Hays, the leading recruiting expert, has raised over £50,000 for the national homeless charity End Youth Homelessness through a series of fundraising events over the last six months.
Fundraising events include a regional football tournament in the South East raising over £800, a raffle in New Malden which raised over £5,000 and sleep out events across the country which raised an impressive total of £28,000 combined.
Hays aims to raise £100,000 for End Youth Homelessness, which will help over 80 young people get into employment, education and training through the End Youth Homelessness Employability fund.
The fund will provide homeless young people with individually-tailored support to work towards their career goals, whatever their previous education or work experience.
So far, the amount raised will help nearly 50 homeless young people get into education, employment or training. End Youth Homelessness has been Hays’ charity partner since July 2019.
Simon Winfield, Managing Director of Hays UK and Ireland, said: “We’re extremely proud to have raised such a significant amount for End Youth Homelessness in the first six months of our partnership. Our staff across the UK have been creative with their fundraising efforts, which are directly helping towards providing homeless young people with education and employment opportunities.”
Nick Connolly, Managing Director of End Youth Homelessness, said: “A huge thank you to all the Hays colleagues who have supported End Youth Homelessness to date. The money raised will have an enormous impact on the lives of homeless young people across the UK, providing them with dedicated help to build the skills, confidence and high aspirations needed to get into work. By helping young people to gain an education and a job, we can equip them with the tools they need to escape homelessness for good.”
Picture caption: Hays staff at a charity regional football tournament; employees at charity Sleep Out events.
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About Hays
Hays plc (the "Group") is a leading global professional recruiting group. The Group is the expert at recruiting qualified, professional and skilled people worldwide, being the market leader in the UK and Asia Pacific and one of the market leaders in Continental Europe and Latin America. The Group operates across the private and public sectors, dealing in permanent positions, contract roles and temporary assignments. As at 30 June 2019 the Group employed 11,500 staff operating from 265 offices in 33 markets across 20 specialisms. For the year ended 30 June 2019:
– the Group reported net fees of £1,129.7 billion and operating profit (pre-exceptional items) of £248.8 million;
– the Group placed around 81,000 candidates into permanent jobs and around 254,000 people into temporary assignments;
– 18% of Group net fees were generated in Australia & New Zealand, 27% in Germany, 23% in United Kingdom & Ireland and 32% in Rest of World (RoW);
– the temporary placement business represented 57% of net fees and the permanent placement business represented 43% of net fees;
– Hays operates in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Chile, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE, the UK and the USA
About End Youth Homelessness
End Youth Homelessness (EYH) is a national movement to end youth homelessness in the UK.
EYH brings together local charities to tackle youth homelessness on a national scale.
Each EYH charity works in its own way to meet the needs of local young people; all sharing a belief in giving homeless young people the opportunity to turn their lives around; build high aspirations and move on to successful and independent lives.
EYH charities work directly with over 30,000 young people who are amongst the most deprived in the UK.
Members:
The charities supported through End Youth Homelessness are: 1625 Independent People (Bristol), Aberdeen Foyer (Aberdeen), The Amber Foundation (Surrey, Wiltshire, and Devon), St. Basils (West Midlands), The Benjamin Foundation (Norfolk), Centrepoint (Barnsley, Bradford, London, Manchester, and Sunderland), Llamau (Wales), MACS (Northern Ireland), The Rock Trust (Edinburgh, Glasgow, West Lothian), and Roundabout (Sheffield), Step by Step (South of England).