# Stagecoach launches Giving for Good

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/06/14/stagecoach-launches-giving-for-good/
- Published: 2022-06-14T11:20:12+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**UK bus and coach operator Stagecoach has announced ‘Stagecoach – Giving for Good’,
an initiative that supports its ongoing commitment to donate 0.5% of its pre-tax
profits each year to charitable causes.**

At the same time it named the four national charities that it will partner with –**
Missing People**, the **Trussell Trust**, **Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity**
and **Happy Days**.

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## Choosing charity partners

The four charities were chosen by a process that included asking its 24,000 employees
to vote for their preferred charity. The charities represent the key themes that
Stagecoach is committed to
supporting:

 * promoting health and wellbeing
 * supporting young people, skills and employment
 * addressing loneliness and social isolation
 * and increasing accessibility and opportunity.

The selection was also designed to reflect the 42-year-old company’s new Sustainability
Strategy, which “sets out [its] vision to use the power of public transport to create
better places to work and live.”

This includes pledging to partner with charities to create improvements and developments
for the communities it serves. These partnerships “will help raise awareness of 
the charities internally and externally and support the charities in the work they
do”.

Marc Atkins-Turley, Stagecoach Director and Chair of the Giving for Good Committee,
said:

> “We are extremely proud to have partnered with four fantastic causes that are 
> close to the hearts of our
>  people.
> “Each partnership offers unique opportunities to help support our communities.
> From people who
>  go missing or need support after a loved one has gone missing,
> to people facing financial hardship who need support from their community foodbank,
> and to children who without the generosity of others would have less quality of
> life. These charities represent some of the people we serve and I am proud that
> we are able to partner with them to grow awareness and help make a real difference.”

“We are pleased that our Stagecoach – Giving for Good initiative is helping us to
support these great
charities and we look forward to seeing these partnerships develop
over the next 12 months.”

## ⏎ Community Fund

In addition to partnering with the four national charities Stagecoach supports local
charities via its Community Fund.

Applications are now open on the Stagecoach website for charities to apply for support
with time, resource, donations or sponsorship from both the central [Giving for Good Scheme](http://www.stagecoachgroup.com/about/acting-responsibly/community)
or via their local operating company.

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