How Hyde Housing became the first authority on Match My Project to reach 1,000 community-business matches

More than 1,000 community projects have now been matched through Hyde Housing on Match My Project.

The number has reached 1,052, making Hyde the first authority on the platform to pass the 1,000-match milestone.

But a figure like that only tells part of the story.

Behind every match is a community organisation with a specific need. It might be £300 to help 42 young people enjoy a summer party or two counselling chairs for a service supporting women recovering from domestic abuse. 

The value of reaching 1,000 matches is in all these individual moments.

From a request to something a community can use

Hyde has spent almost 60 years providing affordable homes and supporting the communities around them. Today, the organisation owns or manages around 125,000 homes through the wider Hyde Group and provides neighbourhood services to around 350,000 homes.

Its long-term vision is to be “a great home for everyone.”

Hyde also supports communities through local services, spaces and partnerships.

Hyde uses Match My Project to further its efforts to support communities.

Community organisations can post requests for funding, materials, equipment, training, professional support and other resources. Suppliers can then see where their skills and resources could help. Over time, this has created a substantial network of matches.

1,052 projects; 1,052 different needs

These 1,052 matches demonstrate the transformative impact and limitless possibilities driven by Social Value. Take the Lambeth Carers Awards 2026.

Carers’ Hub had already brought carers and local partners together through a Task and Finish Group to shape the event. The organisation was looking for £1,500 towards catering, awards and decorations for an event designed to recognise around 150 unpaid carers, including young carers.

Pinnacle Group provided the £1,500.

The contribution helped turn months of planning into an event that could properly recognise people providing unpaid care across Lambeth.

Or consider a very different request from the Single Homeless Project.

The organisation needed £300 towards a summer party for 42 young people living in supported accommodation in southeast London. The event had already been planned, with activities, decorations, guest speakers and invitations in place. The remaining funding helped cover food, drinks, snacks and tableware.

Anglian Building Products provided the £300.

The organisation later reported that the young people had an excellent summer party and that the contribution helped create a positive event for the service.

Then there is My Sisters’ House, which supports more than 2,000 women across Arun and Chichester.

Its request was directly connected to the organisation’s frontline service: two counselling chairs for its Chichester centre.

The chairs would give women accessing trauma-informed counselling a more comfortable environment for their sessions. CLM Fireproofing funded the full £398, arranged the purchase and delivery, and removed the administration of sourcing the furniture from the charity’s team.

The organisation said, “the supplier exceeded expectations and that the counselling team were thrilled to receive the chairs so quickly.”

What communities need cannot always be planned in advance

A community organisation knows what its project needs because it is close to the people using the service.

For Medway Foodbank, this meant recognising that food donations alone do not cover everything required to keep nine centres stocked.

The foodbank supported more than 11,000 people in 2025, with nearly half of those people being children. Demand had increased by 158% over six years, putting pressure on the stock needed to provide complete support.

A £500 contribution from In-house Research gave the foodbank another way to fill gaps in its supplies, including toiletries, baby items and cleaning products.

This is what the 1,052 figure represents: thousands of requests made by organisations that understand their communities, and thousands of opportunities for Hyde’s supply chain to respond. 

Beyond 1,000

Hyde has now reached 1,052 matches on Match My Project.

There will be many more projects, stories and people behind the number that we cannot tell individually. Some will involve funding. Others will involve time, skills, materials, equipment, training or practical support.

Together, they show the breadth of what can happen when a housing provider’s supply chain has a straightforward route into the communities around it.

1,052 occasions where a community organisation was able to put forward a need and a business had an opportunity to help meet it.

And the next request will be different again.

About Match My Project

Match My Project connects community organisations with local businesses to deliver Social Value. Get in touch at hello@matchmyproject.org to find out how your organisation can get started.