Sovereign Housing awarded £95,000 of grants through The Good Exchange in 2019/20 which has risen to £250,000 for this financial year. The goal during the course of 2020 is to match as much of the £120,000 of the funds committed by Sovereign with other funders and donors in their areas of operation to generate even more money for local causes. This will support Sovereign’s community development activities and improving community centres, whilst also focusing on funding projects that support young people and help prevent homelessness, as well as mental health initiatives including isolation and loneliness and the negative and harmful impact of social media.
The variety of funds available through The Good Exchange for communities and charities running impactful programmes, includes:
- £120,000 Sovereign Community Grants Programme for the South and South West of England (which covers Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Hampshire & Isle of Wight, Devon, Dorset and West of England) which will be a mixture of grants and match funding between £500 and £10,000 to help the young, elderly, disadvantaged and people in poverty, as well as supporting community centre and mental health initiatives
- £130,000 as part of the Greenham Trust COVID-19 appeal. The COVID-19 emergency funding has already been awarded to a range of COVID-19 response programmes from supporting the homeless to food poverty alleviation to domestic violence legal advice in areas where Sovereign properties are located. £50,000 of this money is for West Berkshire and north Hampshire.
