Tag: Asda Foundation

Asda to transform 73 community spaces with £1m+ Foundation investment

Stuart Mitchell

The Asda Foundation has announced an investment of more than £1 million in 73 community projects across the UK through its Local Community Spaces Fund. Grants of between £10,000 and £20,000 have been awarded to grassroots organisations at the heart of their local communities, including community centres, village halls, youth hubs, sports facilities and places of worship. The funding includes £71,209 for four groups in Wales, £70,600 for four in Northern Ireland, £154,898 for 10 in Scotland and £899,144 for 55 in England, supporting improvements, renovations and accessibility projects across…

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Asda Foundation awarded £3.2m in grants last year as it publishes 2025 Impact Report

Stuart Mitchell

The Asda Foundation has published its 2025 Impact Report, revealing it awarded more than £3.2 million in grant funding last year to support thousands of grassroots organisations strengthening their local communities. For the first time, the Asda Foundation introduced a theme-based approach to grant giving in 2025. Guided by feedback from its Community Insight Tracker Survey, funding was prioritised to address the biggest challenges and issued that mattered most to local people – such as food insecurity, social isolation, and mental health and wellbeing. This insight‑driven model ensured grants provided…

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Asda Foundation Awards over £1.25 Million to transform community spaces across the UK

Stuart Mitchell

The Asda Foundation has announced a transformative £1.25 million investment in 79 community projects across the UK, aimed at revitalising local spaces where people connect, access vital services, and build stronger communities. From village halls and community centres to youth hubs and churches, each of the 79 grants will support the development, improvement, or repair of community spaces. Ranging from £10,000 to £20,000, the grants will ensure small, grassroot groups can continue to bring communities together, and operate from spaces that are safe, inclusive, and fit for purpose. According to…

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Asda Foundation publishes 2024 Impact Report

Stuart Mitchell

Asda Foundation has published its 2024 Impact Report, and revealed it gave 2,603 grants totalling £3,229,392 of funding to enable community groups to address the issues that mattered most in their local communities. Using grants from the Asda Foundation, grassroot community groups across the UK funded a variety of activities. This included keeping the lights on in community centres at risk of closing, to refurbishing outdoor spaces, to bringing people together to combat isolation and loneliness. Asda Foundation is funded by an annual donation from Asda. Throughout its 36-year history,…

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Asda Foundation awards over £1.2 million of funding to transform community spaces across the UK

Stuart Mitchell

The Asda Foundation has announced a staggering £1.2 million has been awarded to 65 community projects to transform community spaces and places where local people can come together and thrive.   The 65 grants that have been awarded range between £10,000 and £25,000 and will go towards the improvement of community spaces in local communities across the UK.    Asda’s latest community tracker reveals over 20% of customers were concerned about the lack of community spaces in their local area*, as well as mental health and crime prevention both ranked in the…

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