# Company of the Year winner cuts back on community programme

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/07/26/company-year-winner-cuts-back-community-programme/
- Published: 2004-07-26T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

According to The Guardian Marks & Spencer is cutting back its community programme,
including staff secondments to charities and the 10% top-up on staff donations to
charities.
Only two weeks ago, as [reported](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/news.php?id=4810&rtype=news)
by UK Fundraising, Marks & Spencer won the award for Company of the Year in the 
Business in the Community awards.

The company itself denies that it is reducing its commitment to corporate social
responsibility. A spokeswoman told The Guardian that the company was consolidating
its activities, that it would remain a member of the 1% Club, and that some of the
activities being closed were being replaced by other new activities.

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