Charities

Simon & Luke helped raise over £75,000 for the African Children’s Fund on their French cycling adventure

Acorn Blue and Stride Treglown’s Cycling Sportive

Mette and Christina supporting Action Aid Cheque totalling £4,360 presented to the Nicola Corry Support Foundation

Ed at Colour Bomb Race

Photo Credit: The Deaf Academy

Bristol team take on the Half Marathon Cheque totalling £481 presented to the Children’s Hospice South West

Working within local communities and proud to support some fantastic charities, such as:

As a mindful developer focused on meeting the needs of local communities, Acorn fully encourages charity initiatives, supporting employees who wish to undertake fundraising and volunteer work.

Romy Summerskill, Executive Chairman of Acorn Property Group believes “working within local communities is key to the ethos of Acorn and we are proud to have so many team members take part in charitable endeavours to help raise vital funds for these worthy causes.” Acorn is proud to be associated with the RNLI and for over a decade has supported their lifeguards and lifeboat crew. With many of our Acorn Blue developments located on the Cornish Coast within close proximity to the sea, we truly appreciate the importance of their lifesaving work and make regular donations via a multitude of fundraising efforts. Acorn Blue also raised funds this year for Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) Little Harbour in St Austell, achieving a total of £481 through the sales of bacon rolls to help support families using this care setting in Cornwall. For the second consecutive year, Acorn Bristol had great fun taking part in the Bristol half marathon in 2019 with nine keen team members running to raise funds for the Nicola Corry Support Foundation, a local charity that help families cope with cancer. In addition, Simon Gait and Luke Burwood joined 36 other cyclists and took on the 3-day cycling challenge ‘VADO Velo’ covering 250 miles from Calais to Reims in aid of the African Children’s Fund. In total, the event organised by VADO bathrooms raised an impressive £75,000. While keeping on the cycling theme in celebration of the Cycling UK’s Bike Week, Acorn Blue hosted their third annual #AcornStrideSportive helping raise money for ‘It’s In The Bag’ a testicular cancer awareness charity based in the South West. The day consisted of a 50 mile road ride and mountain bike course around Cornwall raising a total of £650. Acorn Exeter took part in Exmouth’s first ever sponsored Colour Bomb event with various members from across the regions running a 4km course along the beach while getting messy with paint, to raise funds for the new Deaf Academy. The former school site will become one of Acorn Exeter’s first developments, St Leonards Quarter and funds raised have been used for the new state-of-the-art, purpose-built school in Exmouth. Acorn also continues to work with ActionAid and as time has gone on since teaming up in 2018, it has been great to see the relationships grow as each region engages with their sponsored child, sending letters and receiving updates. Acorn is proud to be able to support such a wonderful charity that works with communities to provide adequate healthcare, improve education standards and install secure water sources to help the health and wellbeing of families like the ones which Acorn sponsor. The charity also works with women and girls to make sure their voices are heard so they too can play an active role in the development of their communities. We have so far donated in excess of £10,000 to ActionAid. November 2021 will hopefully see Christina Massos and Mette Blackmore from Acorn London set off on their next adventure, following on from their successful fundraising trip in Rwanda in 2018. As part of Acorn’s ongoing support for ActionAid the pair will embark on a worthwhile project in Cambodia, helping to build much needed new classrooms as part of a local school project to enable children access to their right of an education in a safe and supportive environment, helping to break the cycle of poverty.