Corporate Social Responsibility
The Leo Group has been investing in communities for over 40 years, creating employment opportunities and assisting local economies throughout the UK.
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The social impacts of the Leo Group however, go well beyond the employment and economic prosperity.
Engaging with the communities in which we operate has always been central to our approach to sustainable growth, please see below our charitable and community engagement projects and organisations that have benefitted from our Community Fund:
Special Needs Project is the Latest Beneficiary of Leo Group’s Community Award
- 1 May 2012
The Leo Group has donated £2,200 to The Aqua Clinic, Shipley to help it fund sessions for people with autism, physical disabilities and learning difficulties.
One of the main beneficiaries of the funding will be SNOOP (Special Needs Objective Outreach Project). The not-for-profit organisation, which is based in Bradford, was established in 2000 and provides care and support for those aged between two and 25 with learning difficulties.
Amongst its regular activities are days out, a Before and After School Club, and the aqua clinic sessions.
Carol Beardmore, co-founder of SNOOP, said: “The Leo Group’s donation and recognition of our work means a great deal to all our staff, volunteers and members.
“We’re honoured to have been chosen by the company and the grant means we can continue funding these sessions at the Aqua Clinic. Without it there was a danger we would have had to pare back some of our work to the detriment of our service users.
Catherine Horn, Leo Group’s Community Liaison Manager, said: “Once again we were inundated with requests from local clubs, organisations and voluntary bodies.
“It was very difficult job choosing who was to be a beneficiary, but the application was very compelling indeed. We are delighted to be helping this worthwhile organisation provide these fun hydro sessions.
“We’d have liked to have given a grant to every applicant, but sadly that just can’t be the case.”
Other groups to benefit from previous Leo Group Community Fund donations include Bradford and District Autistic Support Group, Manorlands Sue Ryder Hospice, at Oxenhope, Northowram Cricket Club and Action for Children.
Leo Group is based in Swales Moor, Calderdale, and employs in excess of 400 people at locations across the country. The firm set up the Fund to offer financial assistance to local groups, particularly those involving young people and those in need.
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Child's Play as Leo Group Give Cash Boost to Autism Charity
- 6 December 2011
Leo Group is pleased to announce that a charity that supports people with autism across Bradford and Calderdale is the latest good cause to benefit from the community fund.
Bradford and District Autistic Support Group has been handed £1,688.17 from the Leo Group – at the forefront of the UK environmental sector with bases in Bradford and Halifax – to help fund activities and play equipment which will add an extra dimension to the social skills sessions it stages. The activities focus on social interaction, team games, new interests and creative pursuits for children aged 11-18.
The charity supports up to 600 people of all ages across Bradford and Halifax. In many parts of the community it helps, the prevalence of autism is more than three times the national average. With long-established funding streams from the NHS and Bradford Council either lost or under threat, the charity is battling to raise money from other sources to ensure its valued role continues.
It has used the Leo Group grant to purchase a new pool table, and a table top football and air hockey set. In addition, it will enable the charity to develop the social skills of young people by taking them on activity days, such as ten-pin bowling and music production sessions.
The charity, based on Caledonia Road, is the second in the district to benefit from the Leo Group’s Community Fund.
David Riley, Service Coordinator at Bradford and District Autistic Support Group said: “For more than 20 years we have provided a much-needed lifeline to people living in the community with autism and their carers.
"We are very grateful to the Leo Group for their very generous donation, which supports our plans to take our work into a new era. The money allows us to purchase a number of items for our games room as well as funding a new range of activity sessions.
"We are looking at throwing open our doors to other like-minded charities in the district, so they can also take advantage of our play facilities. This donation will therefore also benefit them.
“Like all charities we rely extensively on donations from individuals and businesses. Without them we could not provide the level of support for people with autism as well as their family members.”
Danny Sawrij, managing director of The Leo Group, said: “The fund was set up to help good causes just like Bradford and District Autistic Support Group continue and expand the important role it plays at the heart of our local community.
“We are delighted the fund has again been able to help another worthwhile local charity in the Bradford and Calderdale area.
“We look forward to seeing how the children develop through the activities we are funding."
Leo Group Announces Funding for Hospice in Oxenhope
- 6th December 2011
The Leo group community fund has made one of its first grant awards to Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice.
The Hospice already provides a bereavement programme, where trained staff and volunteers, keep in contact with bereaved relatives and help them deal with their loss. The Leo Group funding will specifically support bereavement counselling for young children between 7 and 11 and young adults up to the age of 22. Leo Group’s financial support will ensure the continuation of bereavement counselling to children and young adults.
In addition to counselling, Leo group will contribute to funding a weekend bereavement session held in the Yorkshire Dales and transport for members of the counselling groups and their close family to the Mascot Gold Cup which is held every year at Wetherby Races and is a major fundraising event for Sue Ryder.
Danny Sawrij, Managing Director of the Leo Group said, “The running costs of the Sue Ryder Hospices services amount to £2.7 million every year, and £1.6 million has to be funded from voluntary giving. We recognise the importance of the good work that the people at Manorlands Hospice do and are proud of our contribution to ensure continued emotional support for children and young adults following the passing of a loved one.”
Queensbury Name Is Set In Stone, Thanks To The Leo Group
The boulders, located at each of the main roads into Queensbury, have been provided by the company to highlight the contribution made by the community.
Brian Maguire of the Leo Group said: “We are delighted to have been given the opportunity to fund these boundary stones, which mark the approach to Queensbury.
“They pay tribute to Queensbury’s best known export, the Black Dyke Mills Band, who have helped put this part of the country on the map.”
The boundary stones were officially unveiled at a dedication ceremony attended by Queensbury’s three ward councillors and members of the band.
