Nisa’s charity donates over £160,000 to local good causes

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Nisa’s Making a Difference Locally (MADL) charity has donated more than £160,000 to local projects and good causes in the latest round of its Heart of the Community Awards.

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The initiative enabled Nisa retailers to nominate a local community project to receive up to £5,000 of funding from MADL, with the emphasis on good causes that encourage communities to enjoy and spend time outdoors as the UK emerges from national lockdown restrictions.

Nominations were accepted from Nisa retailers via a dedicated website throughout April and May and the winning good causes have now been notified.

The latest round of Heart of the Community Awards saw 53 good causes nationwide benefit from donations totalling £163,000, making it MADL’s biggest funding giveaway to date.

Winning donations will fund a wide range of projects and equipment, such as village fairs, sensory gardens at primary schools, kayaks for a watersports club, equipment for use by Scout groups, outdoor play and gym equipment, and community growing gardens.

Kate Carroll, Nisa’s head of charity, said: “With many of us likely to have spent much of the last year indoors due to national restrictions, we were keen to support causes that encourage or help communities to spend time outdoors this time around and we again received hundreds of very deserving nominations.

“The Heart of the Community Awards have also provided a great opportunity for independent retailers to engage with local causes and projects in need of support and we look forward to seeing how the funding will really make a difference for their local area.”