Samworth Brothers Community Opportunity Fund
At Samworth Brothers, we bring our purpose of ‘doing GOOD things with GREAT food’ to life by being a long-term force for good, reinvesting in the future of our business so we can make a positive difference for our people, our communities and our stakeholders.
To help realise this vision, the Samworth Brothers Community Opportunity Fund supports deserving community and sports projects close to Samworth Brothers’ locations.
About the fund
The Fund was originally established as the Sports Opportunity Fund in 2013 following the success of the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics and a desire to support our communities to thrive through the legacy of the Games.
By giving a helping hand to young people to become more active, or to support an initiative that benefits their communities, the Fund helps improve their sense of worth, gain new skills, create opportunities and has a positive outcome for their communities. Since its inception, the Fund has made awards exceeding £2 million benefitting over 75 clubs and organisations.
What do we support?
The Fund was originally established as the Sports Opportunity Fund in 2013 following the success of the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics and a desire to support our communities to thrive through the legacy of the Games.
By giving a helping hand to young people to become more active, or to support an initiative that benefits their communities, the Fund helps improve their sense of worth, gain new skills, create opportunities and has a positive outcome for their communities. Since its inception, the Fund has made awards exceeding £2 million benefitting over 75 clubs and organisations.
Age limit
The main target group is young people under the age of 18 years old. We primarily provide support to clubs/organisations or projects that are working with young people in hard to reach and disadvantaged groups, including those with disabilities.
Expansion
The main types of awards we make are to extend capacity. Examples of the types of activities we prefer to fund include projects to get more people qualified or trained, the ability to put on new events or new sessions for different age groups/gender/ethnicity, plans to extend to new locations to reach more young people and other schemes to improve young people’s experience of actively taking part in either sport and recreation, or learning about and being engaged in, food, nutrition and cooking.
Longevity
You must have a plan for how you are going to sustain the activities we are funding beyond the funding period. We are keen that the projects we support are sustainable for the long-term (i.e. that they remain open and in place for future generations to benefit, once our award as been spent). We are happy to help a project get off the ground, but it then needs to be able to stand on its own two feet. Most of our awards are for one year although we do fund some multi-year projects but not usually for more than three years.
Location
Only projects in areas where a Samworth Brothers business is an integral and important part of the local community will be supported (see here for our locations).
Request an Application form
Trustees meet each month to review applications. All applications should be submitted by the 25th of the month, in order for it to be considered at the next meeting. We aim to give you an update by the end of the meeting month, but sometimes decisions are delayed if further information is required, either as documentation or gained by visiting in person. If you are confident that the proposed application meets the criteria above, please submit an application using the form below.
Testimonials
Riding for the Disabled
“Support like this will make a really significant difference to us and will help us reopen and be able to offer opportunities for all our disabled riders.”
GNG Football Club
“The team are super excited to receive the Fund. The extra goals and training poles will help the training sessions and develop core football skills.”
Rockinghorse Children’s Charity
“Thanks to the generous support of the Samworth Brothers Community Opportunity Fund, our new Wellbeing Service will be able to support so many children and young people struggling to manage a difficult health diagnosis and spending long periods in hospital.”