Project Description
Building stronger, healthier communities
From Aberdeen to Cornwall, projects in 433 communities are doing good with #Greggs4Good!
The #Greggs4Good network brings together awardees from the various community programmes of the Greggs Foundation, which aim to make a difference at the heart of Greggs’ local communities. The awardees share updates and stories of their project’s progress to demonstrate impact.
To view the Greggs Foundation website, visit:
www.greggsfoundation.org.uk
Campaign updates
Here you’ll find the latest news regarding the progress of the campaign.
#Greggs4Good coronavirus response
Over the last few weeks we have awarded over £350,000 in emergency funding to schools, local charities and community groups to help alleviate some of the stress caused by the devastating impact of the COVID-19 [...]
#Greggs4Good Photo Competition Winner Announced!
The winner of 2020's first #Greggs4Good photo competition is... Haircuts4Homeless, who have won an extra £250 funding for their project. Congratulations to the whole team, everyone at Greggs Foundation loved your image! When Stewart [...]
The first #Greggs4Good photo competition of 2020 is now open
What would you do if you had an extra £250 to spend on your project? We are very excited to announce that the first #Greggs4Good photo competition of 2020 is now open! Greggs Foundation [...]
Blogs from supported projects
More than 100 days
On Saturday- 4th of July 2020, Thames21 joined dedicated local volunteers to pull some Himalayan balsam from the banks of the river Brent. We experienced the freedom, the sensation to [...]
The Burnt Oak Brook at...
Last Tuesday the 7th of July 2020, Thames21 joined *BRaVE local volunteers clean up the Burnt Oak Brook that a tributary of the Silk Stream, that is a tributary of [...]
If you go down to...
You’ll be in for a furry surprise, especially at Hilcote setback outfall on Normanton Brook in South Bolsover District, Derbyshire. A local wildlife photographer Ian Wilson has told us that [...]
Coffee and catch up in...
We have 10 active Businesses in our River-Friendly Business scheme, and keeping in-touch during Covid-19 hasn't always been easy. Some businesses have been in shutdown since March and some have [...]
Project Update: May 2020
In what has been a very difficult time for many people, we would like to try and bring some HOPE with this update! This month we have donated 7 more [...]
Project Update: April 2020!
We are now many months into our Anti-Suffocation Pillow Project and we have been able to donate many more pillows to children with epilepsy. As always, we want to thank [...]
Winter Workshops
The Trust is continuing our collaborative environmental group-work projects with Dumbarton Area Council on Alcohol (DACA). With their fishing group having a winter break we have been busy doing some [...]
Wild Trails: Path Clearing &...
Re-establishing access along the east bank of the River Leven as part of our “Wild Trails Project” has been a huge success. It has been highly utilised and will undergo [...]
Connected Conservation Part 2!
Our “Connected Conservation Project” has now been delivered to two local secondary schools, Vale of Leven Academy and now Dumbarton Academy. In the first classroom lesson the students at Dumbarton [...]
River Brent London
What was expected to be a cold, dull and grey day, ended up being a bright and energetic winter day in the field. This time we focused on vegetation management, [...]
A Lot of Litter
This was our fourth event, the first event of 2020, on the 25 January in the River Brent at Quainton Street Open Space. The volunteers arrived with two options of [...]
Healthy Bodies, Healthy Choices, Healthy...
Autistic people tend to get different feelings (Hyper and Hypo) in relation to sex because of their different sensory experiences. This makes it very important for young autistic people to [...]
Supreme Junior Club Easter Party...
Our Junior Club easter Party is now booked on 8th April 2020 We have the amazing JMC Entertainments Hosting the event and have face painting by Nicki, magic, balloon modelling [...]
Rowing the Litter Boat
We had our fourth event, the first event of 2020, on the 25 January in the River Brent at Quainton Street Open Space. The volunteers arrived with two options of [...]
50 care packs for oncology...
On 19 February 2020, 50 care packs for ladies will be donated to the Oncology department at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. Many of the items have been very kindly funded [...]
100 overnight emergency care packs...
On 18 February, 100 emergency overnight care packs will be donated to A&E at Addenbrookes Hospital containing items largely funded by #Greggs4Good! There are 50 packs for men and 50 [...]
Shiny new gift cards!
