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Clarity Cares edition Get in touch of clearview and stay connected We are Clarity Environmental. Founded in 2002 to help businesses comply with environmental regulations, we work with a range of sectors to reduce the impact of their business on the environment We are specialists and ensure they meet their legal obligations. We are proud to be in environmental a good business that does good, and it is our mission to help the compliance, compliance, recovery and recycling industries to make a difference. recycling and waste management.

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Email us on Clarity Cares: [email protected] Visit us at Our commitment to CSR www.clarity.eu.com 9 & 10 Hunns Mere Way, Woodingdean Business Park, Our ability to make a difference to the year, we support a range of charitable Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 6AH, England world we live in is a driving force behind organisations, social enterprises or our business. In 2018, we formalised awareness campaigns that exist to make a our commitment to corporate social difference to the world we live in, and the responsibility by creating Clarity Cares. people that occupy it. Editor This is our promise to donate at least 1 Lucy Brooks per cent of our EBITDA profits to good causes. Managed by an internal committee who meet four times a

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Our 2019 Highlights

250 miles of litter picking £50,000 donated to good causes in 2019 8 beach clean boxes

A squadron 4 of assistance dogs children on a six week surf therapy course

150 12,500 potentially life meals to those who need it saving calls most throughout London

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A message from our managing director

Welcome to our Clarity Cares edition of clearview, where we celebrate the work of our donation committee to make a difference in 2019.

David Honcoop, Managing Director

We are now two years on from our pledge to divert sustainable business practices, I would like to think over 1 per cent of our profits and contribute to that we are setting an example for our industry and good causes, and I am delighted to see that our inspiring others to do their bit. donations increased to over £50,000 in 2019 from £40,000 the year before. I am immensely proud of my team who continue to put their all into our business, helping us to grow The donations this year have ranged from year-on-year, and who have once again supported sponsoring a squadron of puppies, supporting our mission to be a good business doing good. research into microplastics and helping those without a home. It is a privilege to have worked with I would also like to extend my thanks to all of the all of these organisations that do such outstanding businesses we work with and who, by doing so, work to improve lives and make the environment have contributed to these donations. I hope you around us a better place to live. But I am also enjoy reading about how you helped us to make a delighted to see that we are inspiring our own staff difference in 2019. to make a difference; not only have our teams taken on their own personal fitness challenges to raise As our business grows so does our ability to do money, but they have also given up their time to do good and, with some exciting plans for the year good. A personal highlight for me was our collective ahead, I am looking forward to supporting an challenge to tackle the litter problem by walking the expanding number of organisations throughout distance of Brighton to Lands End. 2020.

It is my hope that we can go even further than this. By our business practicing through Clarity Cares, as well as using ethical and

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“As our business grows so does our ability to do good”

David Honcoop, Managing Director

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For the love of dogs

With our two resident Labradors, the Clarity team fully understands the joys and opportunities that a dog can bring to a person’s life. We are honoured to support two charities that are training dogs to bring independence to those that need it, changing lives for the better.

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£5,000 Donated

Disability

Claro starts next chapter of his journey

In 2018, we formed a partnership with his puppy parents, who took time to to a life as a canine partners’ assistance dog. with Canine Partners, pledging to the introduce him to places, people and other And in March, we heard the wonderful news sponsorship of a dog that will go on to dogs in a gentle and cheerful way. that Claro had been matched to a partner. transform the life of someone with a Claro has been taught the specific tasks physical disability. In December we received the news that needed for his partners’ needs, making a Claro had gone on to start his advanced huge difference to her life at home and Our commitment to donate £20,000 over training at the Canine Partners’ Midlands when out and about. the period of four years is helping to ensure Centre. He spent 5 weeks meeting his new Claro gets all the training required to make a classmates and spending time with his Canine Partners remain extremely grateful real difference to his future owners’ quality advanced trainer who settled him into his for our support and we love hearing the of life. new surroundings. latest news on Claro.

