11th December 2020
You may remember the EMC Press Release at this time last year, click here to see it. A year on, we have just received the following. Needless to say, we are very grateful to Dawn Edwards and the East Midlands Chamber.
During the East Midlands Chamber’s AGM, it was announced that £2,800 had been raised over the past year, including from the 2019 annual Christmas lunch, pre-lockdown activities such as networking events and staff dress-down days, and individual donations.
The funding pot will be split evenly between outgoing president Dawn Edwards’ chosen charities – Chesterfield Canal Trust, The Mighty Creatives and Young Enterprise East Midlands.
The Chamber’s Charitable Fund, which was set up in 2015 to give the Chamber a platform for supporting member charities, is administered by Chamber member Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation.
Dawn said: “The sum raised is greater than we had hoped and is testimony to our members’ sense of community, which has galvanised over the past few challenging months.
“Despite the lack of face-to-face events, there is still room for generosity and kindness, and I am proud to have been able to play a small part in providing funds to these three fantastic charities.”
To see the full Press Release, click here.