# Engage Mutual’s new Foundation makes £1 million available to its customers

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/02/13/engage-mutual-makes-1-million-available-customers/
- Published: 2014-02-13T10:16:10+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Life insurance, health and savings provider Engage Mutual has launched a foundation
which will give at least £1 million over five years to be used by its customers 
for personal grants or community projects.

Grants will only be available to its 500,000 customers, and they will play “an integral
role” in its running. Indeed, the Foundation has been created in response to their
feedback.

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Each year the Foundation will provide **£25,000 each for two community projects**
and **£5,000 each for 15 smaller projects**.

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It will also provide** personal grants of up to £500** to customers to help themselves
or a family member. Grants will be available to help in cases of hardship, for example
when a customer needs to fix a leaky roof, replace a broken washing machine, buy
more school uniform, or to help customers learn a new skill or gain a qualification.

Peter Burrows, the mutual’s chief executive, said:

“[The Engage Foundation](http://engagemutual.com/foundation) is what being part 
of a mutual should be about – the benefits of belonging. We know that our products
and services add to our customers’ financial security, but we are going a step further
and sharing our success as a mutual with our customers. The £1 million is for our
customers of today, and of tomorrow, and is exclusively for their benefit.”

Engage Mutual Assurance has provided charitable support in the past, but nothing
on this scale.

 

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