Social Value Impact Report 2011-2021

Investing in the Communities we Serve

celebrating

10 Years of Social Value 2011-2021

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Provide Community Interest Company is an ambitious Employee Owned Social Enterprise that continues to grow in size and influence.

Our Vision is to

We invest a proportion of our surplus in ways that benefit our colleagues, service users and the wider community.

it’s what we do

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Just some of our achievements...

In the last 10 years Provide has donated over £3 million to organisations helping to transform lives in our Communities in the last 10 years.

£3m We have helped a number of volunteers get back into paid work by providing professionally recognised training programmes, a mentoring programme and access to a wide range of career opportunities.

£877,500

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Provide has contributed £877,500 to local Universities to support Student Bursaries, Graduate Development Schemes and Community based research.

We have created 10 volunteer places each year for students completing the Public Health Degree in Anglia Ruskin University to have practical experience of working with the broad range of people who use our services. This experience has improved employment opportunities and helped us to gain great insight into our sexual health and Older People services from student research We have had 47 students completed the Certificate in Charity and Social Enterprise Management (Cert HE).

This equates to £106,000 in sponsorship.

£106,000

We have funded £8,000 to the

Provide Outstanding Student of the year award

at Anglia Ruskin University during the last 7 years.

£8,000 One student commented:

‘Being accepted for this bursary really changes everything for me. Having overcome many challenges in order to reach this point and become a doctor is a dream come true.’

For the last 7 years we have supported a total 19 people with the Provide ARU School of Medicine Bursaries and the Provide Hardship Bursaries by donating £49,000 through our partnership with Anglia Ruskin University.

£49,000

£45,000

We have donated £45,000 to organisations providing support for people affected by a stroke.

We have donated £63,904 to organisations that are directly supporting people with dementia in our local communities.

20,677

We have supported 351 volunteers to complete 20,677 volunteering hours (since 2015). The highest reported volunteer hours completed by an individual volunteer for a year was a driver who completed 1,680 during the first 12 months of the Coronavirus pandemic.

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Mark Heasman, CEO, Provide

We remain committed to generating social value in and for our communities. We are proud of our achievements to date and look forward to celebrating our success in future years!

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