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 change the lives of 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 seven charities this year through our annual Community Grants Programme and COVID-19 Community Relief Fund and three charities with volunteering support: Founders4Schools, KidsOut and St Giles.
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 and visit our news page for stories of impact from previous grant recipients.
IICF UK does not accept unsolicited requests for grants.
2022 Grant Recipients
akt
The Charity akt helps LBGTQ+ young people aged 16-25 who are homeless or living in a hostile environment into safe homes and employment, education or training, in an environment that celebrates LBGTQ+. IICF’s grant will allow akt to provide laptops and smart phone for young people who’ve had to leave home, and help them access akt’s services as well as opportunities to gain skills and find employment.
Break Charity
Each year, Break supports more than 600 children and young people in care who have a background of trauma, neglect and disrupted education. The Virtual Bridge project funded by IICF will provide young people with training and 1:1 coaching in digital skills and, in turn, help them gain skills and confidence as they transition into adulthood.
CITY IN THE COMMUNITY
Widely regarded as the beacon for disability football in the UK, CitC use football to create opportunities, build futures, and touch lives using football as a magnet to engage young people. IICF is funding the ‘One City’ programme, which allows disabled and non-disabled students to play sport together and, in turn, grow in confidence and improve their physical and social wellbeing. ⚽
SCRAN ACADEMY
Scran Academy is a catering social enterprise that aims to see every young person, regardless of background or barrier, realise their full potential in learning, work and life. IICF’s grant will part fund the Scran Clan pilot project, which will give young people the opportunity prepare food alongside youth work discussions and, by doing so, improve their wellbeing and allow them to develop life skills and gain confidence.
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. IICF’s grant will allow Spartans to create the Spartans STEM Education Pathway – empowering senior students to deliver STEM sessions using Sphero Sports in a fun and innovative way, helping close the education attainment gap for primary school students.
Vision Foundation
We’ve learned that 90% of people with sight are employed yet the reverse is true of people who are blind or partially sighted – 90% are unemployed. The Vision Foundation is working to change this and, in turn, create a more inclusive London. IICF’s 2022 grant will fund a Youth Employment Conference for 150 people with sight loss in partnership with Look UK, a youth mentoring charity for the visually impaired.
Women’s Inclusive Team
Women’s Inclusive Team empowers women in East London to become independent and access services to help them to develop skills and confidence. We’re excited to help fund a Digital Advisor to build capacity of WIT’s front-line team to deliver information, guidance and advice focused on digital access needs of women in the community.
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. Once you register as a volunteer, you’ll be invite to share your experience or career journey with students either virtually or in person.
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.
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.
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.
