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Back in 2016 staff asked channelcentral to create a Charity Committee. Since then two charities have been supported: SNAP! and Special Effect.

These charities are local to channelcentral’s offices in the UK. The Committee felt that our support would make a greater difference to their operations, than a National Charity. Furthermore, the Charities resonate with channelcentral’s own skills and experience. The donations are based on staff fund raising which is matched by the Company. Charities:

• SNAP! provides support for the parents of children with special needs.
• Special Effect uses high tech solutions to allow people with severe disabilities to enjoy computer gaming.

channelcentral has also made one-off contributions to International Relief Organizations following the Houston and Guatemala natural disasters.

Recent charitable fundraising success
In the last financial year fundraising included a WII Sports Challenge, Spring Clean Sale, Summer BBQ and Pop Quizzes.

Time for Giving
In addition each staff member can take one working day a year, away from the workplace, to undertake charitable work or volunteering. Staff can also spend time selling off old Computer assets on eBay to raise money (including the work to securely wipe all data).

Flexibility
Since 2016 we’ve listened to staff and changed our policy accordingly. Every charity event is optional. Staff can apply for funding for other charities and we’ve extended that to sponsorship. We’ve also put in guaranteed values so that not everything is dependent on staff fundraising.

Tim Moyle, CEO, actively encourages the company’s charitable efforts:

‘Our aim as a company is to have a positive impact on our customers’ businesses and staff; our charity activities are an extension of this. To see the work that our charities undertake is so impressive, and so rewarding to see our staff connecting across the organization, in a way that might not happen otherwise.’

We believe that we are making a difference to people who are supported by our Charities.

More Info:
channelcentral page: Charity