Bog snorkelling and mountain climbing
are just two of the ways staff from Riverside have helped to raised
over £24,000 for WaterAid over the last three years.
In 2009 the housing association pledged to
support WaterAid as its chosen charity for three years. The
organisation is on track to meet its fundraising target of £25,000
by the time its official support ends on 31 March.
Ronnie Clawson, Director of Corporate Services
said: “We are overwhelmed by the generosity of our colleagues,
especially since a lot of this money was raised during the economic
downturn and alongside regular fundraising for other
charities.
“There have been lots of great fundraising
events going on across Riverside and staff have really pushed the
boat out for this worthy cause. From coffee, cake and even curry
mornings, to golf days, raffles, bike rides, midnight walks, bog
snorkelling and mountain climbing. We also launched a One Hour’s
Pay Campaign where staff could donate an hour’s pay to WaterAid
directly from their salary.”
WaterAid works in some of the world’s poorest
countries, helping to provide one of the basic human needs –safe
water.
Ronnie added: “We chose WaterAid because safe
water is one of the most basic human needs and something which many
of us take for granted. 884 million people across the world do not
have access to clean water and many of them have to travel long
distances for water which is contaminated or even shared with
animals.
“In today’s world no one should have to use
dirty water and even the smallest of donations can help WaterAid
transform the lives of people around the world.”
The £24,000 raised so far is enough to: enable
1,600 people to access clean water, improved sanitation and hygiene
education; pay for six schools to have a rainwater harvesting
system; buy 480 hand pumps; or pay for 40 rainwater harvesting
tanks.
Other charities Riverside staff have supported
over the last three years include: Cancer Research UK, Breast
Cancer Care, Zoe’s Place, Meningitis Research, Roy Castle Lung
Cancer Foundation, North West Air Ambulance, Lennox Children’s
Cancer Fund and Barnardo’s.
For further information visit our Corporate Responsibility pages.