Helping Charities

Throughout my business life I have worked with a couple of charities and have offered my help as and when needed. My first encounter was back as a kid, I must have been ten years old if that. I was in Mansfield walking to see my Grandma and outside Woolworths (now closed of course) was a group of blokes on cycling machines doing a fund-raiser for a kids charity. I think it was called Whizzkids?

Anyway, I spoke to a lady there who allowed me to get on one of the bikes and start pedalling, gave me a bucket and started collecting coins. Me being the youngest one there I managed to collect loads. In the meantime my Grandma was wondering where I was. After a few hours I got tired and made my way to my Grandma’s and apologised for being so late. She understood once I told her that I had been helping raise money for children.

From that day I got the satisfied feeling that I had took a few hours out of my day to help a cause and hopefully make a difference to someone’s life (or lives) and throughout my life that one thing must have changed my thought process or made me naturally considerate towards those who help others or those who are less fortunate than myself.

I am now approaching 26 years old, still think the same and have helped out a few charities over the past ten years. One of those is the Action for Children or as it was formerly known, NCH. I somehow got introduced to the local area manager who I soon built up a good relationship with and offered my internet marketing services setting them up with a facebook page.

More recently there has been a campaign in our local area for the soldiers who have lost their lives. This campaign has done very well and has had support from over one hundred Mansfield businesses. There is also a Military Parade to support the Mansfield’s Heroes Campaign which will see the whole of Mansfield backing the cause. We have recently provided the organisation with a free website as well as support with their facebook campaign.