CHARITY CHALLENGE:
PUTTING SOMETHING BACK
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Egg-cellent effort
BAE Systems Submarine Solutions employees show off some of the 500 Easter eggs the company and Ulverston and District Motorcycle Club helped collect. They eggs were handed out to a loacl special needs school, and to children in hospital.
Above: Paula Short, of BAE Systems Submarine Solutions, receives a cheque from Adam Scargill, managing director of Jordan Nuclear, who sponsored a rugby match between apprentices and graduates.
SUPPORTING WORTHY CAUSES
Charity work is high on the agenda at BAE Systems Submarine Solutions with hundreds of thousands of pounds donated to worthwhile causes each year.
Every 18 months the company nominates a partner charity for its Charity Challenge, when over that time it commits to raising funds for a particular organisation. In recent years, Submarine Solutions has lead the way above all other BAE Systems business units with more than £318,000 raised during the current campaign with six months to go.
Its current partner is St Mary's Hospice and already the company is well on the way to raising another substantial amount.
Recently it has:
• Donated £17,500 to 25 separate local charities via its Give As You Earn scheme in which employees give a percentage of their monthly earnings.
• Supported more than 200 charities in various projects and initiatives.
• Backed national campaigns, such as Wear it Pink Day and Red Nose Day, raising thousands of pounds in the process.
• The annual Keswick to Barrow Walk is organised with the help of BAE Systems employees and in 2008 raised more than £200,000 for charity.
• Organised other events including quiz nights, golf competitions, bingo evenings, bag-packing and much more. The Charity Challenge team is continually looking for new fundraising ideas.
