As part of World Kindness Day, Jordayne recently posted about our team’s acts of kindness. Everyone at Mando and Mando Connect received cash towards doing some good to mark the day and I’m proud to say everyone at our Aylesbury office chose to buy food items and donate to Aylesbury Foodbank. In light of this brief mention of our support for this charity we wanted to share details of our ongoing support for good causes both near and far.
Keeping it local
Aylesbury Foodbank are part of a nationwide network of foodbanks supported by the Trussell Trust who are working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK. Using donated food items, they create food boxes containing 3 days of nutritionally balanced emergency food to support those who are experiencing crisis.
So far Mando have donated 90 meals to this local organisation, helping those in need in our area. With us all buying our own shopping on a regular basis it seems like a no brainer for us to all add some more items to our basket a few times a year. I often see the collection baskets around town at the wrong time, so Mando having a collection station in the office makes it easy for us to all get involved.
A charity close to our hearts
We have supported breast cancer awareness charity CoppaFeel! for a few years now, in a number of ways. The charity aims to help everyone stand the best possible chance of surviving breast cancer by providing education on the importance of getting to know your boobs.
We worked closely with the CoppaFeel! team by creating a partnership strategy using our unique data and audience profiling. It was a privilege to be able to use our time and resources to help the business identify partners to collaborate with and expand the reach of their important message.
In addition, our very own Becky and Leonie took part in the 2019 CoppaFeel! trek in the Himalayas, raising a magnificent sum of over £12,000.
Those of you who attended this year’s IPM awards will remember the raffle which Becky coordinated. With thanks to all of the generous donations this raised over £2,500. We look forward to a continued relationship with CoppaFeel!
Doing our bit to help the planet
Our commitment to helping build a better future and becoming a climate-positive team is demonstrated by our Million Tree Pledge. One of the best ways we can help reduce the world’s climate from rising above 1.5C is to plant trees, because they naturally sequester CO2, so Mando have committed to plant a million trees worldwide by 2030. Read more about our pledge here.
Our journey started with planting 5 football pitches of trees to mark five new client wins. So far, we have now planted over 200,000 trees to mark other important business, client or employee successes. Track our progress here.
While there are many ways we can all do our bit to tackle climate change on a small scale, it is not always at the forefront of our minds and there is certainly a personal sense of feeling like you can’t possibly make a difference. However Mando’s long term dedication to making an impact is something we’re all proud of and dedicating purchase of the trees to some of our small wins means there’s lots to applaud!
