# Screwfix Foundation celebrates raising £3 million for charities - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/11/15/screwfix-foundation-celebrates-raising-3m-charities/ - Published: 2018-11-15T08:30:23+00:00 - Author: Melanie May **The Screwfix Foundation has now raised over £3 million for charity since its 2013 launch and is inviting charities to apply for a share of its funding.** [The Screwfix Foundation](https://www.screwfix.com/help/screwfixfoundation/) was set up with the aim of raising funds to support projects to fix, repair, maintain and improve properties and community facilities for those in need throughout the UK. It has now helped over 800 local projects by raising £3.3 million for worthy causes. Over £1.1 million in microdonations has been raised in partnership with Pennies Foundation, the digital charity box. This equates to over seven million individual donations.  ## Advertisement John Mewett, trustee of The Screwfix Foundation said: > “We’re so delighted to be celebrating both the fifth anniversary of the Screwfix > Foundation and an amazing £1.1 million milestone, achieved by the Pennies Foundation > partnership. We’d like to thank our wonderful staff and customers for all their > hard work, commitment and generous support over the last five years. We look forward > to continuing to support our communities in the years ahead.” Charities are invited to apply online for a share of the funding at [www.screwfixfoundation.com](http://www.screwfixfoundation.com). * **[Principality Building Society raises £500,000 for three Welsh charities](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/12/20/principality-building-society-raises-500000-for-three-welsh-charities/)**( 20 December 2018) * **[6 corporate fundraising partnerships helping UK charities](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/12/28/6-corporate-fundraising-partnerships-helping-uk-charities/)**( 28 December 2018) * **[Santander beats target to raise record-breaking £3.2 million for Age UK and Barnardo’s](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/01/17/santander-beats-target-raise-record-breaking-3-2m-age-uk-barnardos/)**( 17 January 2019) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)