Centrica staff raise £370,000 for NCH
Howard Lake | 31 May 2006 | News
Thousands of employees from Centrica, whose brands include British Gas and Dyno, have raised more than £370,000 for NCH, the children’s charity, through their year-long campaign ‘Helping Children Shine’. The company contributed an additional £30,000 making a total donation of £400,000.
The money will help 32 of NCH’s projects across the country, which work with vulnerable children and young people to reach their full potential. These are projects such as the Walsall Resource Centre who, thanks to this donation, will be able to organise free trips for children with disabilities, where they gain new experiences, take part in team building activities and work on raising self-esteem.
Centrica and British Gas staff were involved in a range of fun activities to raise money for these vulnerable children and young people, from an adventure weekend in the Lake District to firewalking. The highest fundraisers were from Centrica in Edinburgh who raised an £37,000.
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In addition to employee fundraising, Centrica also helped NCH conduct a survey examining the lives of the UK’s 175,000 young carers. The research identified that young carers spend on average 20 hours per week caring for a sick parent or relative.
NCH works with 160,000 children, young people and families providing services through nearly 500 centres across the UK. Without the support of organisations such as Centrica, the charity would not always be able to deliver a service to children in local communities.
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.