Community Broker - Giving back through charity
The Kennington office believes strongly in the ethos of giving something back to both local and worldwide charities that help people lead better lives everyday.
Since we opened in January 2003 £1 has been allocated for charity with every policy incepted (new and renewal) and Customer Satisfaction Survey returned.
Funds Raised to 31.12.2010 – £6,417
Funds Raised in 2010 – £1,490
To date we have made/allocated the following donations:
2003 – £361 Donated to Diabetes UK
Rajan with Anne Hayward of Diabetes UK
Diabetes UK is the largest organisation in the UK working for people with diabetes, funding research, campaigning and helping people live with the condition.
“Thank you very much for the cheque for £361, I am delighted that you chose Diabetes UK as your charity of the year. This money will be banked immediately and used to improve the lives of people with diabetes and work towards a future without diabetes.
With very best wishes Anne Hayward, Development Manager Diabetes UK “
2004 – £604 Donated to SURYA Foundation
Surya Foundation was formed in 2003 with the aim of helping the UK South Asian community to live more successfully with Diabetes. Their commitment is to do this by nurturing greater awareness, knowledge and empowerment within the community.
“We gratefully acknowledge the kind donation of £604.00 you have recently forwarded on behalf of Coversure Insurance Services to Surya Foundation. Your support is appreciated very much and further strengthens our work in the area of improving Diabetes health outcomes. We wish to commend your exemplary “Giving Back to the Community” charitable scheme and wish you continued success.”
Yours sincerely,
Achala Patel
Co-Chair
Surya Foundation
2005 – £594 Donated to CFDC – Project Reach – 2004 Tsunami Relief
The project is being implemented in Werellana, a small village south of Colombo, near Hikkaduwa. The village comprises of 106 families. The monies donated by Coversure Kennington will be used to purchase sports equipment for the community centre.
Visit www.cfdc.co.uk for more details.
2006 – £562 Donated to Southwark Diocesan Centenary fund
This Charity (Reg. No: 1104477) is part of the Souwark Diocese of the Church England which helps Children and Youth Projects within Southwark area. They have so far supported 39 projects by awarding over £70,000 in grants ranging from £300 – £4,000. The Trustees include the Bishops of Southwark and Croydon.
2007 – £806 donated to various causes
- £150 donated to Lions Club of Swiss Cottage for Worthy Causes (15th May 2008)
- £200 donated to Jon Snow BBC Radio 4 Appeal for The Refugee Therapy Centre (also our client)
“Thank you for your generous contribution in response to our BBC Radio 4 Capital Appeal. We sincerely appreciate your help. Your help will enable us to provide this much-needed service to a greater number of individuals and families.”
-- Aida Alayarian, Clinical Director
- £200 donated to Uganda Medical Mission (01st August 2008)
“The medical camp in Jinja, Uganda, was a life changing experience and I can only humbly thank you for your support which helped make it happen. We saw up to 1000 patients/day split between 4 main tents. These were ‘Eye care’, ‘Dental’, ‘General medicine’ and ‘Paediatrics’ (Childrens Medicine). There was also a 5th tent from a local organisation who were doing HIV testing. The eye camp dispensed glasses as well as dealt with eye diseases.
One case which stands out in my mind was a very ill child who was brought in by his mother. He was rushed to a private hospital where the mission paid for the immediate blood transfusion needed to save his life. Patients were queuing up from 6am and having to wait at least several hours. Many patients also suffered from malnutrition and associated medical conditions. So we decided to provide food throughout the day, everyday, to anybody who had registered with us for care. It would consist of a simple but balanced meal and water. On the final day the Ugandan Minister for Health visited the camp. I can only thank you once again and hope that your support can be counted on in future, perhaps in person if not financially! Volunteers, medicines, equipment, glasses etc are all needed, so if you are able to help in any of these ways for future camps, please do let me know.
