homes is offering grants of up to £2,000 to community groups and charities.
South East Water is offering 10 grants across its network, which serves 2.3 million people across Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Berkshire and Hampshire.
Last year, panel of five employees from all parts of the business selected projects including a rainwater harvesting system, repairs to a school’s wildlife pond, an environmental and recycling project, a foodbank and a children’s cricket club.
Now the search is on for this year’s grant recipients. Applications are open to group projects within the water company’s supply area that are water or environment related, or help the young, old or disadvantaged.
Tanya Sephton, customer services director at South East Water, said: “Our work to provide top quality drinking water to our customers in the South East ensures we are part of the local community.
“Making sure we are doing the right thing for the environment and society is at the heart of our purpose at South East Water.
“We know this matters to our customers, communities and employees and we are delighted that our Community Chest Fund will help local good causes needing a financial boost develop projects that can make a difference.
“This is particularly important now as many are struggling to fundraise during the current cost of living crisis despite having seen an increase in the demand for their services.”
All requests for funding are to be submitted by midnight on Friday, March 31. Successful organisations will be informed about their funding from Monday, April 17, with the presentations of the grants taking place soon afterwards.
For more details, log on to: www.southeastwater.co.uk/communitychest
