The NeighbourGOOD Scheme is Severn Trent’s new initiative to offer support to our local communities.
Severn Trent has launched this initiative to give our communities a helping hand on existing or new schemes/projects, through funding and hands-on volunteering. We are looking to work with local projects that aim to improve the quality of life in our communities. We would love to help with any community-driven project be that enhancing a public space or supporting a local event, from coaching for vulnerable young people to a garden refurb in a care home, we are here to help!
We want to ask customers across the region to apply for up to £2.5k funding and 20-30 Severn Trent volunteers across 2 days to support with the delivery of their projects. The money can be used towards materials for the project and our staff will come to deliver the work.
The idea is that we will be able to deliver 10 projects in total, one in each county of our region. To decide which projects we will deliver we are going to be setting up a panel of judges from each county to shortlist the projects to 3 per county, which will then go to public vote.
We are looking to open applications in the first week of September for a 4–6-week window with the shortlisted projects for each county being announced mid-end October. The public vote will open mid-November with winners being announced before Christmas and all works completed before end March 2025.
We believe that by working together, we can make a significant positive impact. We would greatly appreciate it if you could share information about The NeighbourGOOD Scheme through your channels and encourage community members to propose projects that could benefit from our support.
If you have any questions at all please do reach out, we would also love to hear your feedback on the appetite for this sort of funding in your community and any recommendations for organisations we should contact directly to make them aware.
Adam Stevens
Societal Strategy Officer
Severn Trent Water Ltd.
Tel: 07977858095
adam-cd.stevens@severntrent.co.uk