However, the work we did really was a drop in the ocean. We did see many people, and did the best we could for them but looking back there is so much work that needs to be done. Health education and setting up links with local schools are some of the things being discussed so that the drop may at least create a larger ripple. The photos are available on the website: www.vasantlakhani.com
Chetan Morjaria”
- £206 donated to Lions Club of London Kingsbury China Earthquake Appeal (August 2008)
- £50.00 donated to Robert's Charity Run (Cancer Research) – http://www.justgiving.com/tandrnicholls (January 2009)
2008 – £924 donated to various causes
2009 London Marathon Runners – 26th April 2009
A very happy Tracy after the marathon and her well deserved medal
- £50 Tracy Coates of APC Insurance – Raising money for The Rainbow Trust Children's Charity; they support families who have a child with a life threatening or terminal illness. They provide Carers for practical and emotional support to all family members within the family home and at its two respite homes. With more funds they will be able to support more families with better facilities – www.rainbowtrust.org.uk Charity Registration No 1070532
Tracy raised £400.00 for The Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity and completed the run in 4 hours, 21 minutes and 7 seconds.
- £50 Terry McDonald (client) – Ran for Roy, Only 43 years old. Roy had a very short fight with throat/lung cancer (approx from finding out to passing away 5 months). Terry raised ~£700.00 for The Cancer Research UK Charity and completed the run in 4 hours and 09 minutes
- £50 to Anthony Nolan Trust (Hemant Patel – client) Our client’s two sons Jay and Kishan participated in the 10km annual National BAPS Sponsored Family Walk & Fun Run for charity on Sunday 26 April 2009
- £50 Patrick Gordon of gclean.com Limited in aid of British Heart Foundation by taking part in the London-Brighton Bike Ride on Sunday 21st June 2009
- £462 to Better Lives Foundations – Medical Camp in Sierra Leone, West Africa – www.betterlivesfoundation.org ; Coversure Kennington supported this project by donating 50% of the funds raised in 2008 to keep in line with our promise to fund overseas causes as well as UK based charities. Better Lives Foundation (Sept 09)
- £262 donated to Children in Need BBC appeal
2009 – £1,076 donated to various causes
- £538.00 donated to “Eagle Nest” – a projected undertaken by St John’s College in Sri Lanka (which is the “alma mater” of Mike Navaratnarajah). 520 Internally displaced students have been given admission to St John’s College with free education, and among them 222 have been given free hostel accommodation. Chundikuli Girls College has given admission to 50 internally displaced students with free education, and among them 20 have been given full educational scholarship with free hostel accommodation. We are sponsoring a young student Mr S Dilakxan. See attached for more details.
- £50 to Barnardo’s (Hemant Patel – client) Our client’s two sons Jay and Kishan participated in the 10km annual National BAPS Sponsored Family Walk & Fun Run for charity in April 2010
- £40 to Cancer Research UK through Towergate Patrick “Wonky” Milk Chocolate Bar raffle. We were pleased to support this cause with an insurer we work closely with and in the knowledge that the Towergate Charitable Foundation matches all donations £1 for £1 (May 2010)
- £50 to Youth Trip to South Africa Katie Malem from Policyfast done a Parachute jump to raise £3,000 for her younger brother to have the opportunity to go South Africa and play cricket – Coversure Kennington was very pleased to be able to donate!
- £50 to British Heart Foundation (Juzar Jeevanjee) Our client completed the London to Brighton bike ride on 20th June to help raise funds for the British Heart Foundation, riding with the Biker’s Delight Fundraising team – Well done to all!
- £120 donated in September 2010 to Kennington Association for their Secret Santa parcels scheme. The scheme has been run for over five years to help make a brighter holiday for needy families by providing them £40 supermarket vouchers and treats. The scheme is known as ‘Secret Santa’ because no one from Kennington Association knows who the recipients are, so no one needs to feel embarrassed or indebted to anyone else.
