Print this pageBGL Group News
- BGL Group donates £10,000 to charity at Annual Management Conference
- Fusion Peterborough appoints new Contact Centre Manager
- Further growth for Fusion Coventry means 80 new jobs
- Junction Strengthens E-commerce Capability With New Appointment
- Fusion Apprentices Help Spruce-up Local Primary School
- BGL Group Supports WWF-UK With a Further £52k Donation
- More News...
Charities
Our Charities of the Year
The BGL Group's chosen charities for April 2010 to April 2012 are Marie Curie Cancer Care and WWF-UK, as selected by a company-wide vote by employees. The Group is undertaking a host of activities to raise much-needed funds for these worthy causes. BGL has also provided a donation to WWF-UK which will support a vital project to protect tigers in the wild.
Our previous charity partner was the NSPCC. We smashed our £100,000 target for the charity, mainly through the huge success of our inaugural Charity Trek, where 23 employees raised funds to join an expedition to South Africa. Click here for more details.
The total raised by BGL to help the NSPCC support children who are vulnerable to abuse was £210,000.
For more information about our recent charity activity, please see our News section
Support for local communities
In addition to our Charity of the Year, we support causes in the local communities in which we operate. At each location a staff committee meets monthly and has responsibility for making donations on behalf of the company to local charities and good causes, based on requests from staff and representatives in the local community.
We have formed relationships on a local level with schools in deprived areas of Coventry and Sunderland, Sue Ryder Care in Peterborough as well as supporting many other local causes.
Great Fen Project
The BGL Group is corporate sponsor of the Ramsey Heights Countryside classroom at the Great Fen Project. This is a major habitat restoration project to create a 3,700 hectare wetland between Huntingdon and Peterborough.
Company matching policy
We always support our employees in their fundraising. Any employee participating in a sponsored charity event can apply to have their donations matched by the BGL Group.
Give As You Earn
A Give As You Earn system is in place for staff to donate to their chosen charity via payroll.
Volunteering
We also participate in regular community initiatives close to each of our offices. Recent projects have involved:
- Helping to transform the Cornerstone Centre in Hillfields, Coventry
- Gardening and decorating at a Orton Goldhay Community Centre, Peterborough
- Landscaping the Belmont Allotments in County Durham
- Gardening and painting at Eyrescroft Primary School in Peterborough
- Building a 'wise woman's hut' and brush clearing at the Great Fen Project
