Exertis staff raise £125,000 for mental health charity

Staff Reporter

May 8, 2024

Exertis employees have raised £125,000 for Mental Health UK from golf days, bake sales, dress-down days, raffles and tech sales.

Exertis employees have now voted to select eight local charities including six hospices, one homeless charity and one teenage cancer charity.

The full list is: St Michael’s Hospice in Basingstoke, East Lancashire Hospice in Burnley, Overgate Hospice in Elland, St Clare Hospice in Harlow, Prospect Hospice for Hypertec, Teens Unite for MTR, The Big Issue in Snetterton and DougieMac in Stoke.

Mental health continues to be a focal point for Exertis. The distributor trains internal Mental Health First Aiders to support and provide mental health information and guidance withy awareness days such as Time to Talk Day, World Wellbeing Week, and Mental Health Awareness Week.

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UK Telecoms Innovations Network appoints Ian Smith as its new head

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VMO2 and Accenture join forces to develop apps for enterprise 5G private network sector

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Focus Group chalks up its eight acquisition of the year

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Staff Reporter

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