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First Hydro Company – Community Relations

Guidance on completion of the Sponsorship and Donations Form

About

First Hydro Company places high priority on its role as a patron for a wide range of initiatives that benefit local communities, sport, the arts and the environment.

First Hydro Company have contributed to many differing projects, assisting to make a success in a range of activities and projects that are generally within a 20 mile radius of our two power stations in Gwynedd.

Our areas

Some of the Areas which First Hydro Company has supported are:

  • Football and Rugby Clubs
  • Pre-school playgroups
  • Sailing clubs
  • Fell running
  • Social development and enterprise groups
  • Local community charity groups

Our commitment

First Hydro Company will spend  the sponsorship and donations budget on activities whose principal effect will be to benefit the local communities in which we operate and in the following areas:

  • Culture and Arts
  • Environmental initiatives
  • Health and Sport
  • Supporting the efforts of our staff in community based projects

The above would be in addition to supporting educational programmes such as work experience from schools and colleges, as well as Graduate student placements at our power station sites.

First Hydro Company also assists staff by providing match funding to those raising funds for local charities, whether that is running in races or holding events like quiz nights or even completing supermarket collection days for help raise such funds.

Applications

Applications should include as much detail as possible on the Sponsorship and Donations Application Form, including a breakdown of the costs involved, and/or relevant dates of events, and make reference to sustainable items, where applicable.

Please note that only fully completed Sponsorship and Donations Application Forms will be considered for assessment, which is based on one application per year.

Steps to apply:

  1.  Download the Sponsorship and Donations Application Form
  2.  Email the form to: fhc.sponsanddons@engie.com
Download the Sponsorship and Donations Application Form

Application Information

First Hydro Company does not pay the VAT for either sponsorships or donations.

Unless specifically approved by the First Hydro Management Team, support will not normally be given to the following:

Individuals
Expeditions and Trips
Advertising
Paying wages to people
Political, military or religious organisations
National Charities (unless full proceeds are for local benefit)
Cost of hire or labour
Non sustainable items
Any activities which are polluting or environmentally unfriendly
Projects which do not conform to ENGIE’s ethical values/objectives

Sponsorships and Donations applications, and staff match funding requests shall be reviewed and approved, where applicable, by the Community Relations Committee, who meet up on a monthly basis.

Applications should be submitted in sufficient time to be processed in advance of each scheduled meeting.

It should be noted that First Hydro Company is not in a position to guarantee any funding, either beyond the current budget/financial year or otherwise, and as a result no Club/Group or Project commitments should be made outside of these timescales.

Measuring the value of Sponsorship and Donations to First Hydro Company

The process of measuring the benefits of sponsorship and donations to First Hydro Company may include:

The impact of publicity e.g. media coverage
Exposure/awareness of First Hydro Company amongst the local community
How relationships with local communities are established and/or maintained
Any community based work can be seen as First Hydro Company’s contribution to local sustainable development

Value is added to First Hydro Company as a business through improving relationships and co-operating with individuals, community groups and other local businesses.

If your request for funding/support is successful, as a condition you will be expected to provide First Hydro Company with photographs and a brief statement on what has been funded, this will enable us to use it to show FHC employees and the wider communities in which we operate.

Contact details

Power Station addresses/telephone numbers/emails

Dinorwig Power Station Email: fhc.sponsanddons@engie.com Address: Llanberis, Gwynedd, LL55 4TY Tel: 01286 873238
Ffestiniog Power Station Email: fhc.sponsanddons@engie.com Address: Tan-y-Grisiau, Gwynedd, LL41 3TP Tel: 01766 870465