Pictured above: Stirring stuff for fundraisers - (back row)
Julie Mobbs and Richard Johns join (front row, left) Sidrah Ditta
and Susan Chorley (right), all of Pertemps People Development
Group, to present Natalie Bridge (centre) of Macmillan with the
money raised by them and their colleagues
Birmingham and Black Country workers were stirred into action by
a national coffee morning to raise funds for cancer victims.
Staff at employment experts Pertemps People Development Group's
(PPDG) offices in Birmingham, West Bromwich, Walsall,
Wolverhampton, Smethwick and others collected £700.
They handed the money to Macmillan Cancer Support after staging
a variety of fundraising activities to support the World's Biggest
Coffee Morning. Nationally, the company raised more than
£2,000.
PPDG's PR manager Phil Pemble said: "This gesture is testament
to the wonderful giving ethos of our employees who so often put
others first with their charitable giving. Our thanks go to
everyone who got involved."
PPDG workers across the UK contribute each month to a payroll
giving scheme and have donated more than £120,000 to good
causes and charities, many supporting the disabled and
disadvantaged. PPDG, which has its headquarters in Birmingham, has
been recognised by the Institute of Fundraising as operating one of
the best payroll giving schemes in the UK.
PPDG's team of employment experts provide advice on benefits,
confidence building, one-to-one support, CV and interview
preparation as well as finding the right job or training course. In
partnership with DWP, the Ministry of Justice and Jobcentre Plus,
PPDG delivers a diverse range of employment and training
initiatives including Flexible New Deal, Working Neighbourhoods
Fund, Learndirect and many ESF funded programmes. More than 100,000
job seekers have been helped into sustained employment by the
company since the projects began. It has trained 130,000
people in vocational skills, and over 175,000 people have
benefitted from professional information, advice and guidance
services.