Responsibility to the community
We recognise that investing in the communities we serve is equally as important as the services we provide. A major part of this is the established culture of volunteering among our employees.
In the US, we have had a 20 year successful partnership with Junior Achievement donating more than $1 million (£650,000) to this programme, which educates students about workforce readiness. Employees also participated in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk fundraiser and in Massachusetts alone $25,000 (£17,000) was raised. These donations help the American Cancer Society fund research and support programmes for patients and their families.
Since 2007, we have made continual progress with Special Olympics Great Britain (SOGB) raising more than £25,000 ($38,500) for SOGB clubs and establishing several employee led volunteer groups across the business. To date, nearly 500 employees have registered their interest in supporting SOGB. Three hundred of those employees have already participated in at least one volunteering activity, totalling nearly 4,500 volunteer hours.