A FOUNDATION set up by a financially mutual company, which previously gave a £5,000 boost to Wythall Community Choir, is inviting its members to nominate Worcestershire community groups and projects in need of a funding boost this year.

OneFamily Foundation aims to give back a proportion of profits from the company OneFamily to help its members, their families and communities.

OneFamily members with an active policy can nominate a project for one of its Community Awards, offering groups in their local area the opportunity to win a £5,000, £10,000 or £25,000 grant.

Projects can be entered into one of four categories health, disability and social care; lifelong learning; active living and community groups.

Each category will have eight winners with four projects receiving up to £5,000, three projects winning up to £10,000 and one project up to £25,000.

Last year, Wythall Community Choir scooped a £5,000 prize to buy a range of song books and musical scores.

Karl Elliott, customer strategy director at OneFamily, said: "I want to encourage OneFamily customers across Worcestershire to get involved and nominate the good causes that mean the most to them.

"We want to help our customers, their families and the communities where they live in other ways, and our OneFamily Foundation enables us to do just that.

"The Community Awards are a big part of the Foundation’s work, and each year we give hundreds of thousands of pounds to projects close to our customers’ hearts.

"In 2016, we touched the lives of more than 100,000 people through the awards, and this year we want to help even more – giving even more people and communities the chance to get involved."

The closing date for nominations is July 19.

Entries can be submitted at onefamily.com/your-foundation/community-awards.