Our good causes donations

Each year, Barchester Green Investment donates 5% of its total profits to charities and social enterprises. We’re proud to support the organisations featured below – all of which have been recent recipients.

  [caption id="attachment_1921" align="alignleft" width="492"] The Carymoor Centre[/caption] Carrymoor Environmental Trust carries out pioneering land restoration and habitat creation work on 100 acres of capped landfill just outside Castle Cary in Somerset. They have created a nature reserve with an extensive range of habitats that attracts visitors all year round. The environmental centre has education programmes and demonstrations of renewable energy and sustainable buildings, developing a reputation that exemplifies environmental good practice. Afghanaid work directly with over one million Afghan adults and children, focusing on long term sustainable development in some of Afghanistan’s poorest rural areas. They run a variety of economic, political and social projects – from helping farmers grow produce and constructing community hydro-electric power to setting up local councils and youth groups. The Tony Barnard Foundation helps children and adults with learning difficulties, and their carers where appropriate. The Foundation provides grants and items of support to help them lead more independent lives and participate in their local community. Fine Cell Work is a social enterprise that trains prisoners in skilled, creative needlework to foster hope, discipline and self esteem. The prisoners are paid for their work, which is then sold around the world, and embroider cushions, bags, pictures and patchwork quilts. Craftwork in prison can help prisoners discover a more constructive and reflective side to themselves. They can learn new skills and help support their families with the money they earn. Tenner Films is a small Brighton based film company making short environmental films that have screened at festivals around the world and online, supported by innovative crowd funding schemes. This year, they’ve begun work on their first ever feature film THE GREATEST STORY EVER SOLD. With outreach support from Greenpeace, WWF and others, the film delves into the history of the nuclear power industry and its campaign to sell atomic energy to the world for the past five decades. Growing Together in Rwanda is a project that grew out of a visit to Rwanda in 2008 by Elizabeth Cave, a member of the Ealing Quaker Meeting. She saw at first hand the enormity of the problems confronting the country in the aftermath of the genocide of 1994, when nearly a million people were killed. Elizabeth has made seven trips to Rwanda, each lasting 4 to 5 weeks, running workshops aimed at encouraging local people to adopt simple, sustainable methods of growing vegetables as a way of raising nutrition levels and building community. [caption id="attachment_1922" align="alignleft" width="492"] Germain Burton[/caption] Germain Burton is a promising young British cyclist who was looking for support with the costs of his equipment and training. He’s working towards selection in international races and championships. And who knows… perhaps Rio 2016!