The Screwfix Foundation raises a staggering £10m since launching in 2013
Thanks to Screwfix customers’ and colleagues’ extraordinary generosity, The Screwfix Foundation celebrates an incredible milestone of raising £10 million to support charities and non-profit organisations across the UK.
Set up in 2013 after recognising the need to give back, The Screwfix Foundation’s purpose is to support projects that have a significant impact on the lives of people in need by fixing, repairing, maintaining, and improving community facilities and homes.
Through Screwfix’s partnership with micro-donation charity Pennies, The Screwfix Foundation has received more than 29 million micro-donations from customers rounding up their online orders, raising over £4.6million for charity.
Approximately 100,000 micro-donations are made each week on average through Pennies, and these donations add up quickly. In 2021 alone, customer donations made through Pennies raised more than £1.25million for charity.
In addition to supporting local communities in need, a proportion of the funds raised through The Screwfix Foundation are donated to its charity partner, Macmillan Cancer Support, with over half a million pounds donated to date.
In 2021, The Screwfix Foundation fully funded almost all of the grants made by Macmillan Cancer Support for home improvements. These are one-off, means-tested payments towards home improvements that can improve the quality of life for those affected by cancer. The funding supported applications from 592 households for home improvements that make a big difference to the wellbeing of those living with cancer, such as shower and bathroom adaptions, new flooring, decoration, or installing stairlifts.
John Mewett, Screwfix CEO and Trustee of The Screwfix Foundation, said: “I’m truly overwhelmed by the generosity of Screwfix customers and colleagues. It is an incredible privilege to provide grants to thousands of charities and not-for-profit organisations in need across the UK and it wouldn’t be possible without the support of our customers and colleagues. To have raised over £10m in under 10 years is a phenomenal achievement and I would like to say a big thank you to those who have kindly donated and supported, whether that’s through fundraising activities or rounding up your online order. We look forward to supporting even more charities and communities in need, in the future”.
Macmillan Cancer Support said: “A cancer diagnosis can impact every area of a person’s life. Having a comfortable home environment with any necessary adaptations is hugely important while undergoing cancer treatment. The grants made by The Screwfix Foundation are making a big difference to the quality of life of people living with cancer and we’d like to say a huge thank you to Screwfix for its continued support of this vital initiative.”
Alison Hutchinson CBE, Pennies CEO, said: “Pennies has partnered with Screwfix for more than 10 years, and in that time customers have blown us away with their generosity. Donations have increased by more than 2,000% from 2012 to 2022, and the impact for The Screwfix Foundation in recent years has been remarkable. Just two days of micro-donations from Screwfix customers could help a local charity in the community improve their facilities, through a grant from the Screwfix Foundation. Thank you for every micro-donation, they really do matter.”