Proving to be a sweet, cuddly boy who likes During this time at the training centre, his to be close to people, Claro settled in well trainer assessed whether Claro was suited

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Sponsoring a squadron

Having seen the difference we can make by “The original ethos of our was about the sponsoring an assistance dog, in 2019 we serving and ex-service community supporting joined forces with Hounds for Heroes. Making a their own injured and disabled colleagues. This commitment to donate £20,000 over the next four was a mission that we were never going to fail at: years, we are sponsoring a ‘squadron’ of puppies providing life enhancing dogs for those who had who will provide a lifeline to a service man or proudly served Queen and Country and paid the woman living with an injury or disability. price through illness or disability.

Hounds for Heroes’ mission is to provide specially “What we had totally under-estimated was the sheer trained assistance dogs to injured and disabled level of support and backing that we would receive men and women of both the UK Armed Forces and from the public. Having companies such as Clarity Emergency Services. The charity fully funds the Environmental committing to support Hounds food, insurance and veterinary costs for the working for Heroes over the next four years is incredibly life of the dog. Through this provision, the charity humbling. Our charity motto ‘Together we can’ takes provides help and practical support to service men on a real poignancy when organisations such as and women who are injured or disabled. Clarity stand shoulder to shoulder with us on our mission.” Hounds for Heroes Vice Chair and founder, Allen Parton, was himself seriously injured whilst serving Clarity’s sponsored squadron; Lance, Captain, Scout in the Royal Navy. He founded Hounds for Heroes and Sergeant, are at the start of their journey as so that injured personnel from the military and assistance dogs and we look forward to watching ‘blue-light’ services might receive the same help that their progress. his service dog, Endal, had given him. He said of the commitment from Clarity:

Disability

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£5,000 Donated

“‘Together we can’ takes on a real poignancy when organisations such as Clarity stand shoulder to shoulder with us on our mission.” Allen Parton, Hounds for Heroes Vice Chair and founder

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Picking litter from Brighton to Lands’ End

Inspired by Keep Britain Tidy’s Great British Spring Clean campaign throughout April 2019, the Clarity team collectively walked the equivalent distance from our offices in Brighton to Land’s End in Cornwall, picking litter to raise awareness of the impact of discarded waste entering our waterways and coastlines.

Environment £1,250 Donated

Together, our team volunteered over dedication to tackle this challenge head Spring Clean has so many mental health 80 hours of their free time and walked on, working in their spare time to benefit benefits, including an enhanced sense over 250 miles during lunchbreaks and our local environment, highlighting the of community. We also know that many weekends. Last year they gathered over sheer scale of the problem of discarded those who take part feel they gain the 140kg of litter, equivalent to around litter and the damage it can do to our knowledge and skills needed to carry on 700,000 sweet wrappers, 25,500 plastic environment, whilst doing our own bit to litter picking in their local area and we bags and 370,000 plastic straws. make a difference to our local area. hope many employees will carry on litter picking all year long”. On behalf of the campaign, we donated Allison Ogden-Newton, Chief Executive £1,250 to Keep Britain Tidy, which of Keep Britain Tidy said of our challenge; We were delighted to be invited to equates to £5 for every mile completed “We are delighted with the creative way the Keep Britain Tidy’s celebration at by our team. With litter blighting our Clarity Environmental have engaged Westminster, alongside some inspiring streets, parks and beaches, costing us their staff in the Great British Spring organisations, individuals and MP’s who millions of pounds to clear up every year, Clean campaign, taking real action on had supported the campaign in 2019. Keep Britain Tidy is inspiring people the ground to collect and safely dispose to eliminate litter now and for future of litter – and offering their employees You can read more about our challenge, generations. the chance to get outdoors and help and the shocking things we found protect their local environment. We throughout the month in our blog by We were incredibly proud of our team’s know that taking part in the Great British Marketing Executive, Charlotte Briggs.

