Employe initiatives Planète Urgence Each year since 2011, Franfinance has offered two of its employees the possibility of participating in a Congé Solidaire (Leave for Change) project. The selected employees carry out a socio-educational or adult training mission within a partner structure of Planète Urgence (e.g. cultural centres, primary schools, cooperatives, etc.) for two to three weeks. The participation of a Franfinance employee in the socio-educational mission around reading, within an Alliance Française in Tsiroanomandidy (Madagascar), aimed to improve the level of French expression of young people in rural areas. Similarly, an employee provided academic support in a secondary school in Mangamila (Madagascar), helping students in year 10 deepen their knowledge of geographical history and practise their French. Charitable Giving The objective of the charitable donation programme in the United Kingdom is to support the efforts of the employees. The UK Group Charitable Trust, which makes additional donations to volunteer actions, fundraising, and employee salary donations, as well as direct donations to a limited number of local beneficiaries. The main programme involves the charitable organisation selected by the staff (Charity of the Year), for which fundraising is organised during various events to reach the annual goal. The partnership with the Teenage Cancer Trust, which was extended from March 2011 to February 2013, raised a record total of GBP 602,000. In connection with this two-year partnership, more than 850 employees in the United Kingdom devoted more than 4,600 volunteer hours in order to raise funds for this charitable organisation by participating in events such as foot races, bike races, rowing races, quizzes, cake sales, golf days, concerts, and auctions. In 2012, more than 13.8% of the staff in the United Kingdom devoted 2,875 hours to fundraising activities, thus contributing to the annual total amount of GBP 734,987 distributed to charitable organisations. Since the launch of the CSR approach in 2006, the total amount of the donations to British charitable organisations is more than GBP 4,000,000. 74
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