About Fairpoint Group PLC

Fairpoint's mission is 'Pointing you towards better solutions' which they apply to both customers and employees. Therefore Fairpoint offer their staff money savings benefits. Their 'Fair Deal' for employees includes: money savings on utility bills, insurance - home and life and broadband/landline, childcare vouchers, discounted rail ticket schemes, discounted health care and discounted gym membership. 'Fair Rewards' is offered free to every member of staff, and is a discounted cash back programme that enables Fairpoint employees to save money on almost everything from everyday groceries and petrol purchases to holidays and days out. All this adds to enhancing employees' wellbeing by helping relieve the financial strains that the majority of people are feeling in the current economic climate. Fairpoint now have a Making Money Go Further committee that communicates to staff about how to save money. They hold competitions for staff and encourage them to get involved using newsletters and emails. In addition, Fairpoint believes that health plays an important role in enhancing the wellbeing of employees which is why the company has introduced a free Employee Assistance Plan, available to all employees. The EAP is designed to provide active support for Fairpoint's employees including: a confidential helpline manned by fully qualified counsellors, access to a Personal Nurse advisor, medical fact sheets and online health assessments. Additionally, Fairpoint offers annual free flu jabs to all employees. They also send out quarterly Health and Wellbeing newsletters to employees covering a wide range of relevant topics. 

Team building events are usually managed by department. They involve events like team dinners, Go Ape - outdoor activities centre, treasure hunts; and team nights out. Each department has a budget provided by the company for team building to allow them to organise their own team events. The Fairpoint Annual Conference was set up as one big team building event where every member of staff is together. The conference involves lots of group activities and presentations that enable employees from different areas and departments to mix and build relationships. The conference and the party held after are free to all Fairpoint employees. 

Fairpoint have set up a charity committee containing 16 self nominated charity champions. The purpose of Fairpoint's charity committee is to make a difference in the local and wider community through fund raising, volunteering and taking part in activities that help their community. The role of the charity champions that make up the charity committee is to organise fund raising events across the business  They will lead and promote fund raising activities across the business, contribute to the monthly charity newsletter, attend monthly charity meetings, promote the Making A Difference framework across the business, produce promotional material to promote various charity events, encourage ideas across the business to help make a difference in the local community and promote and organise any social events across the company. A charity calendar is produced at the start of the year created by the charity committee based on feedback from employees on what charities should be supported this year. This meant that the company has a set charity or charities to support each month. Fairpoint set a target to reach £15,000 through fund raising activities, sponsorship and workplace giving in 2014.  They were on target to reach this as they raised over £13,000 to September 2014 with more events planned during the last quarter of the year. The fund raising events and sponsorship that takes place in the company encourages employees to work together as a team and also makes employees feel proud to work for a company that helps the local and wider community.