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“We are delighted with the creative way Clarity Environmental have engaged their staff in the Great British Spring Clean campaign”

Allison Ogden-Newton, Cheif Executive, Keep Britain Tidy

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A better environment for all

One of the key aims of Clarity Cares is to support organisations that are working hard to make the environment a better place. We are proud to have supported the following organisations who are making changes to improve the world around us. £5,000 Donated

Environment

Supporting the Big Microplastics Survey

Microplastics are one of the most in collaboration with the University of as well as academic institutions and critical problems facing our oceans Portsmouth, The Big Microplastic Survey government departments. Data is being and yet we don’t fully understand is a global citizen science project where gathered across the world that will help the scale of the problem or how it volunteers take samples to provide to understand the microplastics problem is impacting on marine wildlife and information about the extent and around the world. human health. In 2019, we gave a £5000 location of microplastics around the grant to The Big Microplastic Survey, world. Our grant supported the project to a project investigating the problem of achieve its goal; the development of a microplastics and mesoplastic in rivers, The Big Microplastic Survey project collective, self-sustaining and openly lakes and coastal regions. has had a huge response, both from accessible source of microplastic data for individuals who want to be involved in scientists and researchers, governments Run by UK charity, Just One Ocean, helping to resolve the microplastic issue, and nongovernment organisations.

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£2,000 Donated

Environment

Supporting refill and reuse

In 2019, we donated £2,000 to not-for- We are extremely pleased to have profit organisation, City to Sea, to support contributed to the Refill campaign, its award-winning Refill campaign. Our providing the funds to establish two new donation was used to set up two new cities. Alannah O’Rourke, Partnerships locations - Runcorn and Gower - for the manager for City to Sea said of our campaign, which helps prevent plastic donation:”The Refill Campaign is pollution by making it easier to reuse and due to prevent 100 million plastic refill your water bottle instead of buying bottles entering our waste stream a new one. by the end of 2019, and this growth wouldn’t be possible without our over The campaign works by connecting 200 volunteer-led community Refill people looking for water with tens Schemes. We’re delighted that Clarity’s of thousands of Refill stations across funding has allowed us to grow two new the UK via a location-based app. With schemes which will be working in their over 20,000 participating cafes, bars, communities to inspire change and restaurants, banks, galleries, museums tackle plastic pollution at source.” now signed up to the scheme, it is estimated that 10 million single use bottles could be saved if all the refill stations were used twice daily.

Environment

Donating our environmental expertise

In addition to monetary donations, which accommodate 500 entrants, more Officer at Rise, said: “We’d like to thank Clarity Cares has also enabled us to give environmentally friendly and sustainable. Clarity Environmental for not only staff time and expertise. As a long-time Our environmental assessment included supporting us financially, but for sharing supporter of Rise, we are proud to have a climate footprint report of the current their expertise with us to make our collaborated with the charity to help events and recommendations for 8K Undercliff Run for Women more reduce the environmental impact of changes to goody bags for participants, sustainable. These events are crucial their large-scale events. pre-participation communication and to raise funds for our domestic abuse Rise supports victims of domestic placement and provision of bins. Our services, but it’s important that we abuse and violence and runs two main recommendations have formed a three- reduce the impact they have on the annual running events to fundraise, year plan to reduce the carbon footprint environment, particularly when our increase awareness and connect with the of the charity’s challenge events. 8K race takes part in an area of such community. The organisers came to us to outstanding natural beauty as the get advice on how to make these events, Nicola Davis, Senior Communications picturesque Saltdean undercliff path.”

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Educating students on our changing £3,000 Donated climate

The Young People’s Trust for the Environment was set up to encourage young people’s understanding of the environment, helping future generations to make decisions about how they want to shape their world for the future. Climate change is one of the greatest threats to humanity and we are delighted to have supported this charity by helping to fund a video that can explain climate change to young people. Narrated by Actor and Presenter Cel Spelman, the video will be shared in primary and secondary schools to children in years 5 to 9, providing a valuable resource that will help provide students with an introduction to climate change.

You can watch the video here

Environment

Helping to protect a

living legacy £3,000 Donated World Land Trust is an international conservation charity that protects the world’s most biologically significant and threatened habitats. As well as managing sites across the world, the charity owns Kites Hill, which is located in the Cotswolds and was donated to the charity as a living legacy and to ensure it was forever protected.

