Nominate now for OneFamily community awards

OneFamily customers across Edinburgh have less than one week left to nominate a local community project for a OneFamily Foundation Community Award – giving them the chance to win up to £25,000.

The OneFamily Community Awards, which close for entries on the 19 July, offer the opportunity for community organisations to win a significant financial grant to support a special project or initiative that will benefit a good cause and its members.

There are four different categories: health; disability and social care; lifelong learning; active living; and community groups. Each category will have eight winners with four projects receiving up to £5,000, three projects winning up to £10,000 and one project scooping £25,000.

The Community Awards are one way that OneFamily gives something extra back to its customers. They are part of the OneFamily Foundation, which was created to give customers the opportunity to support their local community and the good causes in their area that matter to them and their families.

Last year, Ravenscroft-based education project Teen+ won £5,000 to create a sensory garden, which will be used as an outdoor learning space.

Karl Elliott, customer strategy director at OneFamily, said: “We’re urging our customers across Edinburgh to get involved and nominate a good cause that could benefit from a financial grant.

“As we are owned by our customers we want to do more than just provide great products. We want to help our customers, their families and the communities where they live in other ways, and our OneFamily Foundation enables us to do just that.
“The Community Awards are a big part of the Foundation’s work, and each year we give hundreds of thousands of pounds to projects close to our customers’ hearts.

“In 2016, we touched the lives of more than 100,000 people through the awards, and this year we want to help even more – giving even more people and communities the chance to get involved.

“Projects must be nominated to be in with a chance of winning, so I want to encourage OneFamily customers across Edinburgh to get involved and nominate the good causes that mean the most to them.”

The Community Awards close at midday on Wednesday 19 July. 

OneFamily customers can nominate their local project by visiting:  www.onefamily.com/your-foundation/community-awards/