# Key Travel teams up with Hope and Homes for Children

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/07/13/key-travel-teams-hope-and-homes-children/
- Published: 2012-07-13T10:27:16+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Key Travel, a leading supplier of travel to the not-for-profit sector, is delighted
to announce that international children’s charity Hope and Homes for Children has
been chosen as its Charity of the Year for 2012.

Every financial year Key Travel staff vote for one of three shortlisted charities
to become Charity of the Year. Hope and Homes for Children, a global leader in closing
children’s institutions and reforming childcare systems, was the employees’ charity
of choice.

Over the coming year staff at Key Travel will be taking part in fundraising activities
to help support Hope and Homes for Children’s lifesaving work. Last year staff raised
more than £5,000 for Action Against Hunger through triathlons, a London-to-Edinburgh
cycle ride and mountain climbing challenges – a total they hope to beat this year.

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Steve Summers, Chief Executive of Key Travel, says: “Key Travel is looking forward
to an exciting year of fundraising for an excellent cause. Hope and Homes for Children
makes sure children grow up in a loving, family environment and aren’t abandoned
to institutions. Key Travel is proud to support them in this work. Last year our
staff excelled themselves in raising money for our Charity of the Year and we hope
to do the same – and better – this year.”

Mark Waddington, Chief Executive of Hope and Homes for Children, says: “We would
like to thank Key Travel staff for choosing us as their Charity of the Year. Some
people estimate that eight million children across the world are wasting away in
institutions and orphanages. The shocking truth is no one really knows the actual
figure. We make sure these hidden children count by working with willing governments
to reform childcare systems – preventing family breakdown, closing institutions 
and getting children back into loving families. Our new partnership Key Travel is
a great opportunity to transform the lives of many more vulnerable children across
the world.”

Last year Hope and Homes for Children supported 7,346 vulnerable children and family
members to stay together – preventing abandonment to institutions. It also provided
3,104 professionals with specialist skills to help prevent children being separated
from their parents. This included specialist training on the care of children with
disabilities. For more information on Hope and Homes for Children visit

www.hopeandhomes.org

## Notes for editors

Key Travel is the UK’s leading Travel Management Company (TMC) dedicated to the 
not-for-profit sector and specialises in getting charity and humanitarian workers
to difficult places in a safe and cost-effective way.

For more information about Key Travel visit

www.keytravel.com

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