A livery company focused on being a philanthropic force for good. The Mercers’ Company on behalf of the Charities of which it is trustee awards approximately £10 million each year to relieve disadvantage in London, Lincolnshire, Norfolk and the Northeast of England. Annually, the Mercers’ grantmaking supports c.180 individual charities to achieve three key outcomes: • Improving people’s lives, • strengthening the organisations that support people; and • contributing to societal change. Over the past five years the Company has awarded £49.7 million to over 400 organisations across its Young People & Education, Older People & Housing and Church & Communities people-focused programmes and priority funding areas. Central to the Mercers’ Company’s philanthropy is its almshouse and sheltered housing provision, providing high quality accommodation to over 200 residents; its work with its Associated Schools and Colleges, supporting pupils mental health and wellbeing and leadership initiatives; and working with its eight Church of England benefices in England, of which it is patron. Find out more: www.mercers.co.uk/philanthrophy