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Ricoh has raised money for BBC Children In Need for more than 10 years through numerous fundraisers, culminating in heavy involvement on the night of BBC CiN’s appeal in November. Ricoh’s National Call-Centre formed part of BBC CiN’s ‘virtual call-centre’, with Ricoh volunteers receiving and processing donations from the UK public via telephone. Throughout the night on Friday 13th November 2015, 165 Ricoh Call-Centre volunteers processed £110,700 of public donations. Throughout 2015 Ricoh employees also raised £17,818 for BBC CiN through a range of events, including a coast-to-coast team cycle ride from Belfast to Dublin, ‘custard pie the boss’, cake sales and raffles. Ricoh addresses ‘Youth Employability’ to attract, develop and retain young talent, all to assist young people into the world of work. The company also support The Prince’s Trust TEAM programme, which is aimed at young people not in Education, Employment or Training. Ricoh volunteers lead TEAM employability workshops around Interview Skills and CV Writing etc to provide Work Experience opportunities. In 2015, 188 Ricoh employees volunteered for The Prince’s Trust, providing 685 working hours of time and raising £67.5k. Ricoh is also a standard bearer of BITC's Ban The Box initiative.