We're Giving Back...so others can move forward.
It’s been another great year placing giving back at the forefront of our business.
Now, looking forward to 2024/2025 we are extending our support to another 12 charities for our fifth year of Giving Back. Each charity will receive a donation from our Social Value fund to help support their vital work.
We have now donated over £970,000 to our charity partners as part of our successful initiative to help others move forward. With the help of our followers on social media, members, supplier and staff we are pleased to confirm the 12 selected charity partners we are supporting for the upcoming year.
Introducing our 2024/2025 charity partners...
April - Rainbow Trust
Provides support to families who have a child with a life threatening or terminal illness. When a child has a serious illness, family life is turned upside down and time becomes more precious than ever. Life as the family knew it is shattered into a million pieces and many families struggle to cope.
Rainbow Trust pairs each family with an expert Family Support Worker, who provides tailored practical and emotional support for families in whatever way they need, for however long is needed. This support varies hugely, depending on the family’s needs, ranging from driving families to vital hospital appointments, organising fun days out for siblings, or simply listening to a parent’s fears and anxieties about their child’s condition.
Rainbow Trust Family Support Workers provide a lifeline to those families going through the unimaginable.
To find out more about Rainbow Trust, please visit https://www.rainbowtrust.org.uk/
May - Ronald McDonald Houses Charity UK
Ronald McDonald Houses provide a free place to stay for the entire family, close to the children’s hospital. The staff are on hand to offer a shoulder to cry on and their facilities allow families to cook a meal in the communal kitchens, enjoy the playrooms, do their child’s laundry or relax in front of the TV. They offer a place to call home, when they need it most.
Celebrating 30 years of helping families, their 14 Houses across the UK not only provide free ‘home away from home’ accommodation close to children’s hospitals, they also offer a friendly smile, clean facilities and an invaluable support network.
We are supporting them throughout May which includes International Day of Families on 15 May.
To find out more about Ronald McDonald Houses, please visit https://rmhc.org.uk/
June - The Buddy Bag Foundation
Founded in 2015 to help make a difference to children entering emergency care.
48,000 children require emergency care every year in the UK. They supply these children with a Buddy Bag containing essential items to help restore a sense of comfort and love.
The foundation is run by a team of volunteers and ambassadors so that 100% of the money raised goes to the cause. Their Buddy Bag brigades provide a unique opportunity for volunteers to get hands-on and support the cause.
To find out more about The Buddy Bag Foundation, please visit https://buddybagfoundation.co.uk/
July - Guide Dogs
Guide Dogs has been operating in the UK since 1931, to help blind and partially sighted people. Today, Guide Dogs is the world’s largest breeder and trainer of working dogs.
Over the coming years, Guide Dogs are looking to increase the number of guide dog partnerships, but also developing a broader range of services that will help more people who are blind and partially sighted to get out and about on their own terms. Their ambition is a future where every person with sight loss has the confidence and support they need to live their lives to the full.
To find out more about Guide Dogs, please visit https://www.guidedogs.org.uk/
August - Air Ambulances UK
National organisation championing and supporting the lifesaving work of the UK’s 21 air ambulance charities. Their vision is to ensure the best possible chance of survival and patient outcome for everyone in need of lifesaving pre-hospital care.
They provide vital national funding to air ambulance charities, increasing awareness of their lifesaving work, advocating on key issues and policies affecting the delivery of their services, helping to enable advancements in patient care, providing a collective voice and enabling the exchange of information and knowledge across the air ambulance sector.
Together, we are making a real difference by enabling air ambulance charities to save even more lives and remain at the forefront of pre-hospital care, helping to reduce loss of life in people with life-threatening injuries or a medical emergency.
We are proud to be supporting them for Air Ambulance Week across the UK next month from 9th September 2024.
To find out more about Air Ambulance UK, please visit https://www.airambulancesuk.org/
September - Heart Research UK
Every five minutes someone dies from heart diseases in the UK. Heart Research UK deliver ground-breaking medical research, training, education, and support in communities to save lives. Our support will help them to discover the next breakthrough in treatment, stopping the devastation that heart diseases cause, and keep families together for longer. Heart Research UK power the work that amazing scientists and health professionals do, and will continue to do, until there are no more deaths from heart diseases.
We are proud to be supporting them for World Heart Day on 29th September.
To find out more about Heart Research UK, please visit https://heartresearch.org.uk/
October - Samaritans
Samaritans is there for anyone who is struggling to cope, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Samaritans have over 23,000 volunteers and 200+ branches across the UK and Republic of Ireland who provide a safe, confidential and non-judgemental space for people to talk through whatever is troubling them. Every 10 seconds, Samaritans responds to a call for help.
We are proud to be supporting them for World Mental Health Day on 10th October.
To find out more about Samaritans, please visit https://www.samaritans.org/
November - Diabetes UK
Leading the fight against the UK's biggest and growing health crisis, Diabetes UK is helping to tackle the diabetes crisis. They campaign for and support everyone affected by diabetes, help prevent Type 2 diabetes, share knowledge and fund research that will one day lead to a cure.
Their vision is a world where diabetes can do no harm.
To find out more about Diabetes UK, please visit https://www.diabetes.org.uk/
December - Sue Ryder
Sue Ryder is there to make sure everyone approaching the end of their life or living with grief can access the support they need. There is no one size fits all when it comes to how we cope and the help we need, but with Sue Ryder’s support, no one has to face dying or grief alone. They are there when it matters.
We are proud to be supporting them for National Grief Awareness Week, 2 - 8 December 2023, which aims to raise awareness of all aspects of grief and loss on a national scale.
To find out more about Sue Ryder, please visit https://www.sueryder.org/
January - Hope for Justice
Hope for Justice’s vision is to live in a world free from slavery. Founded in the UK in 2008, Hope for Justice is a charity working to bring an end to modern slavery and human trafficking, and to protect the human rights of victims and survivors. Our multi-disciplinary model is based on four pillars: preventing exploitation; rescuing victims; restoring lives; and reforming society. We help victims and survivors directly and bring about long-term change through our work with governments, law enforcement, the business community, and the general public.
We are proud to be supporting them for Human Trafficking Awareness Month in January.
To find out more about Hope for Justice, please visit https://hopeforjustice.org/
February - Derian House
Derian House provides respite and end of life care to more than 400 children and young people across the North West. Their ethos is to make sure that every child and young person who comes to Derian is able to make the very most of the time they have.
We are proud to be supporting them for Children's Hospice Day celebrated on 10th February.
To find out more about Derian House, please visit https://www.derianhouse.co.uk/
March - LandAid
LandAid is the property industry charity, bringing together individuals and businesses from across the property and wider built environment industry to end youth homelessness in the UK.
For over 30 years they have been giving support to projects that provide life-changing, safe, suitable, and affordable accommodation to enable young people to break the cycle of homelessness and take their first steps towards a more positive future. By awarding monetary grants and arranging free property expertise, LandAid enables charities to provide secure accommodation within a supportive environment for young people, helping them reach their full potential.
To find out more about LandAid, please visit https://www.landaid.org/
Read more about our Giving Back initiative here.