Across our markets we have a variety of programmes and charities that focus on making a difference and giving back. Employee involvement is encouraged and offers an opportunity for people to take pride in the positive impact they and Britvic can make.
We offer community volunteering days to employees, and the range of charities they support is as diverse as the workforce itself.
100
schools
have benefited from Bounce Forward sessions thanks to Britvic support
Over the last two years Britvic has proudly supported the charity Bounce Forward. Focused on prevention, not crisis management, its tireless work is concentrated on transforming the approach to mental health in the education system. It’s been inspirational for our employees and raising our collective understanding of psychological fitness has connected brilliantly to our internal passion for wellness. Employees got involved in many ways including over 180 individuals nominating local schools to access the training, as well as fundraising and taking part in the employee lottery which raises charitable funds.
Our head office has been in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire in Great Britain since 2012. This year we have continued to work with the Hertfordshire Community Foundation, which offers businesses like ours support to achieve their charitable giving objectives and helps local projects to thrive. Since the Britvic fund’s formal inception in 2013, we’ve supported 11 projects, awarding over £42,000 with over 777 local beneficiaries.
Recognising the pressures many independent retailers faced and continue to face, especially during the cost of living crisis, we launched our initiative in March for five customers in Great Britain to win £1,000 each towards their store’s energy bills.
Providing similar support for the hospitality sector in Great Britain is the Licensed Trade Charity and it was one of the fundraising beneficiaries of a VIP cricket experience day in September, in association with the Robinsons’ sponsored Lashings World XI. Only A Pavement Away was the other beneficiary. The charity’s mission is to help people out of homelessness and into the hospitality trade.
Hitting the quarter of a million mark when it comes to drinks donated to anti food waste charity FareShare in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Since the partnership began in 2019, we’ve given 293,200 250ml serves to over 2,280 charities.
At the same time, we recognise brands have the power to benefit communities.
Tango has entered the third year of its partnership with youth charity The King’s Trust. This funding will help youngsters unlock their potential and give them access to one-to-one support including counselling, education and careers advice.
For over a decade, MiWadi and Trick or Treat for Sick Children are joining forces for Halloween — having raised over €3.9m of vital funds for Children’s Health Ireland to date.
Meanwhile, this summer, for the second year running, our early careers team in Great Britain invited six students to shadow employees for a week, in a variety of functions from legal to engineering. This was in partnership with the upReach, an award-winning social mobility charity that wants everyone to have an equal opportunity to realise their full career potential, regardless of their background.
Since 2021, we’ve worked with The Rivers Trust to improve river health and water quality near production and business sites in Great Britain. As well as our stewardship commitments, the partnership provides many rewarding volunteering opportunities for our teams.
Employees from several Great Britain based sites have volunteered to improve river conditions in the River Roding in Wanstead Park, in the River Bulbourne, clearing invasive species floating pennywort and Himalayan balsam and picking litter from the River Sowe.