500 new gift cards, all updated with our new logo and social media details, are ready to be added to our care packs for cancer patients. All thanks to #Greggs4Good! [...]
A smile tells a thousand...
We have a special bond and friendship with a group of people who visit us from outside of our area just because they love our company and what we try [...]
Our first year
Looking at our progress, and learning curve as we approach, and review our first year running. We are often visited by partner organisations, and have had a steady attendance at [...]
how important is raising awareness...
Background The Saleem Foundation was founded in 2017, and will support charities and voluntary organisations across Birmingham & Black Country who undertake charitable work in the fields of health, disability, [...]
A soup celebration day –...
All pupils get an opportunity to harvest their school grown vegetables, wash, peel and chop them before making them into two delicious soups. This wonderful event is shared with family [...]
A pizza celebration day –...
We partnered with Popty Pizza to deliver one of the most exciting days at school ...ever! Every child and teacher had the opportunity to hear about the project and join [...]
Food history at the Gower...
During this visit children are immersed in local history, exploring a rural life museum based around a working 12th century water-mill. They learn about the powerful Le Breos family, who [...]
Field Trip to the Farm...
The weather was incredible during July and the opportunity to visit the fields at Cae Tan has been a highlight of the programme, providing pupils with rich experiences including a [...]
Pollination – June 2019
This month we have been considering the importance of pollinating insects, particularly bees. By playing our fun pollination game, pupils considered the threats and consequences of a declining bees species [...]
Winsford Gardens Raised Beds
#Greggs4Good funding project update (2020 photo competition.) In 2016, we received a grant from the Greggs Foundation network for the renovation and rebuilding of our raised vegetable and herb beds [...]
Abbeyfields Inter-generational Project
The #Greggs4good Greggs Foundation has given us opportunities to expand our project and develop our community work such as developing inter-generational projects with our young people and elderly members of [...]
Wreath making 2019
Our wonderful parents/carers had an incredible time making some beautiful Christmas wreaths, thank you to the help of the lovely Karen Mangold who ran this session for us! Running programmes [...]
BDCPS Choir 2020
2020 marks the start of the very first BDCPS choir! We have teamed up with the amazingly talented Sophie Garner, voice coach from The Voice UK, she's here to help [...]
Venue Announcement
We have secured our first venue for our Supreme Junior Club, at Gipton Methodist Church, Oaktree Place, LS9 6SX Starting next half term from Wednesday 4th March 2020 for six [...]
Families Together for Sensory Fun
Dyfodol Powys Futures have been running creative sensory sessions affiliated to the Touch Trust, in Newtown, Powys. Our sessions, for families with a disabled child or young person, are packed [...]
The Coming Home Centre
Welcome to our blog. We will let everyone know what is going on at The Coming Home Centre and hope that you will spread the word to help veterans from [...]
BRaVE Volunteers Helping the River...
On 30 November 2019, the third event of the series happened at Quainton Street Open Space. It was a frosty day, with a thin layer of ice on vegetation and [...]
The Community and the River...
Event 2, 21.11.19- River Brent at Quainton Street Open Space On 21 November 2019, we went to Quainton Street Open Space again for the second event of the series. The [...]
A Hidden Gem along the...
Restoring Brent Rivers and Communities- Quainton St Open Space Event 13.11.19 Quainton Street Open Space is a hidden gem along the River Brent. The Open Space has an incredible potential [...]
The Most Popular Cake Design
We get asked for all sorts of different cakes from Peppa Pig through to Go Karting Rats but the most popular cake design we have been asked to do by [...]
One Special Birthday
We don't often get to meet the children who we bake for but we do occasionally which makes it extra special. Southampton Mencap, who are one of our referrers, hold [...]
Our 100th Cake
In December 2019 we celebrated hitting the milestone of the 100th cake referral we have received since May 2019 when we first started baking birthday cakes for children who live [...]
Time to start growing –...
Hello everyone, at each school we weeded and prepared the ground reading to start planting. Although some children are reluctant to get their hands dirty they all soon join in [...]
Tonight at TGI’s
It was Chinese cooking night tonight...
New Year, New Start!
Do you have a new year's resolution to keep fit? Why not attend one of Friendship at Home's exercise classes? We offer dance sessions, kurling, tai chi and chair based [...]
