Teams of volunteers from Sky have been volunteering at Age UK Plymouth Mount Gould centre and in the community as part of a new charity partnership.
Headed by Sky field operations colleagues Victoria and Claire, teams have supported veterans projects, delivered thousands of magazines and flyers across the city, supported Coronation Celebrations and carried out a huge garden project. Tara Dale, Age UK Plymouth head of fundraising, said:
“The team manager, Vicky, could not be more helpful and passionate about supporting us. When she first visited us here at Mount Gould with her colleague Claire, they were overwhelmed at the level of support the charity provide for people aged 50 plus and those living with dementia in the city.
“Since then, they have become real ambassadors for Age UK Plymouth and are always looking at ways they can help our clients further. They have a real focus on helping relieve loneliness and when they saw the work we do, it has become a perfect partnership.”
Sky’s Victoria said:
“Working with Age UK Plymouth’s passionate team has been a pleasure. Their dedication to charitable support is evident in the bustling groups and engaged volunteers. We are excited to continue this flourishing relationship!”
The partnership between Victoria’s team and Age UK Plymouth has not gone unnoticed with many praising the alliance and the individuals who have worked tirelessly to identify opportunities and make them happen.
“The relationship that has been built in Plymouth is heart-warming and really brings to life Sky’s initial mission on tackling loneliness and truly supporting the community we serve,” said Vish Bagga, head of field at Sky, Home Service. “I hope we can mirror this across all our regions.”
Richard Curtis, team manager at Sky, Home Service added:
“The relationship that has built up with Age UK Plymouth should be the template for the rest of the business. We used to call it corporate social responsibility which in short meant that we turned up somewhere for the day, painted a scout hut or similar and were never seen or heard of again. The relationship with Age UK Plymouth is so far removed from this that it is unrecognisable and all the better for it.”
At the beginning of summer a team of 14 engineers from across the South West took a day to work on the garden at the Mount Gould Centre. Weeding, raking and painting in torrential rain. Now the garden is a tranquil and peaceful place for volunteers, colleagues and guests at the short term care centre to spend some time relaxing.
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With help from the volunteers two editions of Prime Magazine and many hundreds of flyers have also been distributed across the city.
“I’m so grateful to the support from Vicky and the team with distributing our literature,” said Bryony Rawson, head of communications.
“As a charity we take great consideration into every penny we spend, when it comes to producing our magazines we do everything in house to help keep costs down. It’s really important to us to make sure that we’re producing communications in mediums that everyone can access. Having a team of volunteers to distribute our magazines across the city is a huge benefit to us and gives that precious time back to our tiny team.”
