SPIRIT FOUNDATION
COMMUNITY
Building our Nation through Community Care
The objective of the Spirit Foundation Community programme (SFCP) is to make a lasting and meaningful impact on communities in need, working alongside well-governed non-profits and community organisations. The SFCP regularly identifies a myriad of great initiatives worthy of support and which have no reliable or ongoing partners.
The South African Government has recognised that certain organisations are dependent upon the generosity of the public and to encourage that generosity has provided a tax deduction for certain donations made by taxpayers. As an18A Foundation, SFCP is able to offer donors tax donations certificates
SCF uses 100% of all donations it receives in community project work, as The Spirit Foundation funds all costs within SFCP, thereby allowing it to use all donations without any deduction or allocation for administrative costs .
Community Involvement
Building relationships with organisations is important to the Spirit Foundation Community programme. We walk alongside the selected community-based organisations in two ways. Firstly, we seek out partnerships that extend over 3-5 years to deliver meaningful impact into the communities under agreed-upon conditions. We acknowledge the important work done by these organisations. Secondly, we work with organisations that provide important services to communities and do so because we recognise the value they contribute to society. These are organisations that share our vision of changing the lives of those most marginalised.
The League of Friends
of the Blind
Spirit Foundation (SF) supports LOFOB’s Early Childhood Development (ECD) programme through ensuring the appropriate professional and occupational therapy is provided to blind and visually impaired children from birth to the age of six. The project ensures that early intervention programmes are available to promote the optimal educational, sensory processing, motor, perceptual-cognitive, independence, and orientation and mobility skills development for children. The programme focuses primarily on children in their homes, ECD centres, schools, and community facilities across the Western Cape.
#HearItTogether
#HearItTogether is a proud collaboration between audiology practice HearInAfrica, hearing aid company Rexton and The Spirit Community Foundation. This community-based project aims to reduce the burden of hearing loss for adults living in Grassy Park and surrounding areas by providing free hearing screening for people over the age of 60. For those people who fail the hearing screening test and are identified with hearing loss, accessible and affordable audiology services and hearing aids are made available at local sites within Grassy Park.
Big Issue
Spirit Foundation (SF) supports LOFOB’s Early Childhood Development (ECD) programme through ensuring the appropriate professional and occupational therapy is provided to blind and visually impaired children from birth to the age of six. The project ensures that early intervention programmes are available to promote the optimal educational, sensory processing, motor, perceptual-cognitive, independence, and orientation and mobility skills development for children. The programme focuses primarily on children in their homes, ECD centres, schools, and community facilities across the Western Cape.
Liesbeek River Project
#HearItTogether is a proud collaboration between audiology practice HearInAfrica, hearing aid company Rexton and The Spirit Community Foundation. This community-based project aims to reduce the burden of hearing loss for adults living in Grassy Park and surrounding areas by providing free hearing screening for people over the age of 60. For those people who fail the hearing screening test and are identified with hearing loss, accessible and affordable audiology services and hearing aids are made available at local sites within Grassy Park.
