Sussex Community Foundation celebrated its tenth anniversary last month at the Amex Stadium, where grants from the American Express Foundation, the financial services company’s global philanthropy programme, were awarded to charities across the region.
“Over the past ten years, we have been working in close partnership with Amex to facilitate the administration of their grants to charities and community groups across Sussex,” said Kevin Richmond, Chief Executive of Sussex Community Foundation.
Since 2006, they have awarded grants totalling around £0.5 million to 87 different charities across the region, that focus on promoting diversity, social inclusion and equal rights; helping disadvantaged people into work or promoting volunteering and community engagement.
This year’s grants of around £44,000 have been shared equally among six local charities, including Brighton Women’s Centre. The grant will support a service delivery review to ensure it is fit-for-purpose at this time of changing market conditions, reduced public funding and increased demand from service users.
Grants were also given to AMAZE, Black and Minority Ethnic Young People’s Project (BMEYP), Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard, Grace Eyre Foundation and MindOut.
Pictured (from left): Kevin Richmond, CEO Sussex Community Foundation, representatives from the six charities and Ivan Mainprize, Vice President, American Express
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