Choosing two charities to support wasn’t something we took lightly. A survey was conducted over one week in 2021 asking all employees of Crown Gas & Power to look over our six options, which focused on four themes that are important to us all: children, end of life care, local to us and mental health.
We understood that some charities would hit home more than others to individual people so opened it up to a voting system – but this did not mean that any of the options were less important if not chosen. Bury Hospice and Rochdale and District Mind were our two chosen charities and we are proud to be supporting both of them.
They provide Inpatient Care, Outreach Community Service, Bereavement Services and have two Christie Clinics that work from the Hospice on Tuesdays and Wednesdays providing phlebotomy and chemotherapy. Bury Hospice has continued to develop their supportive care services over the last three decades – responding proactively to what their community needs.
As a charity that costs £3.5m to run each year, they have to raise 85% of the funds they need to run the Hospice through community support – every donation makes a difference:
To make a donation to Bury Hospice, please click here.
Rochdale and District Mind is independent in their funding and is not the same as National Mind but are affiliated and work with them nationally. They provide support that is needed locally in the Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale area.
They exist to ensure that people do not face mental health issues alone and can lead their lives free from stigma and discrimination. Here’s how donations help:
⦁ £5 = a 3 minute phone call with an information worker
⦁ £10 = 10 mental health information booklets
⦁ £50 = a support group for people dealing with mental health problems
⦁ £100 = a mental health awareness course for 10 people
To make a donation to Rochdale and District Mind, please click here.
To start off our partnerships in August 2021, Crown Gas & Power made an initial donation of £684.50, split equally between Rochdale and District Mind and Bury Hospice.
Continuing our support on for 2022, we are proud to announce we raised a total of £9,145.07.
The tournament was more than a fundraising effort. As our first initiative for the charities, it raised awareness of the charities throughout the business and was a chance to bring people together from all departments.
We’d like to say a massive thank you to Caroline Jones, Kersha Barber and Megan Carden for turning up and showing their support for one of our chosen charities of the year. Our support goes above and beyond raising money for our charities and we are grateful that the team are as passionate as we are when it comes to supporting our charities.
The bake off was judged by Jeanette McLaren (Siteworks Manager), Anthony Harris (General Manager), and honorary judge Kym Carden (Credit Control Team Leader) who voted for the tastiest and most creative bakes. See our article for more images and details on the winners. The event raised £75 for our charities.
As I’m sure you’ll agree the team looked great and pulled off the tacky jumpers with class and elegance! The event raised £36 for our charities.
Each week, people would pay £1 to get involved in the BYOB event and we are proud to say that the team raised £202 that we have split equally between our two charities!
The team included 22 of our amazing employees, three friends and Rebecca Steele (CEO) and Julie Smith (Finance and Business Development Manager) from Rochdale and District Mind. We are proud to announce that we raised a total of £5,257!
The tournament brought departments together from across the business, with crowds gathering for the matches as the weeks went on, a total of £165 was raised.
The team managed to raise an incredible £2,783, the total was split equally between the two company charities, to read our blog about the skydive and see our gallery, click here
13 members of the Crown Gas & Power team turned competitive, bringing in their best sweet or savoury bake, the rest of the team then filled up on cake and savouries, a total of £172 was raised, which was doubled by Crown Gas & Power, meaning the grand total was £344.
Raising £230 in the process, our worthy winners were Stuart Batty and Marius Danila
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