Corporate giving in the community: making a difference together

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Corporate giving in the communitymaking a
difference together
The Port Community Fund is managed by Suffolk
Community Foundation
Charity No. 1109453, Company Registration No.
5369725
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Port Community Fund

• Established in 2008 by 12 local shipping and
  transport businesses to help co-ordinate their
  giving to causes close to home
• Port Community Fund provides the opportunity for
  your business to
• Increase the effectiveness of charitable giving
• Achieve greater publicity
• Reduce the administrative cost associated with
  giving
• Through partnership working the Port Community
  Fund has
• Had great success raising far larger funds
  collectively
• Built closer and more supportive relations with
  the local community
• Received greater recognition for the good work
  done by its partners
• Helped local causes in Felixstowe and Ipswich

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Examples of Grant Awards

• New Beginnings
• To provide information and initial assessment
  advice visits for young people from the
  Felixstowe and Ipswich area who have been
  sexually abused
• Ipswich Winter Night Shelter
• Towards the cost of running the shelter,
  providing a safe and warm place for the homeless
  during the 3 coldest winter months
• Suffolk Accident Rescue Service
• To enable the group to continue providing support
  to the emergency services, with voluntary doctors
  and paramedics on hand to respond to serious
  incidents

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Example of Grant Awards

• Dame Vera Lynn Trust
• Towards the costs of building an outdoor sensory
  classroom at the centre in Suffolk for children
  with cerebral palsy
• FIND (Families in Need)
• To purchase non-perishable food and food vouchers
  for the food bank in Ipswich, supporting
  individuals and families at a time of crisis
• East Suffolk Association for the Blind
• To purchase daily living aids for visually
  impaired members in the Felixstowe area

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Achievements

• Celebrated its 5th anniversary in 2013
• Awarded over 100 grants to local charities and
  community groups
• Given 200,000 in grants since inception
• Invested 100,000 in endowment, providing a
  lasting legacy for the local community

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Causes across the community
Ipswich Winter Night Shelter
Dame Vera Lynn Trust
East Suffolk Association for the Blind
FIND Food Bank
Rural Coffee Caravan Information Project
Ipswich Sports Club for the Disabled
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Membership

• The current Port Community Fund Members are
• Cory Brothers, COSCON (UK) Ltd., Freightliner
  Ltd., Grange Shipping Ltd., Harwich Haven
  Authority, Maritime Cargo Processing plc,
  Pentalver, Port of Felixstowe and Trinity College
• To become a member of the Port Community Fund and
  
• co-ordinate your organisations giving, please
  contact
• Suffolk Community Foundation
• judi.newman_at_suffolkcf.org.uk
• 01473 602602