Jewson offers £100,000 for community building projects

Howard Lake | 3 March 2015 | News

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Builders’ merchants Jewson is offering £100,000 to help fund community projects in its Building Better Communities campaign. The winning entries will receive a combination of donated products from Jewson plus cash.

Regional winners will receive support of £1,000 and £5,000, and the overall winner will receive £50,000 in prizes.

Applications and nominations should be in no more than 300 words. Jewson is looking for projects which have a sustainable impact, use sustainable products, and reach a large number of people (but without giving undue bias towards urban areas).

Projects could be a new roof for a village hall, a sensory garden for local school children or the renovation of a long-forgotten community building.

Once the nominations period has closed, a shortlist will be announced. This will then be put to a public vote.

The closing date for entries to Jewson’s Building Better Communities is 12 April 2015.

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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.