SBIA PARTNER PROFILE PALE BLUE DOT® RECRUITMENT
Pale Blue Dot® Recruitment partnering with COPE Galway “We design our fundraising initiatives with both our people and our charity partner in mind”, says Anthony Griffin, Managing Director, Pale Blue Dot® Recruitment
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laying a role in the community and supporting local is of high priority at Pale Blue Dot® Recruitment.
We have integrated CSR into our business strategy and are committed to giving back and positive action. Our chosen charity partners are COPE Galway, who provide so many services to the local community, supporting those who are most in need. As a local charity COPE Galway works to improve the lives of some of Galway’s most vulnerable people. The charity delivers vital services and supports for people who are homeless, women and children experiencing domestic violence, and older people. COMMUNITY SUPPORT In 2019 COPE Galway responded to the needs of 2,984 people in Galway who were experiencing homelessness, domestic abuse, and older people in need of social and nutritional support. COPE Galway continues to provide an array of services to older people in the community including Meals on Wheels, Lunch Clubs and Community Support. We have been involved with COPE Galway for several years working as volunteers. My initial involvement was providing support as a delivery driver for the Meals on Wheels service, delivering hearty meals with friendly conversation to elderly clientele. I’ve also got involved in the capacity of food rescue volunteer, calling to partnered supermarkets to save
Accepting the ‘Best in Corporate Social Responsibility’ award at last year’s National Recruitment Federation awards. From L-R: Sohini Mitra, Patrick Hughes, Olivia Kennedy and Anthony Griffin food that would otherwise be going to landfill. The food is returned to COPE Galway HQ where it is then sorted and distributed for use at several shelters across the county. ADAPTING AND GROWING During 2020 the charity had to adapt its services in response to the current pandemic, reconfiguring operations to create safer environments for clients and introducing new services to help reduce isolation, loneliness and stress—such as virtual homework clubs for children of families supported via homeless services and a telephone befriending service for older people. At Pale Blue Dot® we adapted our fundraising plans alongside them. We create each of our fundraising initiatives with both our own team and
COPE Galway in mind. Our most recent ‘300 and 60 challenge’, is completely our own design and was inspired by our 360 degree recruitment process; staff walked, ran or skipped 300km over 60 days. Our work with CSR saw us go home with the ‘Best in Corporate Social Responsibility’ award at last year’s National Recruitment Federation awards. Pale Blue Dot® Recruitment has collectively raised €10,000 for Cope in 2019 and 2020. This is the third consecutive year that Pale Blue Dot® Recruitment has partnered with COPE Galway as their primary partner charity. As our partnership with COPE Galway grows, and our company grows, we have pledged to continually increase our charitable fundraising by 15% per year.
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