The second meal (Winter) and...
The project makes provision for 4 coach trips (Spring/Summer/Autumn) and two meals (Summer and Winter) The second meal (Winter) and final event of the project for 2019 took place on [...]
Egham Constellations – Our new...
We recently took delivery of the mobile hoist and changing table, purchased using the funding from Greggs Foundation and Heathrow Community Trust. The Egham Orbit pool, managed by Achieve Lifestyle, [...]
Lovely thank you messages
Lovely feedback from our donation of Christmas care packs 💕💕💕 #Greggs4Good
Special batch of Christmas care...
Today we donated our special batch of 50 Christmas care packs to the oncology department with all the usual items plus some extra Christmas treats 🥰 Thank you so much to everyone [...]
Blackwood Stroke Support Group @...
Our trip on the Sharpness Canal in September was another success and the many photos with happy smiling faces tells its own story. Starting the bus pick-ups earlier worked well [...]
Blackwood Stroke Support Group @...
With the winter months drawing in Blackwood Stroke Support Group decided to look after the "inner man" for our November outing. Acting on a recommendation from a member, we booked [...]
HOPE update Autumn 2019
We have given out lots more pillows and the families we work with are very grateful. We received this letter from one of the children who attends the group: [...]
Blackwood Stroke Support Group –...
Twenty members of Blackwood Stroke Support Group join a packed audience enjoying themselves at the "Big Girls Don' t Cry" concert at Blackwood Miners Institute. What a fabulous show... within [...]
Larry The Legend
We have been visiting Larry at his home since June, as he was referred to us from The Carers Trust. He recently had a fall and lost all his confidence [...]
Fish and Chip Supper Oct...
Clydach Senior Citizens Social Club enjoy a fish and chip supper at their clubhouse in Clydach, South Wales after a game of bingo
Coach trip and meal Sept...
Clydach Senior Citizens Social Club enjoy a shopping trip to Llanelli, South Wales with a meal at the Bridge Inn, Llangenech (Sept 2019)
Outing to Llanelli
Clydach Senior Citizens Social Club shopping trip to Llanell, South Wales including food at the Bridge Inn, Llangenech
Outing to Ynyscedwyn Arms, Ystradgynlais...
Clydach Senior Citizens Social Club enjoying a day out shopping in Ystradgynlais, South Wales and a meal at the Ynyscedwyn Arms
Carers Create
‘Carers Create’ offers weekly opportunities for people caring for family or friends, and their cared-for who are living with dementia and other degenerative conditions to come together to sing, dance [...]
Inspiring awe and wonder
Inspiring awe and wonder through adaptive play equipment and ideas, for children with disabilities. Play is accessible for all at some level . The Toy library has a wealth of [...]
October Update – Exim Dance...
October has shown to be a busy month from start to end here at Exim Dance Company. To find out more have a look below at the exciting news, opportunities and events [...]
“Little Fidgets”
And so "Little Fidgets Gilcrux" was launched on the 29th October and a great time was had by all, the turnout was much more than expected proving that many were [...]
Keep Moving
Since receiving the Greggs funding, we have increased our numbers from 9 to 31 members attending our classes each week. This photo always makes me smile, as I know how [...]
Fly Fishing Day
On Monday we met up with Dumbarton Area Council on Alcohol (DACA) who were keen to learn how to fly fish. We chose Carman Fishery because it is local and [...]
Llansilin Over 60 Club –...
Llansilin Over 60 Club provides a meeting point for the elderly of the community. The majority of club members are single and live alone in an isolated rural community. Whilst [...]
50 care packs donated to...
Today Touch of Sparkle donated 50 more care packs to the oncology department! Thank you to everyone who helped and to our lovely sponsors #Greggs4Good, among others, whose generous grant funded [...]
LLANSILIN OVER 60 CLUB: The...
Llansilin Over 60 Club provides a meeting point for the elderly of the community. The majority of club members are single and live alone in an isolated rural community. Whilst [...]
Making Memories through Photography
Todays group were amazing as always. Our group consisted of cares and those living with Dementia. This time we used older pictures of eachother and transferred then into black and [...]
ADAPT Youth Inclusive Dance Company
Wow! what a busy year ADAPT Youth Inclusive Dance Company have had so far. ADAPT Youth Inclusive Dance Company have received numerous funding over the course of the year from [...]
