Corporate Social Investment

Essential Platforms

Founded in 2014, The Essential Platforms is a community-based organization in Midvaal, Gauteng, dedicated to driving sustainable and responsible development. They focus on creating transformation by turning poverty into hope and obstacles into opportunities.

Their work includes extra-curricular programmes for learners, capacity building for women and youth, environmental campaigns, and skills development initiatives in rural areas, informal settlements, and farming communities.

To support these impactful projects, Grand Gaming Gauteng contributed R62,000, reinforcing our commitment to meaningful community upliftment.

Touch Hem

Established in 2007, Touch Hem focuses on empowering disadvantaged youth through training, learnerships, and apprenticeships. Since 2019, the organization has been providing opportunities for orphans, vulnerable youth, and child-headed households, equipping them with vital skills for the future.

Their programmes produce qualified artisans, new venture creators, and graduates in supervisory and generic management learnerships, helping young people access sustainable employment and entrepreneurship opportunities.

As part of our CSI commitment, Grand Gaming Gauteng donated R150,000 to support Touch Hem in their mission to uplift and transform lives.

Bornservant

Bornservant provides out-patient assistance programmes for individuals and families affected by substance use disorders. Their services include patient assessments, medical treatment, counselling, awareness campaigns, support groups, aftercare, and referrals to in-patient treatment centres, halfway houses, and skills development facilities.

By addressing both the medical and social challenges of addiction, Bornservant plays a vital role in helping people rebuild their lives and reintegrate into society.

To strengthen these efforts, Grand Gaming Gauteng donated R295,400, supporting their mission to bring hope and recovery to communities in need.

NOSA ECD Programme

Established in 1993, the Nosa ECD Programme has been preparing young minds for school readiness for over 30 years. Beyond early childhood education, Nosa has introduced initiatives that focus on education and welfare, after-school care, feeding schemes, food gardens, and empowerment programmes such as Power Girls.

They also provide psychosocial support for vulnerable families and individuals living with chronic conditions, along with computer skills training for youth, ensuring a holistic approach to community upliftment.

To assist in sustaining these impactful programmes, Grand Gaming Gauteng donated R48,985, reinforcing our commitment to education and community development.

Sports Development Foundation

Formed by Teboho “Atana” Mokoena and members of the Thokoza community, the Sports Development Foundation is committed to enhancing the value of sport in the area. Their focus is on delivering innovative, sustainable, and impactful sports programmes that encourage healthy lifestyles for young people, women, children, and the broader community.

Through structured campaigns and development initiatives, the foundation uses sport as a tool for empowerment, discipline, and community unity.

As part of our CSI efforts, Grand Gaming Gauteng donated R40,000 to support the foundation’s vision of building a stronger, healthier community through sport.

The Obakeng Foundation

The Obakeng Foundation provides a safe and creative space where children, youth, women, and people living with disabilities can develop their full artistic potential. Their programmes focus on fine and visual arts, painting, crafts, drawing, interior craft design, and performing arts, ensuring that creativity becomes a tool for empowerment and inclusion.

By offering dynamic and evolving arts programmes each year, the foundation nurtures talent, builds confidence, and creates opportunities for self-expression within the community. To support this impactful work, Grand Gaming Gauteng donated R128,097, reaffirming our commitment to uplifting communities through art and creativity.

EMFULENI SHELTER FOR BOYS

Emfuleni boys shelter provides destitute and abandoned boys that are coming through the court of law with a home that will cater for their needs and rights which are; the right to shelter, food, safety, clothing and education.

Emfuleni Shelter for Boys has been in operation for 27 years. The organisation is presently leasing Emfuleni Municipality property, which can only accommodate 16 destitute/abandon children (boys) according to their registration certificate with the Department of Social Development. They assist with schooling and have an in house social worker to provide psychosocial support.

GGG donated R 139 780,42 to enable them to provide shelter, safety and security, nutrition, and education for vulnerable boys between ages of 9 to 18 years.

