Our Impact
IICF has awarded £30 million in local community grants and has contributed more than 300,000 hours of volunteer service globally. In the UK our grants have helped more than 5,000 people in communities in Scotland and across England.
We award grants to local charities within the focus areas of education and social mobility to help people across the country gain skills and confidence to excel at school, find meaningful employment and make a new start in life. IICF is proud to support 12 charities this year through our annual Community Grants Programme and COVID-19 Community Relief Fund.
Click here to explore volunteering opportunities with these charities. Click here to learn how we’ve supported our charity partners during the COVID-19 pandemic.
IICF UK does not accept unsolicited requests for grants.
2021 Grant Recipients
ADVANCE
Did you know 30% of women in England & Wales have reported experiencing domestic abuse since the age of 16? Advance provides support and services to women facing domestic abuse, helping them on their journey to regain independence and to choose a future free from abuse.
CITY IN THE COMMUNITY
Now more than 30 years old, with the support of passionate fans CITC uses the ‘football effect’ to promote health, confidence, safe spaces and pathways into training and jobs for young people, working with 40,000 individuals in Greater Manchester each year. ⚽
Founders4Schools
Founders4Schools is an award-winning charity that connects educators with a network of inspirational business leaders, to improve the employment chances of young people. The charity has brokered more than 1 million student-employer encounters and has supported nearly 404,000 students.
Key4Life
Key4Life is an innovative crime prevention charity which rehabilitates young men in prison or at risk of going to prison, and provides real solutions to help reduce youth offending. The charity partners with a number of high profile companies and organisations as well as local government to provide hope and opportunities to people from disadvantaged communities and helps them secure employment.
Kids OUT
KidsOut gives disadvantaged children positive experiences to support them becoming future members of our society and workforce. Each year more than 20,000 children flee domestic abuse to seek sanctuary in refuge. Typically leaving home with only the clothes on their back, these children arrive at refuge with nothing. In collaboration with Women’s Aid, partner charities and corporate supporters, KidsOut works to remind these children and thousands of others living with disadvantages what it is like to be children and just have fun.
Power2
Power2 unleashes the power of children and young people to develop crucial life skills, improve confidence and boost self-esteem through mentoring and positive psychology. The charity targets children and young people who are at a critical point in their lives and struggling with school – for whatever reason. Our programmes are designed so young people can get the most out of their education and reach their potential.
SCRAN ACADEMY
Scran Academy aim to see every young person, regardless of background or barrier, realise their full potential in learning, work and life. Scran Academy is a catering social enterprise that offers young people a unique yet critical pre-work and pre-apprenticeship development journey within our real life business to help them flourish in learning, life and work. In 2020, Scran Academy worked with local charities to deliver more than 100,000 meals to people in the local community in Edinburgh.
Spartans COmmunity Football Academy
Spartans CFA,, based in North Edinburgh, aims to change lives and deliver positive social impact through the power of people and sport. Spartans runs youth work, education and health and well-being programmes for at risk young people in the local community. Spartans recently won an award for its Alternative School to provide young people at risk of exclusion from mainstream education or who may find school a challenge, an alternative place to learn, grow and develop.
St Giles
St Giles helps people turn pasts into positive futures by using expertise and real-life past experiences to empower people who are not getting the help they need. People held back by poverty, abused, dealing with addiction or mental health problems, caught up in crime or a combination of these issues and others. St Giles shows people there is a way to build a better future and helps them create this through tailored support, advice and training.
THE Access project
Did you know only 2.5 out of every 100 young people from the most disadvantaged backgrounds get a place at a top university? The Access Project work with bright students from disadvantaged backgrounds, providing in-school support and personalised tuition to help them gain access to top universities. Click here to hear Zein’s story and click here to volunteer as a tutor and transform someone’s life.
Vision Foundation
Did you know 1 in 12 people living in London are at risk of losing their sight? Blind and partially sighted people face isolation, poverty, discrimination and exclusion. The Vision Foundation supports and connects London’s best services and activities for blind and partially sighted people so everyone living with sight loss is fully included in our society. Each month 2,400 people receive our support.
Women’s Inclusive Team
Women’s Inclusive Team provide workshops, advice, guidance and courses to young people, families and women in East London to help them learn new skills, secure employment and access a support network in the local community. To read about the invaluable services WIT provides to people in East London, read their 2020/21 Impact Report.
SAFEGUARDING STATeMENT
The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) does not work directly with children or vulnerable adults; however, it does provide funding to charitable organisations that work with these populations.
The IICF aims to meet its commitment to support grant recipients and their programmes to ensure that they are safe for children, young people and adults at risk. The Foundation does so through a structured grants selection process that seeks to ensure that grant recipients take their responsibility seriously and that safeguards are in place in these charities to protect vulnerable people.
In particular, the IICF completes the following checks as part of its due diligence process and selection of grant recipient charities:
- Identify any matters that have come to the attention of the applicant’s regulatory body (i.e., OSCR in Scotland, The Charity Commission in England & Wales);
- confirm a safeguarding policy is in place for children, young people and adults at risk; and
- in areas of funding where it is considered particularly relevant, formally ask the applicant of any safeguarding incidents within the past year.
The IICF also asks grant recipient charities to describe any risks or issues associated with the funded project in quarterly reports submitted by each charity and will contact the charity to discuss any issues considered relevant to safeguarding.
