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Charitable
donations
We aim to support local, national and international charity
appeals,especially if a staff member is actively involved
in fundraising. In 2006/7 Helphire's 'dress-down' Friday
charity collections, and one-off appeals, raised in excess
of £7,000. Staff contributions, regularly matched by the
Company were made to 17 charities, including: Asthma UK,
National Osteoporosis, The Fragile X Society, and The Royal
Free Hospital's Selena Young Fund.
Employees
based at our Peterlee site have, over the year, supported
a number of nominated charities through similar dress down
days. In addition monthly theme/fun days have helped to
raise even more funds for causes including the British Heart
Foundation, The Great North Air Ambulance, St.Benedict's
Hospice, Buterwick Hospice and the Clarke Lister Appeal.
As
corporate sponsors of CLIC, our operation in Northwich also
ran a number of activities during the year including 'Win
a day off work' and selling CLIC 'Awareness Bears' to help
raise funds.
In 2006/7,
Helphire committed to a discretionary charity fund of £5,000
per Executive Board Member, which has over the past year
supported a number of staff-driven fundraising activities,
including Marie Curie Cancer, Avon and Somerset Cliff &
Rescue Team and Lighthouse International Ministries.
The
Helphire annual five-a-side football tournament, held in
memory of Andrea Gray, a colleague who sadly passed away
from cancer, continues to raise much valued funds for Cancer
Research UK.
Bath
Rugby Community Foundation
Helphire and Bath Rugby have teamed up to help steer disadvantaged
children away from becoming a risk to society. The Foundation,which
was set up to expand Bath Rugby's community work, is intended
to get more children involved in the sport of Rugby. Helphire
has committed to a three-year involvement with the Foundation,
which is currently helping children in over 60 local schools.
Sponsorships
Our sponsorship strategy is designed to encourage our people
to take part in sponsored events for charity. We aim to
support a variety of charities and in particular those that
have personal significance to our people. In so doing we
provide support to a host of local initiatives which create
a positive local profile in our key areas of operation.
As
title sponsors of Bath Rugby since 2006, Helphire continues
to promote awareness of the service and employment opportunities
through branding on the front of playing and replica shirts,
programme advertising and the creation of the 'Helphire
Stand' at the Club's ground. More recently we have joined
forces with other club sponsors to promote our standing
in the community and offer mutual staff benefits across
our respective organisations.
Helphire
is also a sponsor of Exeter City Football Club. Through
programme advertising and hoardings at the Club's St. James'
Park ground, we aim to promote brand awareness further afield
in the South West.
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