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RIAS RAISES £35,000 FOR MARIE CURIE CANCER CARE
2009 fundraising target smashed by over £10,000
Employees from local specialist insurance provider RIAS have donated £35,000 to Marie Curie Cancer Care, following their successful employee-voted Charity of the Year programme.
The RIAS 2009 Employee Charity of the Year, Marie Curie Cancer Care, provides free care for people with terminal cancer and other illnesses, giving them the choice of dying in their place of choice, at home or in a hospice. The £35,000 raised will enable Marie Curie Nurses to provide 1750 hours of care to terminally ill people in their own homes, funding overnight care for 190 patients.
Adventurous employees from Bournemouth and Belfast fundraised together by taking part in sky dives, dress down and fancy dress days, half marathons, the London to Paris bike ride, the three peaks challenge, an abseil event and a driving challenge. Even RIAS’ call centre was used at Christmas, with a number of employees donating their time to make outbound calls to over 150 UK choirs, encouraging them to take part in the ‘Sing Out for Marie Curie Cancer Care’ initiative.
Janet Connor, Managing Director at RIAS commented: “We had a great partnership with Marie Curie Cancer Care during 2009 and we are thrilled to beat our £25,000 target by collectively donating £35,000 to help cancer patients within our community. Our employees really got into the fundraising spirit in a difficult economic climate, donating not only their money, but also their time towards a host of challenges throughout the year.”
Michael Straney, Corporate Development Executive at Marie Curie Cancer Care commented:
“We thoroughly enjoyed working with RIAS. The excitement and sense of community that their employees gave towards fundraising was fantastic. 70% of the charity’s income comes from the generous support of thousands of individuals, membership organisations and businesses nationwide. On behalf of Marie Curie Cancer Care and the people we help, I’d like to thank all at RIAS for their excellent contribution to our charity.”
Pictured, left to right, Marie Curie Cancer Care’s Corporate Development Executive Michael Straney and RIAS Managing Director Janet Connor.
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Lucy Pope, Consumer Communications Manager at RIAS on 01202 254445 or email lpope@rias.co.uk
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About RIAS
RIAS was established in 1992 and is a specialist provider of insurance products for the over 50s age group.
Part of Fortis (UK) Limited, RIAS has nearly a million motor, home and travel insurance customers, employs over 1,100 people across two UK sites, and is one of the UK’s fastest organically growing insurance intermediaries. RIAS negotiates with a panel of insurers to secure competitive, value for money products.
As a leading provider of award-winning personal and commercial lines insurance solutions in the UK, Fortis has a successful customer-centric strategy, founded on aligning its activities to how customers want to buy insurance, combined with delivering high quality products, manufactured at costs better than market norms.
Insuring in excess of 7 million customers and working with a range of partners, Fortis is recognised for delivering consistent and high-quality customer experiences. In 2008, its non-life profit before tax and interest was £76 million and its non-life GWP was £760 million.