# The Met Office chooses WaterAid as its corporate charity

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/11/24/met-office-chooses-wateraid-its-corporate-charity/
- Published: 2012-11-24T00:10:11+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Met Office has chosen WaterAid as its corporate charity to support over the 
next three years.

 

It chose the charity from over 30 applications which was reduced to a shortlist 
of three – WaterAid, Shelterbox and Computer Aid International. An online vote by
staff was won by WaterAid with half of all votes cast.

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ShelterBox had been the Met Office’s previous corporate charity partner since 2009.

 

Rob Varley, Operations and Services Director at [the Met Office](http://www.metoffice.gov.uk),
said: “We’re really pleased to be supporting WaterAid as our chosen charity. Access
to clean water is something we take for granted in the UK, so it’s very encouraging
that Met Office employees want to make a difference for the 1 in 8 people around
the world who don’t share this luxury.”

 

One fundraising idea has already been introduced: staff are invited to leave any
unwanted fruit, vegetables and books on a ‘sharing table’ for anyone to take in 
return for a donation to [WaterAid](http://www.wateraid.org). It raised nearly £
500 in its first month.

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