BGL Group commits to donate £3m to poverty reduction courses over five years
Howard Lake | 6 September 2012 | News
Insurance specialist The BGL Group, whose brands include comparethemarket.com and Dial Direct, has announced its new Corporate Social Responsibility strategy, which includes a commitment to donating £3 million to good causes by June 2017. It will focus on organisations that work to reduce poverty.
International
At international level, The BGL Group will work with Plan UK and Build It International to establish exclusively funded buildings and projects that help reduce poverty in areas that need support, including Guatemala and Zambia.
National
The BGL Group’s national charity partner is youth charity The Prince’s Trust. The five year partnership will provide volunteering opportunities for BGL employees to support disadvantaged young people.
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Local community
At a regional level the BGL Group operates three ‘City Teams’ in its UK locations; Sunderland, Coventry and Peterborough. These committees identify needs within their local community and offer support as appropriate, with a particular interest in schools.
Individual
On an individual basis, BGL provides employees with support and funding towards charities of their choice. Employees can have their own fundraising efforts matched by the Group up to £500. In addition, all BGL employees are entitled to one day per year as paid leave to take part in volunteering.
Peter Winslow, Chief Executive Officer of the BGL Group, said: “Over the past three years, employee dedication and commitment to various charity activities has directly contributed towards the Group donating more than £1 million to charity, including more than £210,000 to the NSPCC and £300,000 to Marie Curie Cancer Care.”
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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.