Employees raise more than GBP 32,000

Employees at Schneider Electric sites throughout the UK raised more than GBP 32,000 in a worldwide campaign providing support for organisations involved with assisting young people in difficulty.

Employees at Schneider Electric sites throughout the UK raised more than GBP 32,000 by taking part in a worldwide campaign aimed at providing support for organisations involved with assisting young people in difficulty.

Designated Luli - a word chosen because it is easy to pronounce in any language - the campaign was co-ordinated by the Schneider Electric Foundation, a charitable organisation established three years ago by Schneider Electric chairman, Henri Lachmann.

In the UK, employees at all Schneider Electric locations, including those in Maidenhead, Leeds, Telford, Coventry, Swindon, Slough, Scarborough, Wolverhampton and Chippenham, voted for their efforts in support of the Luli campaign to be channelled to the UK charity, Children with Leukaemia.

Activities included sponsored walks, auctions, raffles, barbecues and dress-down days.

As a result of these fund-raising efforts, Schneider Electric's employees made a sizeable donation of GBP 32,261.00 to their chosen charity at the conclusion of the campaign in September.

Schneider Electric's UK Managing Director, Gael de la Rochere, and Angela Downing, who co-ordinated Schneider Electric's fundraising efforts in the UK, presented a cheque to Eddie O'Gorman, Chairman of Trustees for the Children with Leukaemia charity at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, which receives ongoing support from the charity.

Support for the Luli campaign in the UK was part of a worldwide effort, which involved no fewer than 71,900 Schneider Electric employees in 60 countries.

In each country, the employees decided which charities to support.

In Russia, for example, they chose an association encouraging the handicapped, while in Brazil, the choice was an association assisting young people to integrate with the working world.

In every country, however, the project served the common advancement goals for young people.

Through its Foundation, Schneider Electric is once again pushing back the limits of exclusion.

The substance of this effort was not the cheque sent to the charitable organisation selected by each country and each site, but was reflected in the personal commitment of each employee to assist disadvantaged young people.

Luli was built to last - it is an action of individual responsibility which involves all Schneider Electric employees.

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