Supporting our Community
So far we have raised £ 00,000 For local charities and causes
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Please get in touch with our team & let us know charity or cause is close to your heart & we will do our best to provide our support.
Christmas Jumper Day
for Save the Children
On Thursday 12th December, our teams wore their most festive woolly knits to work in support of Save the Children. We encouraged guests to donate to the wonderful charity & we matched all donations made. Thanks to your support, we raised a grand total of £1000, allowing children across the UK & the world to stay safe, healthy & learning.
Shooting Star Children's Hospices
Our partner charity
Our new partner charity at Megan's is Shooting Star Children's Hospices. This wonderful charity supports families from diagnosis to end of life, through to bereavement, with a range of medical & emotional care services available.
We're delighted to share that our charity breakfast on 8th October raised £25,000 for Shooting Star Children's Hospices. We also donate 10% of all water sales & run campaigns within our neighbourhoods to raise further donations. So far, we have donated £16,212 from water sales & we raised an additional £5000 as part of our Easter campaign earlier this year.
Summer 2024
Our donations this summer...
We are delighted to share that so far this summer we have donated £500 to each of the following local charities: Off the Record in Twickenham, Battersea Cats & Dogs Home & Many Tears Rescue. We are so proud to be able to support local causes that make such a difference within our communities. We are always looking for charities to support, so please do reach out on community@megans.co.uk if we can support a charity close to your heart.
Easter 2023
£4,750 raised for local schools
Our communities are so important to who we are at Megan's, so we wanted to find a way to give back to the local schools in each of our neighbourhoods over the Easter holidays. For each children's Easter egg coloured in, we donated £1 to a school, local to each of our Megan's homes. We are delighted to share that we managed to raise a total of £4,750! We couldn't have done it without you & your little ones, so a big thank you from the Megan's team.
Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal
£10,000 donated to the British Red Cross Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal.
Together, we have raised a total of £10,000 to donate to the Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal. Thanks to you, we raised £4291 & as a team, we have decided to match this to a total donation of £10,000. This will be able to help provide food, water, blankets & temporary shelter for those who need it the most. We continue to extend our support & deepest sympathies to all of those affected.
Giving back to our communities...
... At the heart of all that we do
Our neighbours are at the heart of all that we do & we are so pleased to be able to give back to our communities as much as we can. Here are some of charities or causes that we've supported recently, donating a total of £3620: Albrighton food bank in East Dulwich, Barnfield Riding School in Kingston, Willow Foundation in Welwyn Garden City, Baron's Court Project, Little Village Bank in Balham, Wimbledon Guild, Battersea Dogs Home, XLP Youth Charity in Islington & The Princes Trust for their Change A Girl's Life campaign. If you work for, or know of any charities that you'd like for us to support, please do get in touch at community@megans.co.uk & we will do everything that we can to offer our support!
Donating to Ukraine
£25,000 donated to Ukranian charities
We are all wishing for peace during this heart-breaking time. Our Megan's teams chose three Ukrainian charities to donate £25,000 to. These charities were; The Red Cross, who are providing psychosocial support & essentials such as food, warm clothing & first aid. Voices for Children, who are helping children & families from all over the country, providing emergency psychological assistance & assisting in the evacuation process. United Help Ukraine, a 100% volunteer run charity helping those on the front lines, the families of wounded & fallen heroes & displaced families in need of aid.
Good Water
20% donated to charity
We donate 20% of our still & sparkling water sales to local charities & causes, which are chosen by our neighbours. Plus, the water is filtered & bottled on site, which reduces carbon emissions, eliminates waste & saves energy. It's very good water. Scroll down to read about some of the charities & causes we have donated to & community events we have hosted with our neighbours.
Sustainable Furniture
20% of our furniture
We now source around 20% of our furniture from 'Sustainable Furniture'. They supply high quality, ethically sourced furniture using reclaimed timber & by protecting & supporting their supply chain to reduce their impact on the environment & the world.
Ace of Clubs, Clapham
£500
Lockdown was very difficult for many people, & particularly difficult for those without a roof over their heads. We donated to 4 local charities, close to 4 of our Megan's homes & our team's hearts. Ace of Clubs is a family-like community providing transformative support for those who are homeless, vulnerable and otherwise marginalised in the area. The team at Ace of Clubs is focused on linking people in with a wide range or services including accommodation, welfare, rehab, training, healthcare & more.
Beam, Shoreditch
£500
Beam, which is close to the hearts of our Islington neighbours, crowdfund new career opportunities for homeless men and women. The provide them with a support network from their support specialists to the kind strangers who fund their campaigns. They use technology to find scalable solutions to the toughest social problems - starting with homelessness.
Glass Door, Chelsea
£2000
Glassdoor, which is close to our Chelsea & Kensington homes, coordinates an open-access network of emergency winter shelters & support services for people affected by homelessness. Their vision is a world where no one has to sleep on the streets of London, and they work every day to achieve this. By partnering with churches and community centres to provide shelter and support, Glass Door is committed to supporting people get - and stay - off the street.
Open Door, St Albans
£500
Open Door, with the help of the St Albans’ community, has supported over 7,000 people who have experienced homelessness & been at risk of sleeping rough. The Charity funds improvements to the Open Door shelter, as well as covering the costs of outreach services and the volunteer coordinator. The Open Door Charity focuses its efforts on fundraising to support and develop homelessness services, & recruiting new volunteers.
Guide Dogs, London
£5,000
We are currently sponsoring a very, very cute guide dog puppy through her training to become a fully fledged guide dog. She is called Megan, of course.
The Royal Trinity Hospice, Clapham
£3,386
The Royal Trinity Hospice provide skilled, compassionate care and support to people with progressive, life-limiting illnesses and those close to them. This charity has a very strong sentimental value for our founder. RTH support people living in the central and south west London community, at home and at the hospice. At any moment, Trinity is caring for 700 patients.
All Dogs Matter
£2,000
All Dogs Matter is a dog rescue and rehoming charity working in and around London to transform the lives of unwanted and abandoned dogs. The charity is close to our Islington home. All Dogs Matter also rehome dogs in need from overseas. In 2020, All Dogs Matter rescued and rehomes over 300 dogs with new owners. They also found forever homes for 14 unwanted and abandoned dogs from Serbia, Portugal and Egypt.
Little Village, Balham
£6,300
Little Village provide baby clothes & equipment, donated by local families, to local families. They are our neighbour in our Balham home. Little Village promote sustainable living & are a voluntary enterprise run by a group of local parents. They offer a weekly drop-in service for families that need support, a delivery service and they provide a referrals-based service for partners, such as health visitors, children’s centres, midwives and local foodbanks.
St Dionis Church, Parsons Green
£4,700
We supported the Living Space Project at St. Dionis Church through donating & catering their launch event. St Dionis is a church that is just a stone's throw from our Parsons Green home. The project was undertaken to create a community centre in Parsons Green that was welcoming, accessible & flexible, for the community to use for all different occasions. Our neighbours voted to support the charity.
West London Action for Children, Fulham
£1,234
West London Action for Children offers a range of counselling & therapy services for children & families based in the London boroughs of Hammersmith & Fulham, & Kensington & Chelsea. They support families under stress to develop confidence & skills to cope with the ordinary & extraordinary challenges of family life. Services are primarily available to families who are eligible for means-tested benefits.
Rough Stuff
At Megan's, all of our display boards & high tables are made by Rough Stuff, which is a charity that works closely with the Mount Prison in Hertfordshire. Using English character oak, each piece is unique & handmade by prisoners. This brings new pride, skills and job discipline to the inmates & the income is used for the running of the prison.