HEARTS OF HOPE

Hearts of Hope is a transitional children’s home based in Johannesburg, providing a turning point opportunity of personal and individualised nurturing care to orphaned and vulnerable children.

Grand Gaming Gauteng has donated R23 531,33 to Hearts Of Hope to ensure that they can continue to provide young children with a secure environment that is sensitive to their health and nutritional needs, which protects them from danger and abuse, and provides them with opportunities for early learning.

LIFE4U FOUNDATION

Life4U Foundation is a non-profit organization, which was established and registered in 2013 to develop the community of Tembisa and its Surrounding areas. Life4U helps and supports distressed and impoverished families with food parcels and clothes. They provide emergency relief and help disaster-stricken families and communities.

Grand Gaming Gauteng has donated R146 560,29 to Life4U to ensure that they can continue to provide much-needed support for orphans, vulnerable children through feeding scheme and home work support. They also help youth to find opportunities and information to better their lives in fighting the scourge of social illnesses.

THE DIEPSLOOT FOUNDATION

The Diepsloot Foundation is a multi-disciplinary Community Development and Services Center, covering Education, Computer Literacy, Agriculture, Healthcare and Skills Training.

During covid the sewing programme was able to make 600 000 masks to sell and as form of making an some form of income. Their sewing department also made covers for the computer screens and keyboards so that they won’t get dusty and dirty. They have and ECD which consist of 46 children and are about to complete another classroom that will consist of another 46 children.

The Diepsloot Foundation have a vegetable garden project where they distribute their produce to preschools in the community, they currently have 9 preschools that they are distributing to. They have a carpentry workshop where they teach the students and they also get orders and make things to sell and make some money. GGG has donated R 82 172,00 to assist the organisation to continue educating, training, developing skills, mentoring and coaching through the various programs they run.

THE LIGHTHOUSE BABY SHELTER

The Lighthouse Baby Shelter provides a safe haven for abandoned and unwanted babies from newborn. The shelter takes care of children from birth to the age of six years. The Lighthouse has a door in the garden wall, called ‘THE MOSES BASKET’ where unwanted babies can be placed anonymously.

GGG has donated R89 814,84 to the home which will be put towards improving their shelter so that the children are given the best facilities and care possible.

THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTRE

Established in 2013, Get Informed Youth Development Centre, was birthed in direct response to specific needs that had been identified among the Tembisa community. As socio-economic pressures in South Africa increased, more and more young people were finding it difficult to transition from school leaver to employed adult. Get Informed Youth development Centre in Tembisa Town plays a crucial role in addressing the critical link between Personal development and Entrepreneurship Skills in order to promote Sustainable development.

GGG has donated R116 000 to ensure that they can continue to cater to the needs of out-of-school youth, through relevant basic training like life skills and computer skills in order to increase chances of employment and marketability.

UBUNTU COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT CENTER

Ubuntu community empowerment centre was established in 2012. Their main focus is in the skilled development trade sector, mainly construction, boiler making, welding, carpentry. They also do community nutritional programmes (also known as feeding schemes), where they cook onsite and distribute food to the community. Some of their initiatives include assisting matriculants with tertiary registration.

GGG donated R197 600.13 to ensure that they can continue to train the 69 beneficiaries they currently have between the age of 18 – 35years, and continue to feed a minimum of 250 people a day from Mon – Friday. Our contribution also assisted them to offer food parcels, run their mobile kitchen, and run the life skills programme and the entrepreneurial programme.

ACADEMIC CITIZENSHIP ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

The Academic Citizenship & Economic Development Centre (ACED Centre) is a multi-purpose community development centre that offers much needed services in Eldorado Park, Soweto, Lenasia and the surrounding informal settlements. All initiatives in their collective are targeted at and cater for the holistic needs of communities that has made much progress, but still show signs of suffering in it’s recovery from yesteryears scars of discrimination and injustice.

GGG donated R 89 280 to the ACED centre to continue offering the youth dynamic, positive alternatives to the many attractive but negative activities such as crime, substance abuse and even boredom. And also enhance the quality of life through programmes that focus on developing the recipient’s attitude and outlook on life.

