To mark our 15 year anniversary, we created a funding award of £15,000 to help local charities in the communities in which we operate.

We invited our occupiers to nominate their favourite community causes to apply for a funding award of between £1,000-£3,000.

Applications were sought from non-profit registered organisations, committed to supporting local communities, through creating, delivering or expanding projects which improve community engagement.

We were delighted to receive a large number of applications from a wide range of causes and be able to  confirm our support for five charities providing local community services.

The successful charities included; Your Sanctuary, a charity supporting survivors of domestic abuse within Surrey, The Link Visiting Scheme, a charity helping elderly and isolated people combat loneliness in Wokingham, Capel Community Trust, building a local community garden to help bring residents together, Strathcarron Hospice, providing hospice at home support for families in Central Scotland and I CAN, a children’s communication support charity in London.

Bob Reitemeier CBE, CEO of I CAN, who are also an occupier at Angel Gate, London commented,

“In the current Covid climate, the issues we are tackling are enormous and this additional funding will enable us to continue to help children and young people with speech, language and communication needs to find their voice, and develop the skills they need to thrive and fulfil their potential”.

Claire Kennedy, Community Fundraiser at Strathcarron Hospice commented,

“With restrictions in place regarding visiting in hospitals and hospices, it has been even more important for people to remain at home in familiar surroundings and in the company of loved ones during the Covid-19 pandemic. The funding from Picton will enable our Hospice@Home team to care for four people at home in their last two weeks of life. This will benefit not only the individual receiving end of life care, but their loved ones too and we are very grateful to Picton for their generous support and making this possible”.

Applications to the funding award closed at the end of November, but our annual occupier matched funding scheme, remains open to all of our occupiers for their own community based fundraising efforts.

https://www.picton.co.uk/occupiers/occupier-benefits/community-matched-giving/