Making Group Memories
Memories are the sole of conversation at our Bunting and Banter groups and craft sessions. BUT not everything is about crafting, thats just one of the visual end products. Our [...]
Llansilin Over 60 Club –...
The project makes provision for 4 coach trips (Spring/Summer/Autumn). The first coach trip on Tuesday 14th May 2019, with 35 people participating, was via Oswestry, Shropshire and Welshpool, Powys and [...]
Combats Loneliness in the elderly...
Llansilin Over 60 Club provides a meeting point for the elderly of the community. The majority of club members are single and live alone in an isolated rural community. Whilst [...]
Blackwood Stroke Support Group @...
Blackwood Stroke Support Group braved the wild weather reports and took to the water on board the Seren Party Boat for a trip around Cardiff Bay and up the Taff [...]
Dementia Woodland Wellbeing Sessions from...
Woodland Wellbeing provides a space for people with dementia and their carers to spend quality time together in the relaxing environment of a local woodland. Our groups meets every other [...]
Whippet Up Wellbeing and Creativity
Whippet Up uses art and creativity to help boost wellbeing. We have people referred into our three weekly wellbeing groups. Each wellbeing group helps contribute to other bigger community events. [...]
Up and Running!
The 'It's Better Together' Project funded by #Greggs4Good is now in full swing. Having purchased new Audio Visual equipment we are having a weekly coffee morning which has grown from [...]
The children take over The...
The children take over the Berry Maze It's been a year and a half since the Berry Maze was planted, in November 2017. It was the result of a one [...]
We love the new equipment!
Our funding from the Greggs Foundation has been spent on new physical activity equipment across three of our Hampshire clubs. Our weekly clubs see older people come together and reminisce [...]
Butterflies Transforming lives
Our grant to develop friendship group for the bereaved is making a real difference to the lives of people of all ages who have lost loved ones either recently or [...]
Memory Boxes with Rotherham Social...
As usual we have had the most wonderful day creating Memory Boxes specifically for a fabulous group of ladies and gents from Rotherham Social Days. Forteas which is the name [...]
Let’s Get Active
We have had the most amazing time over the last few months getting active with the Greggs Foundation Grant we received. Our Young People went swimming during Half Term and [...]
Families enjoy a fun filled...
Our amazing families spent a great evening at Techniquest in Cardiff, as the event was closed to the public it provided a safe and sensory aware space for all the [...]
Thank you message
Always so lovely to receive thank you messages from patients and know that the care packs made a little difference in brightening someone's difficult day 🙂 #Greggs4Good
2000th care pack milestone!!!
Today Touch of Sparkle donated its 2000th care pack! 💜 To mark this special milestone, 50 care packs for boys and girls were donated to the Teenage Emergency Department at the hospital, [...]
Project update
Project update: 17/07/19 Thanks to Gregg's generous support, we have been able to provide another ten families with Sleep Safe Anti Suffocation Pillows.
Blackwood Stroke Support Group @...
Our first visit to Brecon Museum in April was so interesting that we decided to revisit it again in June. However this time we all brought packed lunches to eat [...]
Sporting Memories – Hampshire projects...
Through funding received from the Greggs Foundation three of our Sporting Memories clubs (Eastleigh, Southampton and Winchester) have been playing with new equipment as part of their weekly club. After [...]
Nanas that knit
Since receiving money from Greggs, AList have been able to purchase wool to continue with our knitting for different charitable causes. These are school v-neck jumpers for students in India, [...]
Our residential trip
Thanks to the Greggs 4 Good grant that we received, we managed to subsidise a residential trip for 10 of our deaf children and their families. They had an amazing [...]
What a fabulous day!
Well, we've had a fantastic day down in Eastbourne! We weren't too lucky with the traffic, but once we got there the weather was glorious, hot and sunny, but a [...]
Loch Lomond Fisheries Trust School...
The second day put the young anglers to the test by getting a hands on experience of fishing at Carman Fishery. They all set up the rods and despite the [...]
Loch Lomond Fisheries Trust School...
Last week was the premiere of our summer angling school, providing an opportunity to young people of West Dunbartonshire to explore the local aquatic environment and learn how to fish. [...]
