Coastal has made its second round of financial pledges from its Horizon fund: a £10K fund exclusively available for civic improvement initiatives fundraising through the #CrowdfundSwansea movement.

Coastal awarded its maximum pledge of £1,000 to The Hygiene Bank – one of only 2 projects seeking funding in the autumn round. This pledge follows 2 x £1,000 awards to the urban harvesting project ‘Sweet Pickings’ and the urban planting project ‘Onwards and Uplands’ in the #CrowdfundSwansea spring round earlier this year.

The Hygiene Bank in Swansea collects, sorts and redistributes essential hygiene products to local people pulled into poverty.  Redistribution is carried out by a network of community partners – a mix of organisations, charities and schools. As a new Hygiene Bank in Swansea, it is fundraising to rent a larger storage unit, including facilities such as shelving and stacking boxes, in order to be able to receive larger donations and assist a greater number of people.

For more information on The Hygiene Bank and to support the crowdfunder, visit the project page on Spacehive.

Read more about Coastal’s Horizon fund and its aims at www.coastalha.co.uk/horizon