KHANYA FAMILY CENTRE

Khanya Family Centre focuses on The HIV/AIDS, mental health, wellness & awareness, training and more, around communities of Katlehong and Vosloorus. Many Households and vulnerable people rely on its free services. KFC travel to visit the projects beneficiaries in the communities. Seminars are offered which consist of community outreach awareness sessions where beneficiaries are taught about current social ills, i.e human trafficking, gender based violence, child abuse, HIV and AIDS and more. GGG donated R139 000 to assist them in continuing to provide counselling and support for members in the community experiencing life challenges.

MINTLANGU SPORTS FOUNDATION

Mintlangu Sports Foundation (MSF) is a not for profit organisation created to provide activities and opportunities for the youth, regardless of race, religion or economic status in our communities. MSF implements sports programmes for the youth with academic and social standards that will develop them into well-rounded members of the community; and also sports professionals that are much needed in South Africa.

Mintlangu have entered a Partnership with the University of West Indies ensuring that deserving talented kids will be given an opportunity to go study at the Caribbean institution through Scholarships offered by the legendary Roland Butcher, the athletes will then be placed into different European teams, where they will play and be groomed for the junior national teams after completing their studies. GGG donated R 63 423.01 to assist the organisation in providing opportunities, support, and resources to athletes of all ages and abilities, helping them reach their full potential and achieve their sporting dreams.

MALEKANYANE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Malekanyane Social Development Organization registered in 2005 as a Non–Profit Organization (NPO) with the Department of Social Development. Their main focus is community feeding, home- based care and a creche in and around the Atteridgeville area since 2001. MSDO also provides social health education, including health talks, safe sex talks and distribution of contraceptive in the community. They also run a soup kitchen and deliver vegetable soup to TB and HIV Patients and also the elderly and the unemployed.

GGG donated R 140260.00 to assist them with getting food and sanitary items to make dignity packs for 230 school children in the area between the ages of 9 – 10. They also support 40 – 45 households per month with food parcels. They also distribute seedlings to households and teach them how to start their own vegetable gardens for them to be self-sustaining.

NEW BEGINNINGZ

New Beginningz is an organization that incorporates all the areas of baby care and nurturing in a loving homely environment. In 2008 they launched their 1st “Baby Wall”. A wall with a slot where desperate mothers can safely leave unwanted Babies rather than dumping them in dustbins, toilets, pit latrines, parks or streets. Their efforts are aimed at offering desperate mothers and destitute babies a safe alternative & an opportunity to live.

Grand Gaming Gauteng aims to engage in the relief and help to provide decent homes to the less fortunate children who are found and declared to be abandoned, neglected and dependent. The focus of this CSI programme is aimed at the upliftment of communities through social skills development, health & safety and empotheyrment. Due to the increasing numbers of abandoned, neglected and abused babies in need of care and understanding financial implications of running a Home like this, they have provided funding to New Beginningz in order for them to accommodate and care for more babies.

Grand Gaming Gauteng has donated R165 000 to New Beginningz. To date, Grand Gaming Gauteng has donated over R310 000 to the organization which has ensured continuous care for more than 700 Babies & Toddlers. Furthermore, the funds assist them with paying the salaries of their full-time caregivers that provide education for the children. The funds have also ensured that kids receive their 2 meals per day, 2 snacks, milk & infant formula, bottles, nappies, toiletries, medication, clinic visits and services far beyond ordinary day care centers.

COMPASS

Compass offers a rehabilitation program for homeless women and children; they provide professional counselling programs through registered counsellors and mental health practitioners. They also provide social services through their own registered social workers and trained, qualified teachers and caregivers for the children within their care to ensure the best level of education and caregiving.

Grand Gaming Gauteng aims is to assist Compass to provide residential care (housing), food, education, health care and safe environment to women and children who are in need of care. The purpose is to grow the current refuge home where women and children who have suffered abuse or abandon can feel safe to re-build a constructive life for themselves.

