APR Charity Day 2024
The 28th November 2024 saw APR staff come together and embrace one of our key company values, ‘We Care’! On our 9th annual charity day, staff across the business donated a proportion of their days’ pay to charities that were nominated and chosen as important to us.
Our staff therefore focused on what they do best: their jobs! And the APR partners generously doubled staffs sacrificed donations. Over half of the business took part in the day working hard and participating in a fun and educational cryptic treasure hunt that highlighted the work our chosen charities do.
APR are keen to support charities that are important to our staff, and as such the charities that we chose to support on Charity Day 2024 were nominated and voted for by our staff. We’ll provide a short summary of the choices we made below; if any of these charities resonate with you, donations are always welcome on their web pages.
Alone (Ireland) – Alone
- Alone is a national organisation in the Republic of Ireland that enables older people to age at home happily, securely and strongly connected to their local communities.
- Alone work with older people, including those who are lonely, isolated, frail or ill, homeless, living in poverty, or are facing other difficulties.
- They provide a point of contact for access to healthcare, social care, housing, transport and other needs using technology and other services and activities, with a goal to improve physical, emotional and mental wellbeing.
Crisis (UK) – Crisis
- Crisis are a national charity for people experiencing homelessness, as well as helping people out of homelessness, they also campaign for the changes needed to solve it altogether.
- As the weather gets colder, everyone deserves a warm place to sleep at night. Crisis has offered shelter, food, warmth, companionship and other services to people experiencing homelessness in the UK since 1967.
Dementia (UK) – Dementia UK
- Every three minutes, someone in the UK develops dementia – it’s one of the biggest health challenges of our time. No-one should have to face it alone.
- Dementia UK operate a free, confidential Dementia Helpline, staffed by dementia specialist nurses who provide information, advice, and support with any aspect of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease.
CHUMS (UK) – Chums
- CHUMS Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Service for children and young people was founded 25 years ago .
- CHUMS is a social enterprise, which provides therapeutic support through a unique service delivery model to ensure that children and young people are able to access a service that supports their individual needs.
- CHUMS operate a multitude of mental health services, including a Trauma service, bereavement services and a disability friendship scheme.
We are very grateful to the continued generosity of our staff and the APR partners resulting in another successful Charity Day and another year of supporting charities and causes that are important to us and our local communities. We would also like to thank our supported charities for their input and support to help us do our best for them and to fully understand and appreciate the importance of the work they do.
APR has always valued what is important to our staff; in fact, in May we held a fantastic Charity month which raised funds for the Samaritans. Throughout the year we have also supported our staff teams getting involved in various charity challenges, including runs, hikes, assault courses and Christmas Appeals that our local offices opted to support. We can’t wait to see what challenges we can take on in 2025 and how we can continue to support the causes that our staff are most invested in.
Aileen Clements
January 2025
