Vodafone employees in the UK raised over £1 million last year
Howard Lake | 31 May 2004 | News
The Vodafone UK Foundation reports that Vodafone employees in the UK raised over £1 million for charitable organisations over the last financial year more than doubling the previous year’s total.
Donations by employees to a large number of voluntary organisations across the UK received matched funding by The Vodafone UK Foundation as part of Vodafone UK’s employee ‘Getting Involved’ programme. The in-house programme, launched in December 2002 offers financial support for staff fundraising. It also actively promotes payroll giving and volunteering opportunities for employees so they can give their time and skills to support Foundation funded projects.
Between April 2003 and April 2004, The Vodafone UK Foundation was asked by employees to support 530 separate fundraising events and activities in aid of 300 different charity and community groups.
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From April 2002 to April 2003 £528,390 was given by Vodafone employees and The Vodafone UK Foundation.
The Vodafone UK Foundation is a registered charity, partly funded by the Vodafone Group Foundation and from donations from Vodafone UK Limited.
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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.