{{selectedAlertBand.alertDescription}}
{{selectedAlertBand.incident.heading}}
Message last updated - Monday 18th January 2021
{{selectedAlertBand.incident.heading}}
Message last updated - Monday 18th January 2021
Message last updated - Monday 18th January 2021
{{selectedAlertBand.alertLinkText}} {{selectedAlertBand.alertLinkText}}
For further updates subscribe
07 August 2020
News
In April, Anglian Water launched a £1 million community support fund to provide a cash boost for local communities fighting the impacts of Coronavirus.
Since then, over £300,000 has already been allocated via 15 local Community Foundations, benefiting more than 80,000 individuals most in need across the East of England, with more being allocated every day.
Grants of up to £5,000 have been made available to local charities who are supporting communities during the continuing threat of coronavirus. Organisations like food banks, outreach programmes and those helping the most vulnerable have been applying for support from the Positive Difference Fund to help those shielding or suffering from financial hardship, homelessness, loneliness and isolation.
Half of Anglian’s Positive Difference Fund has been made available initially, the remaining half will be released later in the year to meet emerging needs resulting from the pandemic.
Specific examples from across the Anglia region have included:
Peter Simpson, Anglian Water’s Chief Executive, said: “I’m extremely proud that, as one of the biggest businesses in the East of England, we’ve been able to offer support to local communities as they tackle the challenges faced as a result of the pandemic.
“As an essential service, our role first and foremost is to keep taps running and toilets flushing. But we know we have a bigger role beyond that in helping the communities we serve. Because of the nature of our work we were able to avoid furloughing any colleagues, but responding to COVID-19 is about looking after the wider community as well as those we work with. We know many thousands will be facing significant difficulty, and we hope this fund has gone some way to helping them."
Rosemary Macdonald, CEO of UK Community Foundations, said: “This funding has and will continue to make a huge impact in the communities that Anglian Water serves. The 15 community foundations involved will ensure that Anglian Water’s extraordinary donation continues to support the local charities best placed to help people experiencing hardship. As we move forward, partnerships like these will be ever more important.”