Our donation will be used by World Land Trust to help them continue to improve Kites Hill site for wildlife and people to enjoy. Our donation will contribute towards essential maintenance of the site and will support an update of signage and interpretations boards, which provide information to visitors and have not been updated for many years.

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Providing beach £2,000 clean boxes to SAS Donated

Our work with Keep Britain Tidy and Whale and reduce reliance on single use plastic. and Dolphin Conservation highlighted the Through the provision of beach clean boxes importance of litter picks and beach cleans. and the regional reps for Surfers Against One of the organisations working to fight the Sewage, there have been 2012 beach cleans plastic pollution on our beaches is Surfers organised, with over 62,000 volunteers, Against Sewage, and we donated £2,000 to collecting over 93 tonnes of plastic in 2019. the charity to beach clean kits that are helping communities tackle plastic pollution on beaches.

Our donation provided 8 beach clean boxes, which contain tools such as buckets, reusable “Surfers Against Sewage sacks, gloves and shovels, as well as vital scientific monitoring and education materials. are championing beach With marine litter and ocean plastic being found even in the deepest parts of the ocean, Surfers Against Sewage are championing cleans, education and beach cleans, education and campaigns to ensure we keep our coastline free from litter campaigns”

Environment

Supporting a sustainable human £2,000 population Donated

With the world’s population topping 7billion, choosing to support Population Matters. our earth is struggling to cope. Population The lasting impact that a growing human Matters is a UK organisation that campaigns population is having on our planet’s resources to achieve a sustainable human population, to and environment is an increasingly urgent protect the natural world and improve people’s issue, yet it is still difficult to fund our work. To lives. Sir David Attenborough is a patron of quote our patron Sir David Attenborough “All this charity and our donation will help the our environmental problems become easier organisation to promote positive, practical, to solve with fewer people, and harder - and ethical solutions – encouraging smaller ultimately impossible - to solve with ever more families, inspiring people to reduce excessive people” so a donation to Population Matters consumption and helping us all to live within really does make a difference.” our planet’s natural limits.

Julie Lewis, Head of Supporter Services, said of our donation to the charity: “On behalf of everybody at Population Matters, I would like to thank your donation committee for

Environment

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Giving back to those in need

We encourage our customers and suppliers to recommend the causes that mean something to them or their business. We are delighted to have donated to a number of organisations last year that are providing support to those working in the industries we are involved with.

The Felix Project

No one should have to miss a meal, yet thousands In addition to providing healthy meals or snacks of children go to school hungry each morning in our to those that need it, the Felix Project’s schools capital city, young mothers skip meals to feed their programme offers a way for primary schools in families, elderly people are malnourished and those London to actively contribute to reducing food with a mental illness are often ignored. Meanwhile, waste. Free of charge, the charity provides a weekly our food industry generates almost 2 million tonnes delivery of healthy surplus food that is made of good, edible surplus food each year. available to children and their families to take home and enjoy. Importantly, the charity also runs Set up to tackle both issues, the Felix Project collects interactive assemblies that help pupils (and staff) fresh, nutritious food that cannot be sold, delivering to understand the reasons why so much food in it to charities and schools so they can provide our country is wasted, what happens to food if it is healthy meals and help the most vulnerable in not eaten and what we can all do together to stop our society. The charity, which was set up in 2016, wasting food. estimates that around 1.5 million adults in London alone struggle to afford to eat every day, with We are delighted to support the Felix Project and 400,000 children at risk of missing the next meal. our £5,000 donation will enable the charity to provide 12,500 meals to those who need it the most Working with a range of retailers and suppliers, across London. after checking that it is fresh, they ensure this food is delivered to vulnerable people.

