Our community
Future Homes Goal: to be a good neighbour in all the communities we serve
We want to help create lasting improvements and benefits in the communities we serve.
Highlights
£941,000
invested in charity / community projects in 2009/10
£374,000
raised by employees for charity partners through store collections and other fundraising initiatives
20,600
hours were spent by our employees volunteering in the local community
Area for improvement
- The total community investment has fallen in 2009/10. We therefore need to develop a strategic approach for managing the overall level of community contributions.
Future priorities
- Develop strategic community partnerships across all our businesses that are aligned with our Future Homes strategy.
Screwfix fundraising
Screwfix embarked on a new community partnership with the male cancer charity, Everyman. A number of employee fundraising initiatives have been organised, including two sponsored walks and sales of charity T-shirts and hats, raising £26,700 during 2009.
China decoration services
B&Q China introduced a range of new installation and decoration services in 2009 and has offered some of these services free of charge to disadvantaged people to help improve living conditions in local communities.
B&Q UK skills programme
B&Q UK recognises that the younger generation are not learning DIY skills in the ways previous generations used to, and is seeking to address this skills gap with the introduction of a programme for schools called Job Done! This is aimed at 11-14 year olds and has been designed in conjunction with school teachers, students and parents.
The issues
Find out about our progress on key issues relating to our community.
Community investment
- Page last updated 31 May 2010.
- The Group data and progress against targets within the Group CR performance section is updated annually. The latest Group CR data covers the Kingfisher financial year ending 30 January 2010 (referred to as 2009/10). The text is updated on an ongoing basis to reflect new developments.
