In a time of cuts and austerity measures, Guardian News and Media (GNM) has continued to demonstrate the importance of its many community initiatives through financial support and new initiatives.
In fact, 2010 saw further expansion of our volunteer program, with almost a quarter of the staff to support our community partners and other organizations, in contributing 4.268 hours total. This figure excludes the large number of volunteers in their private life.
Despite the financial squeeze, employees also continued to donate generously to charities through our payroll scheme. Just under a third of staff, participated in support of charity and 218 giving a total of ￡ 89, 317.63 2010/11.
While the numbers are down slightly from the previous year, almost 10 times higher than the average enrolment to payroll giving in the United Kingdom, which fell to 3.8%.
Beyond the local community program, GNM continues to support a series of other initiatives.
Integrated development project of GNM 3 million pounds in the rural community of Katine, Uganda in collaboration with AMREF and Barclays, was extended to a fourth year to ensure progress is maintained.
The Guardian has also worked with AMREF to develop a project of heritage that will kick in after the project ends formally in October 2011. This three-year extension was designed to support Community-led many structures that have been developed to ensure that they have the necessary knowledge and training to maintain their contribution to the community. The Legacy Fund will be financed by donations from readers of the Guardian and observer.
Closer to home, the Guardian Christmas appeal raised much needed funds for 10 small charity UK that are struggling to maintain services for the young and vulnerable. Readers of the Guardian and observer has donated a total of ￡ 442,640.
Chief Editor, Alan Rusbridger, the guardian said: "this money will make a real difference. These are fantastic, inspiring charities that are able to transform the lives and life chances of some of our most vulnerable young people. "
Beyond encouraging donations, GNM and its owner, the Scott Trust, are involved in different programmes of education and training. The founding of the Guardian, created 20 years ago in support of Scott's confidence to support the development of independent journalism, overseas last year held training events and other initiatives in Eastern Europe, Africa and for the first time in China.
The Scott Trust Charitable Fund continues to support projects associated with independent journalism, ethics of journalist, literacy training, and journalist, both in the United Kingdom and abroad, even if financial restrictions mean that has reduced the number of initiatives which now is supporting.
GNM training centre, located at our offices in Kings Place, provides a range of programs for adults and students. School groups learn how to make a front page newspaper in a specially built in education technology center of the State-of-the-art that simulates the actual Newsroom operation. Workshops for schools and universities are heavily all exhausted. The Centre also runs adult workshops and a range of digital assets, including podcasting and video news.
In general, it is difficult to put an exact figure for how much support was given to the Community initiatives, because it is so much a part of what we do. However, for the past financial year (March 2010/11), Community expenditure relating to the charity, the community program, donations of readers of the Guardian Katine project and Scott Trust Foundation of almost ￡ 1. 35 m. The figure includes the appeal of Christmas this year Guardian. Our current and future objectives remain unchanged.
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