150 new Vodafone stores each to give £1000 to a local charity

Howard Lake | 10 February 2015 | News

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Mobile operator Vodafone is giving £1,000 to each of 150 new stores that it plans to open to be given to a local charity. The aim is to help employees “forge links with their local communities by building a lasting partnership with their favourite charity”.

There is no application scheme and the choice is made by Vodafone staff. “But there would be nothing to stop a local charity making themselves known to a retail store”, said a Vodafone spokesperson.

The grants are part of Vodafone’s Giving Something Back campaign. The company is running a nationwide Giving Something Back roadshow to all its main hub sites and contact centres across the UK to promote the company’s giving opportunities. These include:

• three days’ paid volunteering time each year

• matched funding for employees’ fundraising

• payroll giving through Give As You Earn

The roadshows are open to staff only, not to charities.

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.