Caring colleagues help to raise charity cash

COLCHESTER, U.K. - July 24, 2013 - PRLog -- Nearly 11,000 Care UK colleagues helped to raise the money by participating in a nationwide employee satisfaction survey. Teams with a 100 percent response rate were invited to help decide which charity should receive the donation – and Cancer Research UK emerged as the most popular choice.

Briony Lawton, head of organisational development at Care UK, said: “We wanted to find a way of combining our annual employee satisfaction survey with making a donation to charity. We set a target of 9,400 responses, which was the trigger for our minimum donation. After that, every additional completed survey added another contribution to the fund.

“Every year hundreds of Care UK colleagues take part in fundraising for good causes so we decided to shortlist the charities which are most often supported through our Working With The Community match funding scheme. Cancer Research UK was a very popular choice to receive the donation and I would like to thank all our colleagues across the UK for helping to make it possible.”

According to Cancer Research UK, more than one in three people will develop some form cancer during their lifetime, with the disease being most common in older people. The charity claims that cancer rates have risen by 22% in men and 42% in women since the 1970s – with large increases in the number of cancers linked with lifestyle.

Darren Couchman, area volunteer manager at Cancer Research UK, said: “The generosity of our supporters has enabled the charity to lead the world in discovering and developing newer, kinder treatments and get closer to cures. With the continued help of supporters like Care UK we can accelerate our progress against this devastating disease. Thank you for your fantastic support.”

Earlier this year Care UK revealed that during the past 12 months Care UK colleagues raised over £61,000 for charity with help from the Working With The Community scheme which sees the organisation top up employees fundraising achievements. Each year the scheme supports the Care UK people who take part in fundraising and provides thousands of pounds of match funding for charitable work.