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£5,000 Donated

“Our £5,000 donation will enable The Felix Project to provide 12,500 meals to those who need it the most across London”

David Honcoop, Managing Director

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Looking after the

lifeblood of the £1,000 automotive industry Donated

Ben is a welfare and social charity that supports those who have worked, or are working, in the automotive industry. Having been involved in the industry for many years ourselves, recycling lead acid batteries, we are delighted to have donated to Ben, who looks after the lifeblood of the automotive industry – its people. The services this charity provides ranges from support to those struggling with financial issues, to helping those with a physical injury. The charity currently has a large focus on improving mental health within the automotive industry, helping businesses and individuals to provide support, training and wellbeing improvements.

Social Welfare

Supporting the £1,000 grocery industry Donated

Grocery Aid provides help to people who currently, or have previously, worked in the grocery industry, providing financial, emotional and career support as well as legal advice.

Grocery Aid has been looking after the grocery industry for 162 years and we have donated on behalf of our members who work in this industry. With their work they cover a vast array of areas to support from mental health and loneliness to short- term and long-term financial aid. Over the past year Grocery Aid have helped 15,784 people and we look forward to seeing how our donation will be used in the coming months.

Social Welfare

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Supporting local families £500 our business for many years, providing HR Donated Once again, we lent our support to a local support and we were delighted to support the fundraising event run by the Adur Special charity that provides such a valuable service Needs Project (ASNP) in 2019. This fun for children and their families in our local area. event has children and their families going on the hunt for a range of characters from their favourite books, films and television programmes, with a prize given to the family to find all the characters the quickest. The Clarity team chose to sponsor legendary pirate of the Seven Seas, Jack Sparrow, who was joined by Stormtroopers, Marvel Superheroes, Harry Potter and Disney Princesses. “we were delighted to

ASNP supports local families with children support the charity that who have special or additional needs and disabilities such as Autism, Fragile X Syndrome provides such a valuable and ADHD. Heidi Rush, event organiser and one of the Charity’s trustees, has worked with service”

Social Welfare

Donating on behalf £1,000 of our customers Donated

On behalf of one of our packaging compliance received and one respondent was then picked members, we donated to Kirkwood Hospice at random to select a charity of their choice. in 2019. This charity based in Huddersfield, We are delighted to have been able to support West Yorkshire, have given care to people a charity that means so much to one of our living with life-limiting illnesses for 30 years, customers. providing support for their families and friends free of charge. Whether at the Hospice, in the home or out in the community, the charity makes sure that those in their care have the opportunity to live the best quality of life “we donated £10 for every possible, making the most of the time they have left. Our donation was made to thank member who responded our packaging compliance members for taking part in our annual customer survey. We made a promise to donate £10 for every response to our survey”

Social Welfare

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Helping to improve lives

As an ethical and caring business, we recognise the positive impact our charitable donations can have to help improve lives and provide support to those that need it most. “surf therapy is life changing for our young people” £1,250 Joe Taylor, Donated The Wave project CEO

Donating to surf therapy

With our office located by the sea, we funds for four children to go through a six- understand how the great outdoors can week therapy course, which has been proven benefit your quality of life. And when we to help increase confidence and reduce heard about a charity that uses the natural anxiety. Joe Taylor, Wave Project CEO, said of environment to help children and young our contribution: “Thanks to the donations people suffering with anxiety, health and of generous companies such as Clarity trauma, we were inspired to offer our support. Environmental, we are able to support more young people in the water and build their Run by volunteers, The Wave Project was confidence and self-esteem through surfing. originally based in Cornwall but now operates Surf Therapy is life changing for our young all over the UK providing surf therapy. Our people and the importance of supporting it £1,250 donation in 2019 will provide the cannot be underestimated.”

