Community
Over the past year, our CSR committee has put considerable effort into raising the profile of our charitable activities among employees while all proceeds are now donated to a single charity.
Target our charitable activities for maximum impact by focusing on a single charity
The Sequal Trust is a charity dedicated to “bridging the gap between communication and disability”. Accessibility is a key factor when we design and build web sites and other communication tools and we are proud to support the work of the trust.
- All proceeds from charity events and initiatives this year will go to the Sequal Trust. We won’t know the full amount until later this year but estimate we will make a donation of around £2000
- A number of employees have volunteered their own time to work on a new Sequal Trust web site that will launch later this year
Raise the visibility of our charitable activities internally and encourage the involvement of all our employees
We believe that charitable and community initiatives should involve the entire company and actively encourage all our employees to add their input and try to make a difference.
- In January 2008, we started a payroll giving scheme and use the blog to encourage employees to join. Give As You Earn (GAYE) allows employees to support their favourite charities and save tax at the same time
- In May 2007, we consolidated our charity, social and green committees into a single CSR committee. This has made it easier to coordinate our charitable activities and promote and encourage the idea of including a charity element to our social events
- Members of our CSR committee regularly blog to let employees know about and take part in charitable and community initiatives while our HR Director uses our recently launched external blog to let clients and others know about CSR initiatives
Our performance at a glance
- We run an Employee Matched Giving scheme whereby we contribute up to £100 to the money raised by our staff for charity
- We hold regular fundraising staff social evenings throughout the year
- We donate the money we would have spent on Christmas cards to charity
- We sponsor our clients in their fundraising endeavours
- Where we can, we buy our goods from charitable organisations
- We provide work experience opportunities to interested young people where we can
Our 2007 community targets:
- Target our charitable activities for maximum impact by focusing on a single charity
- Raise the visibility of our charitable activities internally and encourage the involvement of all our employees
