EDF Energy chooses Mencap as its charity of the year
Howard Lake | 14 March 2005 | News
EDF Energy has selected Mencap as its new charity partner. Mencap was chosen for its ability to engage with staff at a local level and develop a partnership that is integrated into several strands of EDF Energy’s core business.
EDF Energy will work with Mencap on a range of initiatives including staff fundraising, payroll giving and volunteering. Mencap will also be working with the company’s Energy Efficiency team to develop home energy efficiency measures for people with a learning disability in the UK.
Other opportunities for joint working such as Mencap’s Safety Challenge and Workright employment programme are also being explored to maximise the potential of the partnership.
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The money raised by EDF Energy will fund Mencap’s Energise programme – an accessible health, diet and fitness initiative which aims to reduce illness and increase the fitness and wellbeing of people with a
learning disability.
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.