Staff at regional news publisher Archant raised £10,075 for charity in the last six months of 2003 – and the company Gold scheme has matched every penny of it.
Added to the £13,200 it awarded during the first six months of the year, this makes a total of £23,275 in donations.
A record-breaking 35 applications for matched donations from staff were approved at the December meeting of the Archant Gold committee.
A further £40,000 has been put into the Archant Gold pot for next year and employees are being invited to get going with their charity fundraising to access a slice of the cash.
The following staff were among those who had their efforts recognised by Archant Gold and saw their charity cash doubled:
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