Social Responsibility - Committed to the Community

Good corporate citizenship is high on the agenda at Wesleyan. This has been demonstrated by the work of the recently formed Wesleyan Charity Advisory Committee which has now replaced Wesleyan Charitable Trust which donated in excess of £800,000 during its 28 year history.

During it's first 12 months Wesleyan Charity Advisory Committee has made donations totalling over £60,000. A large proportion of which has been donated to Marie Curie Cancer Care, our Charity of the Year in both 2006 and 2007.

In 2008 we will be supporting many activities organised by Marie Curie including the Brain Game for a second year running.

The Committee are engaging and supporting staff in charity and social events in respect of both the Charity of the Year and other good causes.

A donation of £5,500 was made to the 2006 BBC Children in Need Appeal and £1,137 to the 2007 Red Nose Day, over half of both of these amounts were raised by Wesleyan staff who organised a whole range of activities.

Smaller donations were made to a range of charities including British Heart Foundation, Acorns Children's Hospices, Cerebal Palsy West Midlands, National Deaf Children's Society, Leukaemia Research, Birmingham Children's Hospital and Foundation for Conductive Education.