Frimley, UK, 2015-Sep-14
Supporting causes as diverse as the British Heart Foundation, the Samaritans and St Barnabas Hospice – based in Lincoln itself – the baking, running, red-wearing and moonwalking employees have raised in excess of an impressive £8500.
Outstanding individual efforts include Mark Quince’s London Marathon fundraising, which raised £1594 in support of Cystic Fibrosis and the £575 raised by staff wearing red clothes to support Ramp up the Red day, for the British Heart Foundation (BHF). Raising this amount put Siemens staff in the top 5% of BHF fundraisers.
Staff have shown their support for some charities more than once; a dress down day in April raised a further £550 for St Barnabas Hospice.
Aside from staff members’ activities to raise money, Siemens in Lincoln has a Charity and Donations committee that manages the annual allocation of funds from the business to local charities. Established in 2012, the committee has already donated a staggering £50,000.
Charities that have benefitted include the Lincolnshire and Notts Air Ambulance, Cleethorpes and Grimsby Riding School for the Disabled and Lincoln Refuge.
Managing Director of Siemens in Lincoln, Neil Corner says, “I’m incredibly proud of what our staff do to give something back to Lincoln and the wider community. Whether through their own individual efforts or through our Charity and Donations committee, they’ve made huge positive contributions, something that the business is delighted to encourage and support.”
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Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a global technology powerhouse that has stood for engineering excellence, innovation, quality, reliability and internationality for more than 165 years. The company is active in more than 200 countries, focusing on the areas of electrification, automation and digitalization. One of the world’s largest producers of energy-efficient, resource-saving technologies, Siemens is No. 1 in offshore wind turbine construction, a leading supplier of combined cycle turbines for power generation, a major provider of power transmission solutions and a pioneer in infrastructure solutions as well as automation, drive and software solutions for industry. The company is also a leading provider of medical imaging equipment – such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging systems – and a leader in laboratory diagnostics as well as clinical IT. In fiscal 2014, which ended on September 30, 2014, Siemens generated revenue from continuing operations of €71.9 billion and net income of €5.5 billion. At the end of September 2014, the company had around 357,000 employees worldwide. Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.