Horseriding and train journies delight...
Ready Steady Go supports young children with autism in Monmouthshire, South Wales. The children who attend the weekly activity and school holiday club are now enjoying regular horse riding small [...]
Greggs-funded initiative scoops award in...
An initiative aimed at providing IT training for older people has led to an Oxford student winning a Vice Chancellor's Social Impact Award. In 2016 a group of students started [...]
Not long now…
We're off to Eastbourne in the morning! The weather forecast looks good, we've all packed our suncream and hats, and we're looking forward to fish and chips for lunch tomorrow. [...]
Connected Conservation
🐟🦟🌿 Connected Conservation Project 🐟🦟🌿 During June, we had the pleasure of working with Nat 4 Biology students from the Vale of Leven Academy to connect them to their [...]
Wild Trails
The River Leven has a number of paths and trails running along its length. In fact near the Strathleven estate, there is a lovely network of trails that locals and [...]
Another lovely thank you message
Another lovely thank you message received from a patient who received one of our cancer care packs at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge 🙂 #Greggs4Good
Thank you message
What a lovely thank you message 💜💜💜 #Greggs4Good
Preparing for our 2000th care...
Our next donation will be our 2000th care pack! 💜 To mark this special milestone, we have been asked to provide care packs for teenagers at the hospital’s Emergency Department who are [...]
Thank you messages
Amazing to receive such lovely thank you messages already following our donation of care packs yesterday 💜💜💜 #Greggs4Good
60 cancer care packs donated
Today 60 care packs (for both female and male patients) were donated to the oncology department at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. Thank you to everyone who donated and big thanks [...]
Generous supporters!
What generous supporters we have! This week we received 4 parcels packed with goodies for our cancer care packs, including parcels all the way from Poland! They include everything from [...]
First purchase from #Greggs4Good
Today we received our first batch of goodies purchased with our amazing donation from the Greggs Foundation! 384 pairs of bedsocks, 108 playing cards, 120 notebooks, 96 chapsticks, 72 puzzle [...]
Plant A Welly
Our St Ann’s Partnership Youth Club children designed & painted ceramic wellington boots before our plant a pot day for the local communities, some fab & creative designs 😄🎨
May Half Term Funday
Our St Ann’s Partnership Youth Club children had a fab Funday in the half term holidays!! 😀
Funshack Youth Club Trip
The Willows Centre where we hold our Youth Club Sessions is used a a polling station so rather than cancel our session with the help of Greggs we took them [...]
We’re all going on a...
My goodness but we're getting excited! Yes, June is turning out to be miserable and rainy, but we're confident that by the time July rolls around and we're on that [...]
Blackwood Stroke Supports Group @...
Blackwood Stroke Support Group became the first Stroke Group to visit the Rhondda Heritage Centre on 22nd May. After prior discussions with the Heritage Centre and an onsite risk assessment [...]
Edward Kemp Community Garden, Ashville...
Thanks to the grant from the Gregg Foundation the raised beds are now completed and we have started filling them ready for our disabled plot holders. Andrew Sim is coming [...]
School Lunch Time Drop-In
Bright Futures deliver a weekly lunch time drop-in at a local Secondary school. the drop-in allows students to learn new skills whilst taking part in fun, educational group work. Receiving [...]
We need our own wheels
The Motivation hub opened in 2018 .After closures of many local authority services due to government cuts. Mew pride our service on making each day meaningful and Fun to all [...]
Half-Term Excitement
It's less than a week to go until the start of May Half-Term and we have lots of incredible things happening here at the project! Greggs Charity Foundation have funded [...]
Welcoming the newest member of...
We are really chuffed to introduce Jessie Kidd, the new member of Cae Tan’s team. She is a dynamic & enthused representative of Cae Tan. Jessie has a BSc in [...]
Thank you Greggs Foundation!
CHAT - Chat2Us would like to say a big thank you to Greggs Foundation for their wonderful support for the Gosport community! CHAT help by engaging the local community in [...]
Update from the Community Gardens...
The gardens seem to have survived the recent storms relatively unscathed which has meant we've been able to crack on with sowing and making the new raised beds as the [...]
Spring Conservation Weekend at Hazel...
