# LUSH Charity Pot funding sees UK causes receive £1.6 million

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/08/30/lush-charity-pot-2015-funding-reached-1-6m-uk-small-charities/
- Published: 2016-08-30T09:54:45+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Cosmetics brand LUSH donated £1.6 million to UK small charities, campaigns and
organisations working in the areas of environment, animal protection and human rights
in its last financial year, with an overall global donation of £6.3 million.**

Much of its funding came from its [Charity Pot](https://uk.lush.com/tag/charity-pot)
hand and body lotion, which it created in April 2007 to raise money for charities
and other good causes. In its last financial year, customers in the UK and Ireland
raised £833,265 for grassroots campaigns and charities by purchasing this product.

Charity Pot funds are largely allocated to small, grassroots groups around the world
working in the areas of the environment; animal protection; and human rights. According
to LUSH, it is particularly interested in projects that create long-term change,
prioritising funding to projects which aim to change opinion and behaviour through
raising awareness of issues, activism, education and campaigning. Support ranges
from a few hundred pounds to a maximum of £10,000 per project, with an average grant
of around £4,000.

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Full guidelines and [how to apply for funding](https://uk.lush.com/article/charity-pot-funding-guidelines)
are available on the Lush site.

In addition to its Charity Pot funding, Lush also gives away £200,000 each year 
to 10 special groups it partners with, or considers to be making a vital contribution
to social change, with each one receiving £20,000. For every purchase of its Fun
soap, 10p also goes into its FunD, which is granted to projects providing fun and
recreational activities for children living in challenging environments.

Other activities include raising money through limited edition charity products 
and its self-imposed carbon tax, which sees it taxing itself on its flights and 
giving this money to environmental groups. It also gives away £250,000 via the Lush
Prize, and donates money through its SLush Fund to small farmers and producers: 
in its last financial year the SLush Fund donated over £900,000.

[⌊Lush's Charity Pot total for 2014⌉⌊Lush's Charity Pot total for 2014⌉[

 

 * **In 2016 Lush produced an [Error 404 bath bomb](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/11/26/lushs-error-404-bath-bomb-help-fund-keepiton-digital-rights-campaign/)
   to raise funds for a digital freedom campaign.**

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