Social Welfare

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Giving a helping Harvey’s Gang hand tours

£1,500 £1,000 Donated Donated

Team UnLimbited is run by Stephen Davies a Harvey’s Gang was set up to enable children to computer-aided design engineer who was himself understand more about their own healthcare and born without a hand. In his own search for a help them overcome the fear of having blood tests. prosthetic, he met IT consultant Drew Murray and The charity was formed in 2013 after Harvey, a the two joined forces do develop a charity that little boy who had spent many weeks in designs, builds, and fits 3D prosthetic limbs to after being diagnosed with leukaemia, asked what children born without them. happened to his blood samples. It was arranged for him to visit the pathology laboratory so that he Nominated by a member of our team, Clarity Cares could find out more. After seeing the difference donated £1,500 to Team UnLimbited in 2019. With the visit had made to Harvey, Chief Biomedical each device costing around £30, our Clarity Cares Scientist, Malcolm Robinson, founded Harvey’s donation of £1,500 will pay for 50 limbs. Lottie is Gang. The charity has now expanded to 90 sites, just one little girl who has benefitted from this spreading across the whole South Coast and as far wonderful charity. With her 3D ‘superhero arm’, away as Tasmania. Clarity Cares donated £1,000 to complete with rainbow and glitter, Lottie has this charity in 2019, which will enable another 20 been able to grip and pick things up for the first children to go on tours. Malcolm Robinson, Chair time using her left arm. Her mum, Michelle Dale of Harvey’s Gang, was blown away by the donation: explained how vital the work of Team UnLimbited “Wow, what can I say! Thank you to Clarity for your is: “As parents, we want Lottie to feel as normal as help and support. We are a small charity with big possible. With a difference that can be challenging. aspirations. We still have a way to go and £1,000 When she wears the superhero hand no one notices means a huge amount to us as it is allowing us to the actual arm beneath; they see the superhero fund another 20 children to have Harvey’s Gang hand and her excitement when completing tasks tours, by supplying white lab coats and goody bags.” like throwing a . We can’t thank Clarity enough for your kind donation to what is a very worthy cause.”

Disability Health

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Over the Wall

activity camps £1,000 Donated Over the Wall provides free activity camps for seriously ill children, young people and families. Many children with serious illness miss out on childhood fun and friendship due to endless hospital stays. With fully qualified doctors and nurses as volunteers, Over the Wall camps are a clinically safe environment for children to build confidence and self-esteem, whilst making friends and having fun. Camps are run for children with serious illness, siblings and weekend family camps. With an estimated 50,000 children and young people in the UK living with a serious health issue the opportunities provided by Over the Wall can make a wonderful difference to quality of life and future development for these children. Our donation of £1,000 will pay for two families to attend a camp.

Health

Campaigning £1,200 against male suicide Donated

Suicide is the single biggest killer of men under 45 in the UK and one charity, CALM (The Campaign Against Living Miserably), is a leading movement against male suicide, running a free and confidential helpline and webchat 7 hours a day, 7 days a week for anyone who needs to talk about life’s problems.

Last year the organisation says it directly prevented 675 suicides. With each call or webchat costing £8, our donation of £1,200 to CALM will help the charity to answer 150 potentially lifesaving calls.

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“We can’t thank Clarity enough for your kind donation to what is a very worthy cause.”

Michelle Dale

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£1,000 Donated Up for a challenge

Our team are just as passionate about Clarity Cares as we are. In turn, we are committed to encouraging their efforts to challenge themselves physically and give up their time to support some wonderful organisations.

Running for heroes

Our continued commitment to event was dedicated to fundraising Get Involved supporting Rise led us to sponsoring for the children’s counselling service, You can still donate to all of the two staff members, Hayley Bosworth a much-needed resource for children wonderful charities mentioned and Charlotte Briggs, £500 to take part affected by domestic abuse. In addition in this quarters clearview. in the charity’s annual Heroes Run. Rise to the money we donated to support Please use the ‘charity logo’ helps women affected by domestic our team of heroes, we also donated buttons located next to each abuse, offering practical help that an additional £500 to sponsor the 8km of our Clarity Cares stories to ranges from direct advice to refuge marker, helping to spur the participants make a donation of your choice. accommodation for those whose lives on as they near the end of their run. A donation, no matter how big are at risk. or small, will undoubtedly help improve lives, protect nature The Heroes Run is a 5km or 10km and make the environment race, with participants donning their around us a better place to live. favourite superhero outfits. This year’s

