You’re shortlisting the causes. You’re running intranet polls. The team is voting. It’s time to choose this year’s charity of the year at many businesses across the city. It could be a good year – MK Community Foundation’s pitch is to be the partner that makes it a great one.
Your giving is locally accountable
Every pound raised stays in Milton Keynes, spent on projects that make this city better and fairer for your neighbours. Every grant is assessed, tracked, and reported on. So, when your team asks ‘Where did the money go?’ you’ll have a report, rather than a generic thank-you letter.
Giving through the MK Community Foundation allows you to directly impact the communities that matter most to you, where your employees live and work.
You’ll support local charities you might not hear about
Hundreds of Milton Keynes charities bring in less than £10,000 a year but they’re right in amongst it with the people who need the most help. MK Community Foundation has been running in MK for nearly 40 years, so the team knows who they are, where they work, and how to get funding to them. Your support helps make sure their projects can continue.
You don’t have to choose just one cause.
Most partnerships ask you to pick a single organisation and hope it resonates with your whole team. When you give through MK Community Foundation, your donation reaches a range of grassroots groups doing essential work across the city. That could look like: a city-wide youth project to reduce knife crime, bundles of baby necessities for vulnerable new mothers, a community garden that grows food for food banks, or counselling support for victims of abuse. You get to support a breadth of causes, without the associated admin.
Or, if you decide to create your own fund, you can ring fence your giving for specific projects, exactly as you wish.
Share your story with a trusted local institution
MK Community Foundation has been deeply embedded in the city for almost four decades. When your name sits alongside theirs, your investment in the community is underscored by a track record people already trust.
The closer
Milton Keynes is a place people have chosen to build businesses, raise families and put down roots. MK Community Foundation exists to make sure its growth benefits everyone, including the people most at risk of being left behind. When your business partners with them, you become part of that story.
To find out more contact Jake.Geelan@mkcommunityfoundation.co.uk or visit our website here.
