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Veolia chooses Variety as charity of the year
Howard Lake | 19 March 2013 | News
Environmental services company Veolia Environnement UK has chosen children's charity Variety as its national charity partner for 2013/14.
Fundraising activities will include a group-wide ‘Sunshine Day’ on 19 April in which Veolia staff will wear their brightest yellow outfits to work and take part in yellow-themed activities such as ’Sunshine lunches’ at which custard pies, lemon tarts and corn on the cob will be served.
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Veolia staff will also be invited to volunteer at local schools supported by Variety. Veolia is planning to elect ‘Charity Ambassadors’ to help drive the fundraising and volunteering partnership across all its locations.
Matt King OBE welcomes the partnership with Veolia Environnement
David Lusher, Executive Director at Veolia Environmental Services (part of the Veolia group in the UK) said: “The charity committee were really impressed by Variety as they provide large and small scale support to local families in need – a national charity working locally. We felt that this would really help our staff connect with the charity and inspire them to get involved and help improve the lives of children in the cities, towns and villages where they live.”
www.variety.org.uk
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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.