The Steve Morgan Foundation has enjoyed another very busy year and is on target to exceed last year’s record giving of £7.4million to so many fantastic charities in our four supported regions.

The decision of Chairman Steve Morgan to donate a hugely significant amount of share capital to the charity last year has been transformational, and turned the Steve Morgan Foundation into one of the largest giving charities in the UK.

That has allowed us to distribute funding to even more charities, community groups and organisations, helping them have a real impact at the grass roots of society.

Most importantly though, we have managed to continue our overriding principle of taking a real interest in – and caring about – the charities we support.

So whether it is our first ever research grant of £3million awarded to JDRF in their battle to cure diabetes, a funding award to a local school, foodbank, community hub or other charity, or an Enable grant of equipment to allow a young person or adult to enjoy some much-needed freedom or independence, our Trustees take a keen interest in that person or organisation, and continue to keep in touch long after the funding has been awarded.

At the end of another busy year, we want to say a huge thank you to all of those charities we continue to work with, wishing you all a Merry Christmas and plenty of celebrations; just as we enjoyed on Sunday at our annual Children’s Christmas party at Carden Park.

We also send you our very best wishes and hopes of a Happy New Year, and we look forward to working with even more of you in 2019.