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Teamwork Community & Culture

These are the values we’ve built GRP on and they shape how we give back.
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Getting involved:

Community is about more than money - it’s about people coming together, giving time, and making a difference. At GRP, we use our position as a business to create meaningful, lasting impact in both our local and wider communities. That goes beyond fundraising alone. We support our charity partners by sharing knowledge, mentoring young people, opening up workplace opportunities and connecting charities with businesses
that can help them grow. One example of this is our ongoing work-experience programme. In 2024 and 2025, we welcomed young people from URBOND into GRP, giving them hands-on experience across our warehouse and office teams. These placements have been hugely valuable for both the young people and our staff, offering real insight into different career paths and working environments.

Recent highlights

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GRP Solutions Team Supports Hilsea Station Clean-Up

Last Saturday, members of the GRP Solutions team spent the morning helping to tidy up the local area, joining volunteers... more
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Supporting Education in Guinea: New School Opens in Koutaya

Last Saturday, members of the GRP Solutions team spent the morning helping to tidy up the local area, joining volunteers... more
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GRP Solutions Team Complete the Great South Run in Support of Spark Community Space

Last Saturday, members of the GRP Solutions team spent the morning helping to tidy up the local area, joining volunteers... more
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Brian Harpur named UK Fundraiser of the Year at the Charity Today Awards

Last Saturday, members of the GRP Solutions team spent the morning helping to tidy up the local area, joining volunteers... more
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Supporting the next generation through URBOND work experience

Over the past three weeks, we have had the pleasure of welcoming young people from our charity partner URBOND to... more
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Snowdon Sunrise Challenge for Naomi House

We Did It! Over the weekend, an amazing team from GRP Solutions and some of our fantastic customers took on... more
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10-Year Anniversary Celebrations

Cheers to 10 Years! What a night to remember! A huge thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate... more

Our Charity Partners

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Naomi House & Jacksplace
  • Provides specialist hospice care for children and young adults (up to age 35) with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions.
  • Offers holistic support including respite stays, emergency care, emotional and bereavement support, creative therapies and memory-making experiences.
  • Supported hundreds of families across central southern England in 2025.
  • Operated essential services at a cost of £9.5m in 2024/25, reflecting growing demand.
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ACCI (African Caribbean Community Initiative)
  • Delivers culturally specific mental-health support, advocacy and crisis intervention.
  • Works with individuals, families and communities to reduce mental-health inequalities and improve wellbeing.
  • Nationally recognised in 2025, including MBCC Charity of the Year, a National Diversity Award nomination, and $150,000 awarded as runners-up at the Opus Foundation Awards.
  • Joined the NHS Patient & Racial Equality Framework (PCREF).
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URBOND – Portsmouth (UK)
  • Delivers 15+ youth development programmes across sport, wellbeing, mentoring, creativity and employability.
  • Provides safe, inclusive spaces where young people can build confidence and skills.
  • Each year delivers 2,067+ engagement hours, supports 11,885+ children and young people, runs 547+ activities, and engages 186+ young people every week.
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URBOND Children’s Education - Guinea
  • Works to improve access to primary education in underserved communities.
  • Opened a new school in Koutaya in 2025 through international partnership and volunteering.
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UNLOC
  • Supports young people to develop entrepreneurial skills, confidence and pathways into employment.
  • Leads the Changemaker Alliance, connecting organisations committed to youth-led social change.
  • GRP is a Founder Member of the Changemaker Alliance and an Ambassador on UNLOC’s Advisory Board.
  • Expanded into Leeds in 2025, extending impact across the UK.
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Spark Community Space
  • Provides a safe, welcoming environment for children, young people and families.
  • Runs youth groups, wellbeing sessions, family support and community drop-ins from its pay-what-you-can café.
  • Supported local people in 2025 with the help of 40 volunteers.
  • Served 5,074 slices of cake, 6,806 toasties and 16,878 drinks, with most days operating on a pay-what-you-can basis.