8 March 2022
Wealth management company, Brewin Dolphin has raised £114,000 for its London offices’ chosen charity, Single Homeless Project (SHP). The sum was raised over two years of collective fundraising during 2020 and 2021, which also saw employees donating goods and volunteering their time and skills to help the charity.
Chris Greenfield, corporate partnerships manager at Single Homeless Project (second from left) is presented with the fundraising cheque by the Brewin Dolphin team: Rosie Richardson-Aitken, senior corporate responsibility manager (second from right), Camilla Shaughnessy, corporate responsibility manager (far left) and Gloria Momodu, corporate responsibility ambassador.
On 24 November 2021, one of the coldest nights of the year, the company’s London head, William Hepburne-Scott, undertook the ‘CEO Sleepout’ along with senior managers from other local businesses to experience the hardships faced by those who are homeless and sleeping on the streets. William raised over £8,000 for Single Homeless Project. He said of his experience: “It was a humbling 12 hours – to hear first-hand the challenges faced by those who have experienced homelessness; and then to experience that by coping with bitter cold and discomfort through a difficult night. It highlights the fantastic work done by Single Homeless Project and the importance of the money raised through generous donations”.
During two years of pandemic restrictions, employees from Brewin Dolphin’s City head office and its St James’s office found innovative ways to raise money for Single Homeless Project. Activities included the ‘SHP Circle Line Challenge’ where employees individually walked, ran, or cycled the equivalent length of the tube’s Circle Line, a distance of around 34km, a sponsored bike ride from London to Brighton and the ‘Brewin Dolphin 7-Day Challenge’ where teams completed various physically demanding tasks over seven days. Other fundraising activities included Christmas and Easter raffles, a tie sale and Christmas Jumper Day donations. Teams also bought Christmas gifts and food vouchers for the charity’s hostel residents and volunteered their time to clear hostel gardens that had sat untouched over the pandemic and transform them back into usable spaces.
Rosie Richardson-Aitken, senior corporate responsibility manager at Brewin Dolphin, said: “As we come out of the pandemic, the issue of homelessness hasn’t gone away and so the need for Single Homeless Project and the wonderful support they give to the homeless community across London is as great as ever. We are delighted that we have been able to contribute in some way to their efforts to tackle the underlying causes of homelessness and we look forward to supporting them again this year.”
Chris Greenfield, corporate partnerships manager at Single Homeless Project, added: “We are extremely proud of everyone in the Brewin Dolphin London offices for raising such a great sum of money in the first two years of the partnership. Whether it is through volunteering at our hostels, fundraising challenges, or supporting our clients at Christmas, all their staff have always shown incredible enthusiasm, energy, and drive to support our work. The last two years have thrown up so many challenges but Brewin Dolphin’s commitment to supporting the most vulnerable in our society made this all possible.”
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About Brewin Dolphin
Brewin Dolphin is a UK FTSE 250 provider of discretionary wealth management. With £59.0* billion in total funds, we offer award-winning, personalised wealth management services that meet the varied needs of our clients including individuals, charities and corporates.
Our services range from bespoke, discretionary investment management to retirement planning and tax-efficient investing. Our focus on discretionary investment management has led to significant growth in client funds and we now manage £52.0* billion on a discretionary basis.
Our intermediary business manages £19.0* billion of assets for over 1,700 advice firms either on a discretionary basis or via our Managed Portfolio Service, the MI Brewin Dolphin Voyager fund range and Sustainable MPS.
In line with the premium we place on personal relationships, we’ve built a network of 33 offices across the UK, Jersey and Republic of Ireland, staffed by qualified investment managers and financial planners. We are committed to the most exacting standards of client service, with long-term thinking and absolute focus on our clients’ needs at the core.
For more information, visit: www.brewin.co.uk
*as at 31st December 2021.