Menu Home / About us / Our Social Impact / Sustainable and resilient communities Building sustainable and resilient communities. Sustainable communities need a thriving voluntary and community sector. In 19/20 our community Investment Fund provided over £550K in funding for local charities and community projects. In 21/22 this will increase to £600K. We also have additional funds which local staff can apply for to be invested in local communities: Group charity Places Foundation provides £100K per year to relieve disadvantage and our Touchstone subsidiary provides £30K per year to deliver projects which reduce the impact of homelessness. Additionally, we work with our supply chain partners such as Travis Perkins, CEF and Civica to create social value investment funds which provides over £150K per year to create lasting change in our communities. For example: City Electrical Factors (CEF) provided £10,000 to purchase surprise Christmas gifts for over 400 children living in our Living Plus homeless family shelters, domestic violence refuges and other supported living accommodation last year. We’re also partnering with national charity, Book Trust, to transform lives by encouraging children and families to read and are providing 100s of books to children from low income families. Supporting foodbanks across the country St Paul’s Adventure Playground, Bristol Funding boost for Big Issue Invest STAR (Sustaining Tenancies At Risk) Service Latest Social Impact news Previous Next SOCIAL IMPACT £1m of funding to help increase teenage girls’ confidence and activity levels 17 November, 2021 SOCIAL IMPACT Places for People supports Charity Bank to help charities and social enterprises access vital funding 11 October, 2021 SOCIAL IMPACT Helping women into work 15 June, 2021 SOCIAL IMPACT #SocialSpace initiative launched! 17 May, 2021 SOCIAL IMPACT Investing for Impact 30 April, 2021 SOCIAL IMPACT Supporting the Fair by Design Fund to tackle the poverty premium 05 March, 2021 SOCIAL IMPACT Connecting local communities 21 January, 2021 SOCIAL IMPACT Volunteering across Places for People 03 June, 2020 Places work when they work for everyone. Back to top ↑ Find a home About us Investors & business Get involved News Help & support Contact us Careers Accessibility Sitemap Employee log in Privacy Terms Cookies Modern Slavery © 2021 Places for People Cookies We use cookies to analyse and personalise your experience on our website and to help improve its performance. By clicking ‘Accept all’ you agree to our use of cookies, or click 'Manage cookies' to personalise them. To learn more about how we use cookies, please see in our cookie policy. Accept all Manage cookies