Company seeking charity partners
A Sunderland business has launched a search for regional charity partners.
BGL Group, a digital distributor of insurance and household financial services, has a goal to positively impact 250,000 lives and donate £3million to good causes by 2020.
The company employs more than 700 people at its contact centre in St Catherine’s Court, Sunderland.
The launch of its ambitious new regional charity partnership programme, the BGL Make a Difference Fund, will see an additional £160,000 used to support local charities based close to BGL’s five key sites in Sunderland, Peterborough, London, Wakefield and across the channel in Paris.
Through the BGL Make a Difference Fund, each site, including Sunderland, will fund a key project or initiative to benefit people in the local area, working in partnership with a locally-based charity partner, selected via a company-wide vote.
BGL is also keen to build a close and collaborative partnership with its chosen charity in each region to facilitate regular volunteering and fundraising by people across the group, with partnerships lasting for a minimum of two years.
Every site will also receive funding to activate regional sponsorship programmes in the local community.
Charities interested should email csr@bglgroup. co.uk
All interested charity partners will be sent an information pack with further details on how to apply.
Entries are open now, with the window for applications closing on August 31.
The selection process will take place during September with a view to the partnerships starting in early October.