I can’t believe that spring is here. Bluebells, primroses, hellebores and wood anemones are all poking their heads through the soft, wet leaves that cover the ground at Hazel Hill [...]
Splashing into 2019
Well, following on from our amazing award from the Greener With Greggs fund we've been able to equip ourselves with some fantastic equipment to help us keep our river free [...]
Greenhouse now built!
The Premises Manager has done a fabulous job erecting the flat pack greenhouse ready for our children at Barmston Village Primary School to begin sowing seeds!! Thank you Greggs. [...]
Dormouse Day at Hazel Hill...
Hazel Hill Wood, 7 miles east of Salisbury, is about to embark on a survey to look for the adorable and elusive hazel dormouse – and they need your help! [...]
They’re in
On a cold January morning, members of Bilbrook community gathered in the Jubilee Wood to plant an orchard. Using money donated by the Greggs Foundation, 13 fruit trees were purchased [...]
January News from Grow Chichester
Update from the Community Gardens January 2019 Building the new raised beds Update [...]
Happy Christmas from the Community...
Happy Christmas from the Community Gardens December 2018 Brussels sprouts ready to be picked. Update With Christmas nearly upon us [...]
News from the Community Gardens...
News from the Community Gardens November 2018 Pumpkin harvested from the no-dig bed. Update With winter feeling like it might arrive any day we have been [...]
First outing
Our first event as 'Keep Ystradfellte Tidy Community Group' was on the 28th April 2018. We were greatly assisted by Rachel Palmer, local rep for 'Keep Wales Tidy', who supplied [...]
Greggs signage added
We've now "planted" the new Welcome to Woodcroft Wildspace sign
Thank-you to Greggs!
Thanks to Greggs, we are looking forward to replacing the gardening shed at St.Andrew's CofE Primary School! The doors don't currently shut properly and it is soon becoming part of [...]
Rusty wheelbarrows
Our gardening teacher is also looking forward to replacing the rusty wheelbarrows?!
Thank you to Greggs Foundation!
The Clean up Tarbolton woods campaign are delighted to announce we have been awarded a whopping '1850 from Greggs Foundation for our project 'Wild for Life at Brownies Parlour' Thank [...]
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New trees planted. Thank you...
On a cool spring day 2 trees a blue atlas cedar and a japanese cedar were planted.
Greener with Greggs – Science...
There was a great response to the house at the recent 'Science under the stars' event in Heswall. The event attracts a mix of families and educators and has a [...]
Greener with Greggs – Raising...
Much model making and another public outing under our belts and it's time for a belated update. First a piece of board was cut to size... Then strengthened... A box [...]
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GREGGS grant for OASIS –...
We are delighted to tell the world that we have been given a grant from GREGGS to help our Flowers for Life project. We will be able to do some [...]
Greener with Greggs – a...
Our second outing with the energy house was to Blackberry Fair in Whitchurch. Building on the first 'live' test in West Kirby the model has been adapted and further developed. [...]
Greener with Greggs – Earth...
Our first 'live ' outing at a public event went well. We arrived in good time but in damp conditions. Heavy rain before the event and further showers during [...]
Greener with Greggs – Preparing...
With an event coming up on 9th September it is all hands to the pump to get the exhibit ready for its first live test. It won't be the finished [...]
Greener with Greggs – testing...
With some key elements in place, testing has now begun. We need to start looking at the model through the thermographic camera in order to find out how well different [...]
Greener with Greggs – Wrapping...
Time for another update on the model making. Alan has been working hard wrapping one of the two semis with insulation. Previous the side wall and top floor ceiling had [...]
Greener with Greggs – A...
We wanted to enter the Greener with Greggs photo competition. Unfortunately because we are not quite there yet with our project, we can't post the perfect picture that we wanted [...]
Greener with Greggs – A...
In order to give people a new perspective on energy efficiency we are creating an exhibit they can see in different ways: 'As is' - a model showing one house [...]
Greener with Greggs – The...
Time to share some photos of the house conversion in progress. We started with a single dolls house but need to convert it in to two semis. The idea is [...]
Greener with Greggs – our...
Delighted to begin our #GreenerwithGreggs journey! Earlier in the year we inherited a dolls house with the hope that one day we could use it to create an interactive model [...]
Latest social updates from #Greggs4Good