- £100 donated to Mr Kamal Amin who went to trek Mount Kilimanjaro in Kenya (17/09/10 to 27/09/10) and raise funds for Cancer Research UK
Kam is director of AA Mac Limited an Apple Mac care specialists firm www.aamac.co.uk
- £50 donated to Rajan Patel – “On 24th October 2010, I will join thousands of others to participate in the Great South Run – a 10 mile (16km) run in Portsmouth. I am doing so to help end the devastating effects of Motor Neurone Disease (MND). By making a pledge on my behalf, you are helping to support those affected by MND as well as promoting vital research into this devastating disease. I have chosen this particular event having witnessed a work colleague, who only recently stopped work, suffering from MND. Not only do I want to help her, but also the many others diagnosed with MND. MND is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that attacks the upper and lower motor neurones. Degeneration of the motor neurones leads to weakness and wasting of muscles, causing increasing loss of mobility in the limbs, and difficulties with speech, swallowing and breathing. MND kills 5 people every day in the UK. My goal is to try and raise at least £1,000 from the event”
Rajan is director of Clarkes Stationers. Established in 1982, it is a family owned stationery supplier business with a wide range of over 30,000 quality stationery products. They pride themselves on giving a personal service and provide customers with a range of shopping facilities; Online, In-Store and Over the phone. www.clarkesonline.co.uk
- £78 donated to Children in Need BBC appeal (November 2010)
2010 Funds – Donated to date
- £25 donated in March 2011 to Dale Cole “Pork Chops” for running the British Heart Foundation Wyre Forest 5 KM Jog and raise money for this very worthy cause.
- £25 donated in June 2011 to Janet Fay for doing the Great North swim on Sunday 19th June. It's a challenging open water one mile swim across Windermere, as you can imagine part of this challenge is the extreme coldness of the lake. The charity Janet fund raised for is the Calvert Trust an outdoor activity centre do amazing work. To see a 95 year old abseil and a paraplegic chap sail a boat makes you realise that despite disability anyone can tackle anything if they set their minds to it.
- £50 donated in August 2011 to Macmillan Cancer Support. “On Thursday 29th September 2011 we are holding a sponsored ‘waxathon’ to see how many legs we can wax in one day with the Grand finale of waxing Gareth Coverdale from Coversure Insurance Services (Huntingdon) hairy mans legs!”
- £51 donated October 2011 to MDCF a UK based charity has dedicated it's efforts to support the Super Speciality Hospital, Kheda, Gujarat, India. This charitable hospital is based in Sokhada, Kheda, Gujarat, India. The hospital is managed by a local a team of trustees, with the appropriate skill mix. This is a non-profit health-care facility in the developing world. In recent years, the project has grown from small outfit to the current hospital with expanding services and upgrading their facilities. The expansion programme has emphasised the introduction of new diagnostic services and the raising of the quality of care to international standards.
- £50 donated October 2011 to Juliet Turnbull from our Shirlaws Business Coaching team. “On Friday night (07th October 2011) Juliet took part in the Byte Night's national ‘sleep out’ – over 250 people in London slept outside on the grass between the London Major's office and Tower Bridge to raise money for Action for Children one of the country's leading children's charities who look after youth homelessness. Gosh does it get cold – I had 5 layers on, a sleeping bag and a ground mat but at 3 am the wind really picked up and we all huggled together for warmth. The key is to wear a bobble hat!!! We are the lucky ones we could go home to our warm houses and beds when for thousands of children this becomes their way of life. We raised over £550,000 – thank you very much to Coversure Kennington for their sponsorship”
- £100 donated in November 2011 to ‘MOVEMBER; a Campaign during November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces in the UK and around the world. The aim of which is to raise vital funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men. Coversure Kennington was proud to support Himanshu (Tinu/Roy) Patel, Naaman Jalee (Rugby Coversure Office) and Rudi, Lee and Rob from Datamatters
