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Our community

For over 150 years, we’ve supported daily life by supplying drinking water to 750,000+ customers and contributing to our communities.

SES Water are part of the Pennon Group alongside Bristol Water, South West Water and Bournemouth Water.

The Better Futures Fund will support nature, wellbeing and learning opportunities in our communities. For SES Water customers, the fund will provide £353,000 over five years, in addition to our £200m programme (across the Pennon Group) to help customers who are vulnerable or struggling financially.   

Better Futures Fund

Contributing to our community

We're proud to have played an important part in people’s daily lives for well over 150 years – but we don’t just supply drinking water to more than 750,000 customers daily. Importantly, we make a valuable contribution to our communities too. We do this in a number of ways:

Give A Day Scheme

Our ‘Give-A-Day’ scheme sees our colleagues, many of whom live locally, getting out and about giving their time to worthwhile community projects. From litter-picking in local rivers, volunteering at charity gala dinners and helping elderly people with their Christmas shopping, our people are keen to contribute where they can.

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Community events

We take our community trailer out and speak to thousands of people every year about water. Instantly recognisable, we see this as an important way of meeting our customers and finding out what matters most to them. Our trusty 'Quenchinator' water tanker, quenching the thirst of thousands of people at local events and festivals across the year!

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Giving money

From 2025-2030, the Better Futures Fund will donate £353,000 to projects that support nature, wellbeing and learning opportunities in Sutton and East Surrey.

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Our partners:

Charities we have supported through the Better Futures community fund so far:

Please click though to this link to explore the projects below.

  • The Surrey Care Trust
  • Midsurrey Community Fridges
  • Lucy Rayner Foundation
  • Croydon ParkBox
  • Adopt a Grandparent
  • Crossroads Care
  • Age Concern
  • Sutton Sea Cadets
  • Caterham School
  • Surrey Coalition of Disabled People
  • Reigate and Banstead - Citizens Advice
  • Together for Sutton
  • Merstham Football Club