Egg-citing news! Catalyst community fund makes first donation

And to provide some additional festive treats, it has also given the charity 100 Easter eggs to distribute to its clients in the community.

Catalyst Services UK has made the first donation from its new Community Fund to support a charity that runs a clothing bank from a local church.

And to provide some additional festive treats, it has also given the charity 100 Easter eggs to distribute to its clients in the community.

Bekki Williamson, pictured above, who works in the Catalyst finance department, recommended that the Catalyst Community Fund should support Our Community Wardrobe.

Based at Springhead Church, in Oldham, Greater Manchester, it provides clothes and emergency support for women and children in need.

Donating clothes

Our Community Wardrobe has been run for seven years by Sally Maher who has helped hundreds of women and children in that time.

Bekki is encouraging Catalyst employees to help out as well by donating clothes they no longer need or want to the charity.

Meanwhile, some of the Easter eggs donated by Catalyst have already been delivered to Holy Cross Primary School in Oldham, where staff members Tina and Janata, pictured, are helping donate them to local families.

Bekki said: “I’m so pleased the great work of Sally and her supporters is the first to receive a Catalyst Community Fund donation.

“It provides an opportunity for the community to provide practical support for people who may have nowhere else to turn. I hope, through clothing donations, the Catalyst team can give extra support.”

Helping others across UK

Yvonne Bardsley, Continuous Improvement Manager at Catalyst, said: “This is an ideal community initiative for our fund to assist.

“Because we have colleagues and members of our supplier network located across the UK, we hope we can eventually help others in all four corners of the country.”

Donations up to £250 can be made from the £2,000 Catalyst Community Fund to charities, community groups and other fundraising campaigns in each calendar year, based on colleague recommendation.

It is hoped the fund will encourage and enable colleagues working for Catalyst and within the company’s supplier network to champion and actively support charitable causes themselves.

Find out more

To support Sally and her project, and learn more about the work she is doing in the community, connect with her on LinkedIn.