2012 Annual Report - Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc

Sustainability review
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Our communities
Helping in our communities
The Group encourages its employees to
be involved in contributing their time and
resources towards improving the quality
of life in the communities in which they live
and work. We have a keen sense of our
community obligations and encourage
a positive approach to our community
relations, organising community events
and activities worldwide.
Charitable donations
The Spirax Sarco Group Charitable Trust
(‘Trust’) meets regularly throughout the year
to determine its donations to registered
charities in the UK and worldwide.
The Trust focuses its donations in the
following major areas: social services
(particularly for the less advantaged,
disabled or abused), education, health care,
arts and the environment. In addition, it also
makes donations to charities that support
recovery efforts following natural disasters.
This year the Trust made 45 donations,
ranging from £750 to £15,000, in
accordance with its charitable donations
policy, to a total value of £132,000.
Donations made by the Trust included
£10,000 to Open Door, a local Cheltenham
charity founded for the relief of poverty,
hardship and distress among the homeless.
Winston’s Wish, a national charity that
helps children to rebuild their lives following
the death of a parent or sibling, received a
donation of £5,000, while the National Star
College, which provides further education,
training and development for young people
aged 16 to 25 with complex physical, sensory
or learning disabilities, received £15,000.
In addition to donations made by the Trust,
our operating companies worldwide made
many donations to local charities and social
organisations. Charitable donations made
by our operating companies amounted
to £40,000 during 2012, giving a total of
£172,000 across the Group.
As well as the charitable donations made by
the Trust and our operating companies, our
people have independently undertaken many
fundraising events to raise money for a wide
range of worthwhile causes. Examples from
the UK include donations to the Frenchay
Unit Neuro Club, based on a children’s ward
of the Bristol Royal Infirmary and to the
British Heart Foundation.
Spirax Sarco Korea service club
In Spirax Sarco Korea there is a club
called ‘Help’ which reaches out to the
disabled and less fortunate in the local
community through giving time and
money to help those in need.
During winter, the club members deliver
coal and welfare packages to those less
fortunate than themselves.
Group charitable Trust donations
(2008-2012) £‘000
2008 81,000
2009
86,000
2010
112,000
2011
2012
132,000
132,000
Design a bike event, US
Spirax Sarco Inc sponsored a bicycle
charity event for the Boys and Girls Club
of the Midlands in Blythewood,
South Carolina. Over 150 employees
assembled and decorated bicycles
for 18 excited children.
At the end of the event the children
arrived to pick up their new bikes.
Stephen Gow, Director of Marketing,
commented, ‘Giving back to the
community was a great experience.
All the employees had a lot of fun.’
36 Spirax Sarco Engineering PLC Annual Report and Accounts 2012