UK contributions.

Total contribution to third sector.

Year 2007 2008 2009 2010
Amount donated £2,400,000.00 £ 3,519,626.00 £3,258,300.42 £ 3,801,871.67
Year on Year change - 147% 93% 117%
Total contribution to third sector:        

Management time:

Management time          
Location coordinators’ costs to work in our communities £77,222 £77,220.00 £- 100% CSR Roles now fully funded by business
Making a Difference Awards to reward employees and suppliers for community work £17,438 £7,113.45 £58,536.00 823% We have increased our commitment to encouraging Employees and Suppliers to get active with our CSR Strategies
Group CSR function costs £126,677 £127,011.00 £266,945.00 210% We′ve invested further in having CSR Professionals in our businesses to drive the strategy through our business
Total £221,337 £211,344.45 £325,481.00 154%

Charitable investments:

Community Investment Headlines 2010 2008 2009 2010 Year on Year Change Notes
Our UK employees support causes they are passionate about through Give As You Earn and Individual Matched Funding and location fundraising days (includes Matched funds) £1,572,327.00 £1,249,637.79 £1,346,241.53 108% Employees have continued to match fund and give to charities month in month out during the year. 12.4% Give as they Earn and 10.2% took advantage of our Charity Matched Funding Scheme
Our US employees raised monies for "Not for Profits" organisations. £296,274.00 £385,278.00 £538,609.00 140% Converted to UK Currency as at 31/12/ of each year. 66% of US employees were involved in raising funds in 2010
We encourage the development of corporate governance skills and 52 (2009: = 58) school governors receive support for their schools £39,837.00 £47,750.00 £38,750.00 81% School governors have reduced slightly in 2010. In 2010 we will relaunch this scheme.
Our Young and Excellence Scheme supported 19 talented youngsters including athletes and musicians (Closes 2010) £44,152.00 £46,250.00 £41,400.00 90% Decision to wind down scheme. Funding will cease Dec 2010 as decided by Group Charity Committee
We fund community projects around our main locations and with our Intermediaries in the UK and 560 (568) charities and not-for-profit organisations have benefited in this way which our employees and intermediaries got involved in nominating or supporting £845,542.00 £656,787.33 £723,874.79 110% We have seen an increased need to support intermediaries and business partners in their charitable efforts throughout the recession.
We provide expertise and assistance for community projects, which amounted to the equivalent of 893 (657) days with a commercial value as a gift in kind £161,922.00 £118,008.00 £219,480.59 186% We have actively invested in supporting employees to do Skills Based volunteering including our Smart Scheme, Money Money Money and KPMG Social Entrepreneur Mentoring
Donation of L&G Locations and Premises as Gift in kind (CAF, FSI, Crimestoppers etc) £- £12,583.85 £15,976.00 127% We have seen new demand for charities to use our facilities across the UK as another way of supporting Charities
Key Groupwide Projects related to making better informed decisions in line with our Groupwide Campaigns of Housing Matters, Health Matters, Savings Matters, Sustainable Property Matters, Good Governance Matters, Pensioner Poverty Matters. £338,235.00 £530,661.00 £552,058.76 104% Deliberate shift in funding model to work with Partners in the Third Sector who work on societal issues relevant to our businesses of Saving, Insurance, Pensions and Investment Management
Total £3,298,289.00 £3,046,955.97 £3,476,390.67