corporate responsibility report - Virgin Trains

Supporting charities
As proud partners with CLIC Sargent from 2010 our people came together to raise £500,000
which has gone towards the care for children and young people with cancer and leukaemia.
CLIC Sargent provide clinical, practical, financial and emotional support with the aim to help the
whole family deal with the impact of cancer and its treatments. Although the partnership has
ended we remain passionate about the work achieved by the charity.
This might include ‘giving cash’ through payroll giving and fundraising, ‘giving time’ through
team builds and volunteering opportunities, and ‘giving stuff’ through donating items to
charitable causes.
We have also worked closely with the Princes Trust and Centro, where a group of individuals
were selected through a specially designed recruitment event. The selected individuals have
been given the opportunity to work within the Princes Trust and Centro to learn and develop
new skills that will equip them for future employment.
We support Virgin Unite’s aim of “giving cash, giving time and giving stuff”. This involves
every Virgin Trains employee to undertake at least one action that will improve the social and
environmental lives of others.
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