A million reasons to feel better

It’s not often that a company invites its employees to give away £1,000,000, but health and wellbeing group Simplyhealth has given each of its 1292 employees a massive £774 to spend with one of 15 chosen charities.

Of the £1,000,000 Simplyhealth employees donated £46,336.26 to First Step Trust.
This charity offers people with enduring mental health problems, learning disabilities and other disadvantages the chance to work.

John Mambe, Work Site Account Development Manager, Simplyheath (left)
presents donation to Peter Barnard, Business Development Manager, First Step Trust

Ronnie Wilson, CEO of First Step Trust said “The people we work with have often experienced years of isolation and exclusion. They quite literally take their own first step towards recovery when they join one of our projects. Donations
like this one consolidate that process and remind our people that despite their situation, there are a lot of people out there who want to see them succeed.
We would like to thank everyone at Simplyhealth and to assure them that the donation will be put to good use for the benefit of people who are working hard to manage their difficulties in order to gain employment and independence.”

Every year Simplyhealth donates significant sums to charity and worthy causes and there are many opportunities for employees to make a difference in their local communities. This is the first time though that every employee could do something so significant.

Simplyhealth Group Chief Executive Des Benjamin said, “When I walked around the office everyone was genuinely excited at the thought of donating such a large sum. The atmosphere has been incredible. Simplyhealth is about making
a difference to people and I think that we have made a real difference to these charities and to all our employees.”

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