Waitrose Foundation
Set up in 2005, the Waitrose Foundation is a supply chain partnership that returns a percentage of profits from product sales to fund projects chosen by the farm workers themselves.
Since its beginnings in South Africa, we have raised nearly £3 million and launched over 170 projects. These projects are diverse and reflect the individual needs of the communities, ranging from crèches to education programmes, and from sports teams to income-generating jewellery projects. In 2009 we launched two further Foundations in Kenya and in Ghana. See Waitrose Foundation for more details.
John Lewis Foundation
We launched the John Lewis Foundation to suppliers in early 2010, and are currently identifying opportunities for suitable educational or employment-based community projects that will support and service the communities where John Lewis products are sourced.
John Spedan Lewis Foundation
The John Spedan Lewis Foundation was set up in 1964 at the instigation of Partners (employees) to commemorate the life and particular interests of the John Spedan Lewis, the founder of the Partnership.
The Foundation is an independent registered charity administered by five Trustees who meet twice a year, usually June and November.
Applications for funding are considered in the categories of horticulture, ornithology, entomology, environmental education and conservation, with preference given to small projects with an educational content. The size of donation ranges from approximately £500 to £7,000.
In addition, the Foundation funds a small number of PhD research projects on specific topics chosen by the Trustees. The Trustees also select the universities and research institutes they wish to support. Regrettably, unsolicited applications for PhD funding from individuals, universities or research institutes are not considered.
Further information about the Foundation can be obtained by emailing JSLF@johnlewis.co.uk or from the Foundation's Charity Commission web page (www.charity-commission.gov.uk).
John Spedan Lewis Trust for the Advancement of the Natural Sciences
The John Spedan Lewis Trust for the Advancement of the Natural Sciences (JSLTANS) promotes an interest in natural history. It was established in 1955, in memory of the Partnership's Founder, an enthusiastic naturalist, who studied the plants and animals of the Leckford Estate in his spare time.
In 1972, several small areas of Leckford (the Partnership's 4,000-acre estate and working farm that supplies a variety of produce to Waitrose) were adopted as JSLTANS Nature Reserves. Over the years, visiting experts have monitored and recorded the many plant, insect and animal species that live there. The Trust also supports volunteers during conservation projects on its reserves and runs a programme of annual lectures.
The Trust has eight Trustees, who are appointed by the President of the Partnership Council. For enquiries, contact the Secretary at the following address:
JSLTANS
The Secretary
c/o Estate Office
Leckford Estate
Stockbridge
Hampshire
SO20 6JF