Grand Gaming Gauteng has donated R85 000 to Compass. This gave them an ability to continue serving meals for the homeless especially during the festive season when most companies were closed and there was limited funds. The financial aid  enabled them to continue providing shelter, medical care, counselling and career guidance to empower women to create a better future for themselves and their children.

VITA NOVA

Vita Nova Centre is a residential facility in Springs. They cater for persons with Cerebral Palsy, Downe Syndrome, Autism and the physically and mentally challenged. Some of our children are blind, deaf and have HIV/AIDS. Vita Nova means “New Life”. To the more unfortunate, Vita Nova will be the only home they will ever know and they strive to make it as homely and as happy as possible.

Grand Gaming Gauteng donated R170 000 to Vita Nova. To date Grand Gaming Gauteng has donated over R430 000 to the Vita Nova Centre which has assisted them to care for over 122 residents at the centre. The residents arrive at the centre with nothing and they provide them with toiletries, nappies, bedding and clothing. Our aid helps them give all their children lots of love and care, something they so

desperately need and deserve.

KITSO LESEDI YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

Kitso Lesedi Youth Development is a non-profit organization that aims to up-skill the youth of South Africa to alleviate poverty. Their goal is to skill and train youth from disadvantaged areas through social development and skills based programmes so they may one day become champions of the communities and lead them to a better tomorrow.

The focus of this CSI programme is to train and capacitate the management, employees and direct beneficiaries of the project on various aspects of business. Their programs are designed to stimulate the youth with management, business, ICT and Artisan Skills. Grand Gaming Gauteng aims to assist this organization to continue to mentor more communities through social and skill based programmes and provide easy access to information through guidance, mentoring and technology.

In 2022, Grand Gaming Gauteng donated R100 000 which will be applied through the implementation of programmes such as ICT skills training and continue to improve the conditions of their premises in order for them to practice a good ad healthy environment for all. To date, Grand Gaming Gauteng has donated R300 000 to Kitso Lesedi Youth Development. Their capacity building programs have been very successful in that over 700+- of young people under their Life’s skills, business, ICT AND Artisan trainings.

MDUDUZI MEMORIAL

Mduduzi Memorial Hospice is a community-based organization that deals with HIV/AIDS program in the community of Vosloorus and surrounding arrears. The organization was established in 2004 by a group of parents comprised of community leaders and professionals who obliged to play a meaningful role in the plight of HIV/AIDS orphaned and vulnerable children.

Grand Gaming Gauteng donated R165 000 to the organization. To date, Grand Gaming has donated over R360 000 to the organization which has been used to capacitate their infrastructure and much needed resources for their day to day operations. Our financial aid has assisted them in effectively alleviating the HIV/AIDS pandemic and poverty by providing education, information, counselling on prevention treatment, providing care and support to people infected and affected. The funds helped them continue to provide first-class Training Skills, Economic Development facilities and services to the community especially the formerly disadvantaged marginalized people in our community such as women, children and physically challenged people. 

KHANYA FAMILY CENTRE

KHANYA FAMILY CENTRE is a South African Not for Profit community mental health care organization that has been providing accessible psychosocial services for children and families in the townships of Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg since 1994. Khanya ‘s “ healing through hope” slogan emphasizes empathy and passion—they believe that emotional and mental theyllbeing is a key step in managing and rebuilding the lives of affected individuals, families and communities.

Grand Gaming Gauteng has donated R48 949 to the Khanya Facility Centre to assist them in continuing to provide psychological counselling and support services to children, adults and families experiencing life challenges, including those affected and infected by HIV/AIDS; they also facilitate the process of capacity building for community members to promote their own they’ll-being , growth and self-reliance.

REARABILWE EKHURHULENI COMMUNITY CARE

Rearabilwe is a South Sotho word which means "They have been answered". Rearabilwe Ekurhuleni Community Care (RECC) is a community-based organization working with orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) affected or infected by HIV/AIDS.

Grand Gaming Gauteng has donated R79 350 to assist the organization to provide orphans and vulnerable children with psychosocial support and a social safety net for those children and their families. The programme uses a developmental approach that ensures that there is sustainability in the lives of the beneficiaries. 

