Supporting our charity partners through 2021
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In 2021 our charity partners continued to deliver their vital work with our support, adapting services and focus to meet additional needs brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.
MASKED for children’s well-being
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Columbia Threadneedle Foundation is pleased to support MASKED, a limited-edition portrait series shot to raise funds for UK children’s charity AT The Bus, which delivers a school-based programme of art as therapy to young people.
Supporting financial education in UK primary schools
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Columbia Threadneedle Foundation is a founding supporter of a new charity, the ‘Centre for Financial Capability’. This charity will aim to provide effective and high-quality financial education to every primary aged child in the UK.
Foundation supports Covid19 relief efforts
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Columbia Threadneedle Foundation is pleased to join other long-term funders of UK charities, in signing a statement recognising the impacts of covid19 and providing reassurance of our ongoing support across London’s communities.
Foundation supports the first inclusive Mountain Bike school in Spain
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On February 2020, Columbia Threadneedle Foundation and A LA PAR, a Spanish charity that helps people with learning disabilities, signed a collaboration agreement to promote inclusive sport through the newly created first inclusive Mountain Bike school in Spain.
Columbia Threadneedle Foundation celebrates 5 years!
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Columbia Threadneedle Foundation recently celebrated its fifth anniversary.
Columbia Threadneedle Foundation 2019 highlights
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This year we announced three new partnerships with innovative charities that address critical issues, working to transform the lives of individuals while also driving broader social change.
Foundation supports A LA PAR in Spain
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‘A LA PAR’ is a Spanish charity that supports people with intellectual disabilities so that they can participate in society.
Take One Picture 2019 opens at the National Gallery
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Columbia Threadneedle Foundation is pleased to again support the National Gallery’s ‘Take One Picture’learning programme and exhibition.
Foundation supports Access Sport’s 2019 ‘Inclusive Organisation of the Year’ award
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Columbia Threadneedle Foundation was proud to support Access Sport’s 2019 “Inclusive Organisation of the Year” award, at the charity’s annual fundraising event.