Nicol & Co’s community fund donates nearly £25,000 to hospices, food banks, and other good causes

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Peter Davison

Hospices, food banks, and other good causes received nearly £25,000 in 2022 from a community fund set up by Worcestershire estate agency Nicol & Co.

The contributions totalled £24,900 across the past 12 months – more than double the figure of £12,000 donated by the community fund in 2021.

Nicol & Co, which has three branches in Droitwich, Malvern and Worcester, launched the community fund in March 2021 by pledging £100 to each seller’s good cause of choice for every property sale it handles.

In 2022, more than £10,000 was given to St Richard’s Hospice and £2,500 to Acorns, with the Primrose and Kemp hospices also receiving donations.

Meanwhile, food banks in Droitwich, Malvern, Worcester and Pershore and the Worcestershire Homeless Appeal Street Kitchen received more than £2,500 between them.

Another £1,000 went to the Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust, and £500 was given to the Worcester Warriors Community Fund.

Matt Nicol, managing director of Nicol & Co, said: “Everyone here at Nicol & Co appreciates being able to support so many wonderful charities, community organisations, volunteers and good causes across the county.

“And we’re particularly pleased that so many of our clients have chosen St Richard's and other hospices to benefit from the community fund.

“The fact that food banks were among the other top nominations reflects our customers’ awareness that the cost of living crisis has hurt some sectors of the community more than others.

“The grand total of donations since March 2021 has now reached £36,900 and everyone here at Nicol & Co is thrilled to be giving something meaningful back to the local community.”

There were a total of 249 community fund donations of £100 in 2022, with other good causes including 15 schools across the county, and various other one-off gifts given to smaller organisations.

As well as the community fund, Nicol & Co has also been active in supporting the local area by investing nearly £10,000 into multiple sponsorship projects.

Those benefiting include Droitwich Rugby Club, Droitwich Cricket Club, football clubs including Droitwich Spa , Malvern Town, Worcester City and Kidderminster Harriers ladies, Worcester Hockey Club, and a number of other sports teams.

Any group that would like to be considered should email community@nicolandco.co.uk

Peter Davison

Peter Davison is deputy editor of The Business Magazine. He has spent his life in journalism – doing work experience in newsrooms in and around Bristol while still at school, and landing his first job on a local newspaper aged 19. By 28 he was the youngest newspaper editor in the country. An early advocate of online news, he spent the first years of the 2000s telling his bosses that the internet posed both the biggest opportunity and greatest threat to the newspaper industry and the art of journalism. He was right on both counts. Since 2006 he has enjoyed a career as a freelance journalist. He lives in rural Wiltshire with one wife, two children, and three cats.