Gateley sponsorship helps Maiden run

Professional, legal and recruitment services group Gateley is showing its support for girls in sport by partnering up with cricket apparel range Maiden Cricket. Gateley is sponsoring kit for around 20 girls and young women from the ages of 9-23. Maiden Cricket was created after sisters Honor (16) and Cat (15) were fed up with a lack of cricket clothing available to young female sportswomen. The only options available were unflattering, old, hand-me-downs from brothers or uncomfortable unisex options. With the support of their family, these two teenage entrepreneurs have created four pieces of kit: Night Watch Trousers, Pace Pullover, Mid – On Top and Test Match Trousers.

L-r: Acorn by Synergie’s COO Andrew Tugwell, Sally Smith, Lawrence Beach, MD Bernard Ward, Maximus senior account manager Nichola Phillips and Maximus regional account manager Stella Jones

Acorn staff makes an Impact

Acorn by Synergie has launched an initiative to create positive social, economic and environmental impacts within UK communities. ‘Acorn Impact’ will see 10,000 hours of company time dedicated to enhancing social mobility in local communities over the next three years, helping the people the recruiter works with focus on achieving their true potential. To mark its launch, companies including engineering giant Smiths joined representatives from training and employment specialists Maximus at Acorn by Synergie’s UK headquarters for a special ‘Acorn Impact Workshop’.

The City Recruiter scores for cancer hospital with charity rugby day

A recruitment firm based in Manchester has more than quadrupled its £10k fundraising target for a leading cancer hospital after hosting an inaugural charity rugby day.The City Recruiter sold nearly 600 tickets for its inaugural charity rugby day at the Etihad Complex for a day of competition and family fun. with around £50k raised.

The event was organised by Nick Ryan, who formerly played for Salford and now heads up The City Recruiter in Manchester, and former playing mate Chris Bamber, whose wife, Sarah, was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer last year at the age of 45 and received treatment at The Christie.

Hays staff volunteer their time – and mountaineering effort

Staff across Hays in the UK & Ireland have set aside time to give back to their local communities and volunteer for good causes. Over 1,300 Hays employees signed up to volunteer at 190 events, providing over 6,600 hours of support to worthy local causes. Hays also organised a ‘Sea to Summit’ challenge, raising over £50k for its UK charity partner EveryYouth, to help provide bright, independent futures for young people facing homelessness across the UK. Hays staff joined with EveryYouth to tackle Wales’ largest mountain, Snowdonia.

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