Social Welfare

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A 50km walk for cancer

Marketing Executive, Charlotte Briggs, Curie do first-hand, offering end of life for our family during a difficult time. I also bravely took on The North Downs care to her Grandma last year. was blown away by Clarity’s generosity 50 Challenge this year, walking an donating towards this challenge. impressive 50km to raise money for Completing the challenge in 10 hours With any charity every little helps, but Marie Curie. Clarity Cares has sponsored and 12 minutes, with the help of Clarity getting such an amazing donation, Charlotte £2,500 for the 32mile trek over Cares, Charlotte raised over £2,800 which supplemented by the generosity of the North downs. can provide 140 hours of nursing support family and friends, is going to enable in someone’s home. Marie Curie to continue to provide Marie Curie does an incredible job across support for those with terminal illnesses.” the UK, supporting those living with Charlotte said of the challenge: “After terminal illness, by providing hospice providing amazing support for my care and volunteers to help carers and Grandma twice in 2019, her wish for her families. Charlotte signed up to the ultra- funeral was not for flowers but for a small distance after seeing the work Marie donation to a charity that did so much

Health

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A half marathon on behalf of Children’s Trust £2,500 Donated In 2019, Marketing Analyst, Edward live the best life possible. Taking part Heyne, completed his first half marathon in the event was difficult but it was and, together with girlfriend Ella, raised an incredible experience, particularly £2,500 for The Children’s Trust. After because it enabled us to raise vital funds some small injury setbacks, we were for this wonderful charity.” hugely impressed at his finishing time of 1 hour 50 minutes, which was testament We are so pleased that both Ella and Edd to his determination and dedication to decided to undertake such an impressive training. physical challenge whilst raising money for a charity close to their hearts. Edd said of the experience: “The ambition behind The Children’s Trust is to give all children with brain injury and neurodisability, the opportunity to

Health

£1,000 Donated

Cycling for Whale and Dolphin Conservation

Not content with running a half marathon in 2019, Edd also completed the London to Brighton cycle challenge in September 2019. Having been inspired by the work they do to protect whales and dolphins across the world, Edd joined a team from Whale and Dolphin Conservation and cycled a gruelling 55 miles, raising money for the charity.

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“I was blown away by Clarity’s generosity donating towards this challenge” Charlotte Briggs, Clarity Environmental

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Whilst it should be a time of festive cheer, for many people Christmas can be the most difficult time of the year. We are committed to supporting charities that do their bit for those who are without adequate support, are facing homelessness, or who, for many reasons, finds this time of year tough.

£2,250 Donated

Social Welfare

Supporting homeless charities at Christmas

Being based in Brighton – sadly one of one in every 200 people is homeless this cards, our staff decided to give money the homelessness hotspots in the UK Christmas. In Brighton, where our offices to this national charity. Clarity Cares - charities that support those without are located, 3,876 are homeless, which donated an additional £1,000 in support a home have always been close to our equates to one in 75. of this homeless charity and the efforts of hearts. And during the winter months, as our team to fundraise on their behalf. we get close to Christmas, we are always In support of The World’s Big Sleep committed to donating to organisations Out, we donated £1,250 to The Big Issue that are helping to support those without . a home. We also donated £1,000 to Crisis. Once A new report by Shelter has revealed that again, instead of sending Christmas

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A new report by Shelter has revealed that one in every 200 people is homeless this £1,000 Donated Christmas

Social Welfare

Supporting The Big Wrap

We are delighted to have supported Network and Sussex Homeless Support. those who may otherwise wake up on The Big Wrap, a city-wide secret Santa Christmas morning without one. campaign that provided presents to Throwing our support behind the members of our community that could campaign, we donated over £1,000 otherwise be without at Christmas. worth of gifts, as well as inviting our staff Organised by Brighton Girl - an online members to buy an extra present when community for women living in Brighton out shopping. The gifts were wrapped – alongside local businesses, the Big by our staff and delivered by Jimmy Wrap encouraged people to donate Dorrell, Head of Sustainable Business presents to the service users of three at Clarity, to the local charities in time Sussex based charities; Rise Survivor’s for Christmas, providing presents to

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