UCPA SA

The United Cerebral Palsy Association of SA was established in 1951 and has been taking care of children with Cerebral Palsy. Many of the children are abandoned and others referred by the Department of Health. THE UCPA provides 24 hour care which includes stimulation, therapy and other specialized treatment to all affected by cerebral palsy.  The United Cerebral Palsy Association of South Africa ‘Harry Kessler Centre’ is home to ± 40 children and young adults who suffer the effects of Profound Cerebral Palsy, all of whom require and receive round-the-clock-care. Most residents have been abandoned or orphaned and come from all over South Africa (3years of age upwards).

Grand Gaming Gauteng donated R194 000 to the organization. To date, Grand Gaming Gauteng has donated over R230 000 to assist the organization in providing specialized nursing care, medical care, physio therapy, occupational therapy, aqua therapy, neuro oxygen therapy, schooling, food, clothing, other essentials and above all a home they can call their own with ‘mothers’ who love them and help them reach their full potential.

GAUTENG EAST DISTRICT

Contributed R5 million

Grand Gaming Gauteng partnered with Sun International and the Gauteng Gambling Board in committing R5 million to supplying essential personal protection equipment (PPE) for learners and teachers at 50 schools in Gauteng. The partnership has ensured that the schools are supplied with foot pedal dispensers, soap dispensers, surface sprays, hand sanitisers and thermometers along with plastic aprons, plastic and rubber hand gloves, face shields for teachers and admin staff, and masks for everyone. Approximately 60 000 students and 1 500 teachers and administration staff benefited from the donation.

10th Commandments Community Centre

Contributed R247 986

10th Commandments Community Centre believes that everyone deserves a second chance;” they are our children they all need to be loved and cared for”.

They help the youth to quit drugs, educate them on why drugs are very dangerous to both young and old through counselling, doing physical exercises and giving out medication.

Our Goals

Their main goal is to see all the addicted boys and girls get the help and support in order to beat this dangerous drug. Most of them are intelligent and willing to start building their futures, some even want to go back to school.

The boys and girls are provided with shelter, they are cooked for and supported to change the way they used to live. It’s really sad because some of them are rejected by their families because they used to steal from them. After getting the treatment at 10th CCCC going back home will not be a problem because a Nyaope user will get a certificate confirming that he is no longer smoking or injecting Nyaope. ”We strive to fully rehabilitate the addicts and integrate them back into society.“

We donated R247,986.00 to help them improve the facilities.

New Beginningz

Contributed R152 707

New BeginningZ has been in operation since 2001, with the main focus being Children living and working on the streets.

In 2003, due to HIV/Aids Pandemic, they included Child Headed Households to their focus group and in 2004 included yet another vulnerable group - abandoned babies and toddlers.

New BeginningZ caters for children between the ages of newborn’s up to 18 years. It is of paramount importance to them to render services and programs that are in the best interest of every individual child that they deal with.

Just as soon as you think you've seen the worst of cases, you come across yet another one. Abusers don't discriminate against colour, creed or age. Child Abuse is rife in our country and unfortunately not nearly enough is being done to protect the future of our country, the children. The government is shirking their responsibility when it comes to providing for destitute families, therefore, making it increasingly difficult for the poorest of the poor to survive. New BeginningZ was grateful to have received R152,707.33 to assist in the development of the little angels.

Kitso Lesedi Youth Development

Contributed R200 000

Kitso Lesedi Youth Development understands that poverty is more than about an income, as it also strongly involves deprivation of resources, opportunities and choices. Therefore the purposes of the programs within the Development Centre are to capacitate the poor and the most vulnerable with both hard and soft skills, moving them from a state of being poor to self-reliance.

Founded in 2008 by Thapelo Alpheus Modise with the aim of up-skilling the youth of South Africa.

Their capacity building programs have been very successful in that over 700+- of young people underwent Life’s skills, business, ICT AND Artisan trainings.

We at Grand Gaming Gauteng donated R200 000 to assist with the renovations of the center.