Domino Celebrates A Year of Giving

December 17, 2024

A Cambridge company has supported more than 40 different charitable causes during 2024 – both through employees’ fundraising projects and direct donations.

 

Domino and its employees have helped local, national and international charities with a total sum of nearly £32,000, many of which are reliant on external funding to survive.

 

Regional causes helped during 2024 include: Bar Hill British Legion, Bar Hill Cricket Club, Bar Hill Fete, Bar Hill Primary School, Air Ambulance, Comberton United Football Club, Cottenham Theatre Workshop, Dry Drayton School and Girton United.

 

Alzheimer’s UK, Parkinson’s UK, Woodlands Trust, Brain Tumour Charity and Mental Health UK were among the national charities receiving support and this year, an international educational charity, the Children of Kabale in Uganda, benefitted from funds to help establish a school for local children.

 

Two sponsored fundraising events were held in memory of former colleagues: the Susan Palmer Memorial Cycle and Walk in aid of the Sue Ryder Hospice and the Martin Hiddleston Race Across The World Challenge, undertaken by a team from Domino Liverpool to raise funds for the British Heart Foundation.

 

There were seasonal initiatives too, with employees completing walks, runs and growing moustaches for Movember, the annual men’s health initiative, Christmas Jumper Day in aid of Save The Children and a visit by Domino’s Santa and Elves to Castle School in Cambridge to deliver gifts for the pupils with special educational needs.

 

Sharon Viccars, Domino Internal Communications Manager, said: “2024 saw another successful year during which Domino continued to support a range of charities, regionally, nationally and internationally. We are very grateful and proud of the many employees who enthusiastically took on challenges to raise funds for these very worthwhile causes. As a business, we believe in giving back and recognise that it’s important to help charities which in many cases need donations to survive.”

 

In addition to supporting its communities through charities, Domino furthered its links with education, hosting a visit from a local college to raise awareness of careers in manufacturing and participating in a Physics At Work initiative at Cambridge University’s Cavendish Labs.