The City Giving Day 2021 campaign began on Monday 1 March with an online event. Every year the September event sees businesses and organisations in the City and beyond Go Red and make some noise about the power of charity, giving and philanthropy. This year’s event will take place on Tuesday 21 September 2021. CEO Caroline Wright introduced the virtual launch, welcoming nearly 190 people, and telling everyone what the Lord Mayor’s charity partners Place2Be, OnSide Youth Zones, Samaritans and DofE have been doing during the pandemic.
The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor Alderman William Russell then spoke about how the number of organisations involved in the event had increased significantly in the last few years and why he had set the target of involving a record 692 organisations this year, as he was 692nd Lord Mayor. Last year the event raised £300,000 for good causes. Jan Foster, Programme Manager for City Giving Day, explained that this event was the opportunity for businesses to shout about what they are doing for philanthropy and charity.
This was followed by representatives from 3 City businesses describing their key charitable activities as examples of how businesses could raise money. Fiona McArthur, Community Investment Manager at Skanska explained how they support the communities they work in through their Lend A Hand week, an opportunity for employees to volunteer their time. Pranathi Praveen, a financial services manager at EY, described the day as one ‘of celebration’ and they ran a variety of activities that enabled people to celebrate giving, lend their time, and raise money for charity. Then finally Samantha Barnwell at Nomura, explained how they ran a hybrid gardening event.
The launch event concluded with break-out sessions that enabled participants to exchange ideas on how they might support the 2021 City Giving Day Event.
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