Business management software provider, Solutions for Accounting and CRM, has recently donated a four-figure sum to The Silver Line, a charity that provides a confidential and free helpline for the elderly.
The firm fundraised through 50/50 draws, sponsored events and donations. In addition, instead of exchanging Secret Santa gifts, the team also chose to donate food to their local food bank.
The Silver Line offers immediate friendship and comfort to lonely and isolated elderly callers and provides them with information on any issues they may face. Since launching in November 2015, the team at The Silver Line has helped elderly people work on issues ranging from housing and health, to finding lunch clubs and assistance with financial concerns.
Over the years at Solutions for Accounting and CRM, the Nottingham-based firm has supported many charities including The Little Princess Trust, Mind, Nottingham Children’s Hospital and The Alzheimer’s Society. During the COVID pandemic these causes have needed support more than ever.
After an employee vote, they have decided that the charity they will be supporting in 2022 is Sands, the leading stillbirth and neonatal death charity in the UK.
Sands was founded by bereaved parents in 1978 who found that there was no access to support following the loss of their babies. Since then, the charity has grown, and parents who have experienced the loss of a baby is at the core of everything they do.
Sands works in partnership with health care professionals, trusts and health boards offering a range of training programmes and bereavement care resources to ensure that bereaved parents and families receive the best possible care throughout the UK. The charity also supports and promotes research to better understand the causes of baby loss and help save lives.
Solutions for Accounting and CRM plan to continue raising both money and awareness for charity in 2022, with a number of their team members looking to volunteer their time in addition to fundraising. They will also be taking part in the Great Notts Bike Ride for the 6th year and hope to raise more money than ever before for their chosen charity.
Iain Barker, Managing Director at Solutions for Accounting and CRM, said: “We’re delighted and thankful to be able to support these great causes. We are aware of the wonderful work that charities such as The Silver Line and Sands carry out, and I am proud that as a company we are able to pull together to really make a difference.
“Our fundraising efforts would not be possible without the support of our generous clients, business partners, employees and families. We hope our contribution will help The Silver Line staff to continue to make a huge difference to the those who are in need and are excited to see what we can do to support Sands this year.”
