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Welcome to BAE Systems’ Charity Challenge.com

If you work for BAE Systems and are involved or would like to get involved with charity work then you’ve come to the right place as Charity Challenge is a world-wide program which has been running since 1989 to support and encourage all employee-driven charitable activities across BAE Systems. Below you’ll find some recent news and future events that are coming up but please explore the site and if you’d like more information about what we’re all about please click here or contact us.

Charity Challenge Award Ceremony - Jersey

 

 

 

 

Friday 9th May saw around 250 Charity Challenge from across the world descend upon the beautiful island of Jersey off the coast of the UK to celebrate the end of one campaign and the start of the next. The event was a huge success and was bathed in the kind of sunshine that befitted such a tremendous event. From the pre-dinner cocktails and pink Champaign on the terrace at the start of the night to the mad stampede for the dance floor it was obvious this will be one night that will stick in many people's memories for a while.

The award ceremony marked the start of the next campaign and the end of the campaign with Macmillan Cancer Support in the UK, The Alzheimer’s Association in North America and The Australian Cancer Council in Australia. The new partner charities were announced by the new Campaign Leader Kim Phipps as: US - America Supports You, UK - Sue Ryder Care and Australia The Leukaemia Foundation. For more information on these new charities please click here to visit the partner charities page.

The totals for the campaign were also announced on the evening with Charity Challenge raising an awesome GBP£6 million (USD$11.7 million or AUD$12.4 million) with employees volunteering a further 8,700 days to help good causes! These figures break down as:

Total Money raised:   £6,050,942.85
Total Involvement hours:   61,372 or 8,767 days
 
UK  
Macmillan money (includes matched funding): £1,155,753.52
Other Charities:   £1,595,830.71
Macmillan hours:  15,463
Other charity hours:  32,277
 
US  
The Alzheimer’s Association (includes matched funding):  £686,144.21 (or USD$4,156,151.98)
Other charities: £2,119,637.51 (or USD$1,340,623.39)
The Alzheimer’s Association hours: 5,304
Other charity hours:  8,031
 
Australia  
The Australian Cancer Council (includes matched funding): £95,000 (or AUD$197,245.8
Other charities:  £7,200 (or AUD$15,000)
The Australian Cancer Council hours   296
Other charities 0

There were also twelve awards that were handed out on the night to recognise some of the fantastic work that Charity Challengers have done across the globe, here are the categories and the winners - for more information keep an eye out for the next issue of the newsletter as we'll have a full run down on all the nominations and the winners:

Apprentice Innovation Challenge: Brough, UK, Military Air Solutions
Best New Comer: Minneapolis, US, Land and Armaments
Most Improved Site: Chadderton, UK, Military Air Solutions
Partnership Award: Radway Green, UK, Land Systems
Innovation Award: Weymouth, UK Submarine Solutions
Development Award: Filton, UK, Airbus

Community Award: Fort Wayne, US, E&IS
Involvement Award: Rochester, UK, E&IS
Fundraising Per Capita: Westcott, UK, Property and Environmental Services

Overall Rest of the World: Nowra, BAE Systems Australia
Overall US: Minneapolis, Land and Armaments
Overall UK: Glasgow, Surface Fleet Solutions

It really was a great night and we would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has been involved in Charity Challenge these last 18 months and we look forward to working with you all over the next 18 months and beyond. Thank you everyone!

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