It’s that time of year again. The lights are up, the presents are wrapped and the mistletoe is strategically positioned. But as well as being a time for family, for friends and for fun, it’s also a time for thinking of others. Unfortunately, there are many, many people in the world who are not able to enjoy the festive period
At UWM, we are committed to helping those less fortunate than ourselves all around the globe. We incorporate a sense of charity and giving back into everything that we do, and through our partnership with global business-charity organisation B1G1, we continue to make a difference to thousands of people all over the world. As of this year, B1G1 has touched the lives of more than 55 million people worldwide and our partnership with them has allowed us to help 88,313 people. That’s almost double the amount of people we managed to reach by this time last year (just over 46,000 impacts) and we are proud to continue expanding our beneficial influence on impoverished and underprivileged communities around the globe.
As we did last Christmas, UWM will be focusing our efforts this year by asking each member of our team to select a deserving cause from more than 600 which B1G1 support that is meaningful to them. By organising our charity programme in this way, each team member will be giving to a project that is uniquely important. As a consequence, UWM as a whole will be able to improve the lives of 2,252 people.
Here are the individuals projects outlined below, as picked by our team:
Charlotte – Give access to water for a person for a year.
She said: I have chosen this because even though the other causes are great, without clean water to keep them healthy and alive none of the other causes could be possible to them.
Chris – Provide an anti-trafficking community training programme.
He said: To give protection to vulnerable children.
Dean – Give 10 Marmite sandwiches.
He said: To provide a healthy source of food.
Dianne – Provide an anti-trafficking community training programme.
She said: Because children should have happy childhoods and not be at risk of sex trafficking.
George – Give medication to a child every day for a year.
She said: I would like to give a child medicine. I feel that we are so privileged to get medicine when our children are poorly so they are not suffering and I feel that all children should have this right in life.
Jonathan – Provide education materials for 1,000 children.
He said: I chose this because education is extremely important and difficult without the right tools.
Lauren – Give 25 boxes of chalks.
She said: My choice is buy some chalks’ because drawings on paving stones with chalk in the garden kept me quiet as a kid.
Liz Give access to water for a person for a year.
She said: Because it was such an important factor to people’s health when I went on my charity trip to Kenya.
Paul – Give 10 women access to family-planning awareness.
He said: To slow down the ever increasing population.
Sharon – Give computer education to 10 children.
She said: Something we take for granted, but is very important in bring kids into this century.
Stacey – Save 10 animals from illegal poaching.
She said: Because the poachers just see money in meat and fur, somebody has to protect them!
If you would like your business to make a similar difference to people’s lives all over the world by incorporating a sense of goodwill into your daily routine, please get in touch with us at jm@uwm.co.uk or call on 0113 2310202.
Merry Christmas from everyone at UWM and a happy New Year!
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Written by Jonathan Myers, Director at UWM Accountants who helps business owners grow their businesses and achieve their goals.
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