My organisation encourages charitable activities
We want to be recognised for our inventive and charitable contribution to the community-boosting the morale of employees, the pride of clients and the respect of peers. Since January 2014 we have raised £27,130, smashing our 2 year ambition of £20,000! Through our “80 Days To Change The World” initiative, we will have given 600 hours of our time by the end of the year to support young people faced with difficulties, to give them the best start in life. This has included creating advertising and PR campaigns for Whizz-Kidz and Asylum Aid as well as volunteering with “Hackney Pirates”, to develop young people’s literacy skills and confidence within the local community. This year, we have continued to reduce the spend on our agency “Friday Fun” lunches, breakfasts and drinks by £1 per person, per week, helping to give an extra £60 a week to our nominated charities. Our agency Tuck Shop recently celebrated its first anniversary and since its launch in August 2014, we have chomped through 4000 chocolate bars, ice creams and packets of crisps to raise £1,000 for our chosen charity! On 11th October 2015, 8 employees took part in the Royal Parks Half Marathon in aid of Ambitious About Autism and are on target to raise over £5,000 for the charity. A silent auction and quiz has also been set up by employees to raise an additional £1,000 for the cause.