Our Charity
OUR CHARITY
At the ACC Liverpool Group, we're passionate about our vibrant and world-class city. That passion extends beyond the walls of our venues. The ACC Liverpool Group Foundation is our way of giving back to the heart of our community.
Investing in Our Future
The Foundation is funded by the money raised by our employees throughout the year. These funds are then distributed to local community groups and projects addressing important issues.
How do we raise money?
Our employees are passionate about giving back, and they've dreamed up some great initiatives to raise funds for the ACC Liverpool Group Foundation. From charity hikes up Mount Snowdon and themed bake sales, to sponsored car washes and quiz nights – who says fundraising can’t be fun?
What type of causes do we support?
We want to encourage local community groups and voluntary organisations to apply for grants for projects aimed at supporting and targeting key community groups and diverse communities. In particular we are looking to support LGBTQ+, minority and hard to reach groups, refugee communities, music initiatives and initiatives targeting food poverty and the cost of living crisis.
We accept applications from groups based in Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral.
How can you apply for funding?
The ACC Liverpool Foundation is administered by the Community Foundation for Merseyside. For more information about how to apply for funding and to check when the fund will next be open for applications click here.
Here are some of the brilliant projects we’ve supported so far:
20 Stories High
This initiative creates live music experience for culturally diverse young people.
Brunswick Youth and Community Centre
Our grant will fund a fortnightly warm space and free meal for local families throughout the winter.
Chaos Arts
Our grant will allow the group to set up a community dance company for LGBTQA+ people.
Liverpool Zero Waste Community
Our donation will cover the costs of a storage unit to support with the safe storage of equipment and food.
Migrant Workers Sefton Community
Our grant will provide emergency essentials to individuals such as food, travel costs, and toiletries.
My Outdoor Classroom
This project will provide a monthly forest school for adults with ADHD.
Scrapyard Studios
Our grant will deliver a music-based project specifically for women and female musicians.
South Central Community Transport
Our donation has covered the cost of ukuleles and other equipment for the group's community ukulele group.
The Bluecoat
Our grant will support their 'Blue Room' - an arts-based project aimed at learning-diverse and neuro-diverse adults.
New Beginnings - Improving Lives
Our donation will cover the costs of halal meat for their mobile pantry to ensure that individuals have access to food that fits within their dietary restrictions.
PCC of Walton Breck and Holy Trinity
Our donation will purchase supplies for their much-needed food bank
PCC St George's Church Huyton
Our donation will purchase supplies for their much-needed food bank
End Furniture Poverty
This charity provides bed bundles to children throughout Merseyside who do not have a bed of their own. They take referrals through schools and their website to ensure they reach children in need.
Knowsley Foodbank
Our donation was used to provide baby basics and moses baskets to women who are expecting a baby and are struggling with the cost of living crisis.
Porchfield Community Association
Our donation allowed the group to deliver a 10 week digital training class and a 10 week calligraphy class for the elderly, helping with social isolation.
The Bobby Colleran Trust
We funded an eight-week arts and crafts therapy program for children, aiming to improve wellbeing, confidence, and build resilience skills.
The Comedy Trust
This charity supports young people's mental health and wellbeing using stand up comedy. Our donation allowed them to partner with a school in Halton to work with a group of 15 LGBTQ+ students.
The Opening Doors Project
This project operates a food bank, distributing two homemade meals a day and running activities for the community. Thanks to our donations they were able to provide slow cooker courses to educate people on how to cook healthy meals at home.
Unite Bridge Hope
Our donation will purchase books for a community-based book club in St Helens
Woodvale and Ainsdale Community Association
Our donation will stock their community food cupboard with essentials and also to provide sessions for 11-19 year olds around food poverty and waste reduction.