Charity Partners
Working with Charities
Through our extensive Community & Environment program, we support hundreds of different charities. Our staff choose local and national charities that they wish to support, which fit in with our four strategic goals. Our branches make a difference to many charities by organising local events. We don’t identify national charity partners as a group because we find our staff prefer to support causes that are personal and local to them, building relationships which are rewarding on both sides.
Charities and not for profit groups we developed links with in 2009 included-
BITC May Day Pledges
Comic Relief
CRASH
Cure Parkinson’s Trust
Education Business Partnerships
Footprints Foundation
Home Builder
Housing Associations Charity Trust
Keep Britain Tidy
National Youth Agency
Pathway to Zero Waste
Princess Royal Trust for Carers
Queen Elizabeth Foundation College
Race for Life
Sense
Stonewall
School Food Matters
WRAP
An example of local charities supported in 2009 included-
Age Concern, Greenwich
Air Ambulance, Wakefield
BestDeal4Baby, Peterborough
Brittle Bones, Lisburn
FareShare, West Midlands
Headway, Broadstairs
Marie Curie Cancer Care, Newcastle
Peace Hospice, Watford
St Joseph Hospice, Hackney
St Martins Hospice, Leeds
Thanet Galaxy Pan Disabled Football Club, Thanet
Volunteer Reading Help, Northampton
Women’s Refuge, Wolverhampton
Winter Night Shelter, Wycombe
Through our extensive Community & Environment program, we support hundreds of different charities. Our staff choose local and national charities that they wish to support, which fit in with our four strategic goals. Our branches make a difference to many charities by organising local events. We don’t identify national charity partners as a group because we find our staff prefer to support causes that are personal and local to them, building relationships which are rewarding on both sides.
Charities and not for profit groups we developed links with in 2009 included-
BITC May Day Pledges
Comic Relief
CRASH
Cure Parkinson’s Trust
Education Business Partnerships
Footprints Foundation
Home Builder
Housing Associations Charity Trust
Keep Britain Tidy
National Youth Agency
Pathway to Zero Waste
Princess Royal Trust for Carers
Queen Elizabeth Foundation College
Race for Life
Sense
Stonewall
School Food Matters
WRAP
An example of local charities supported in 2009 included-
Age Concern, Greenwich
Air Ambulance, Wakefield
BestDeal4Baby, Peterborough
Brittle Bones, Lisburn
FareShare, West Midlands
Headway, Broadstairs
Marie Curie Cancer Care, Newcastle
Peace Hospice, Watford
St Joseph Hospice, Hackney
St Martins Hospice, Leeds
Thanet Galaxy Pan Disabled Football Club, Thanet
Volunteer Reading Help, Northampton
Women’s Refuge, Wolverhampton
Winter Night Shelter, Wycombe