# Recruitment staff volunteer for company's charity of the year

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/05/11/recruitment-staff-volunteer-company039s-charity-year/
- Published: 2007-05-11T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Staff from recruitment consultancy Pure Recruitment Group last week volunteered 
for a day with the company’s charity of the year, Vitalise. Four staff spent the
day at one of the national disability charity’s centre at Netley Waterside House
in Southampton which provides short breaks for disabled people and carers.
The volunteers
helped in the Centre’s gardens, assisted staff with serving the guests’ lunch and
took them on an excursion to a local country park. One of the Pure volunteers, James
Limburn, even gave a lunchtime bagpipe recital for the enjoyment of the guests.

Vitalise was chosen as Charity of the Year by Pure in August 2006. The charity will
benefit from Pure’s fundraising efforts in support of its work providing essential
respite breaks for disabled people and carers. Pure hopes to raise in excess of 
£20,000 from the year’s activities.

Pure’s association with Vitalise begin with its sponsorship of the charity’s Legends
of Sport Celebrity Dinner last year, helping Vitalise raise over £45,000.

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Chris Nelson, co-founder and Managing Director of Pure, said: “We are very keen 
to fundraise for Vitalise, but we wanted to show our support in other ways too. 
The opportunity for some of us to spend a day volunteering at Netley Waterside House
was a fantastic idea.”

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