The OVO Foundation is OVO’s charity. It’s on a mission to create a greener, brighter future for the next generation.
As an OVO customer, you can choose to donate to the OVO Foundation through your bill, and your donation is doubled by OVO. This money is used to make grants to UK-based charities that fit the goals of the OVO Foundation. This funding is for projects that support children and young people to have better access to nature, learn about climate awareness and education.
How do they do this?
Community impact - the OVO Foundation empowers local communities to transform their area by supporting exciting projects like community gardens, city farms and education programmes for local children. Through these projects, they’re able to increase access to green space and kickstart local climate action. Read more here.
Climate changers - they want to make sure that all young people, regardless of background, have access to climate education and the skills they need to tackle climate change. They do this by supporting climate action and education projects in schools across the UK, such as nature conservation, and helping students make their schools more energy efficient. Read more here.
Green skills - their work in green skills will support the next generation to become green industry professionals and help them understand the green career paths they can take. All this, plus supporting teachers to help their students with their opportunities and options.
Advocacy and research - over the last ten years, the OVO Foundation has worked closely with our charity partners and the young people they support. Aiming to build on this learning by supporting crucial research and engaging with young climate activists, policymakers and sector peers to drive long-term transformative change in climate education and climate action for young people. In 2024 the OVO Foundation published their The State of Climate Education report.
For more information head over to the OVO Foundation website: ovofoundation.org.uk or follow us on LinkedIn.