# KCOM Group raises

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/04/17/kcom-group-raises/
- Published: 2013-04-17T16:39:56+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Employees at network communications company KCOM Group have raised £60,000 in the
past year for its charity partner, children's medical research charity [Sparks](http://www.sparks.org.uk).

This brings the total raised by the company for its charity partners of the past
seven years to over £300,000. Each new charity partner is voted for by employees
and the organisation supports them for two years.

Julian Hare, Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager at Sparks, said: "The partnership
with [KCOM Group](http://www.kcom.com) has been a great one. They’ve come up with
so many different and creative ways to fundraise, such as their Charity Golf Day,
swimming across the River Humber and taking part in the Great North Run. They are
already well on their way to reaching their £100,000 target, which will really help
us and our key research areas."

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## How KCOM chooses its charity of the year

The next employee vote for the company's charity of the year takes place in March
2014, with the new charity being revealed on 1 April 2014.

[Nominations are open from 1 November 2013](http://www.kcomplc.com/our-responsibility/our-local-communities/kcom-group-charity-partner/charity-application/)
up to 31 January 2014.

To be eligible, organisations must be a registered charity in the UK, serve a national
audience with a strong regional presence near to KCOM's major offices, and be a 
small to medium-sized charity "so that the contribution made by us can make a real
difference".

 

They must also have the ability to appoint a dedicated account manager to support
the company's team of internal charity champions nationwide.

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