# Abbey staff donate 5,000 hours to charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/10/19/abbey-staff-donate-5000-hours-charities/
- Published: 2009-10-19T13:33:19+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Staff from Abbey, Bradford & Bingley and Alliance and Leicester have given 5,000
hours of their time to helping charities and voluntary organisations across the 
UK during 2009.

 

Over 700 staff volunteered their time through the ‘Community Days’ programme, taking
part in activities such as teaching in schools, hosting tea parties for the elderly,
and supporting regeneration and conservation projects.

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Sheralee Morris, Abbey Community Relations Manager said: “The response to the Community
Days programme has been fantastic. So many employees have been involved with projects
to support their communities this year. We have received some great feedback from
the charities we’ve worked with and it has been a fabulous opportunity for our staff
to try something different.”

 

www.abbey.com

 

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