We actively support the communities in which we operate through charitable donations and by encouraging our people to get involved in community initiatives.
Giving something back:
A key tenet of our charitable donation policy is to empower our employees to support charities of their choice. For this reason, we run a matched contribution scheme. Employees raise money for their chosen charity and Future matches this amount, subject to a reasonable limit and to qualification under the rules of the scheme. During 2010, £16,000 was paid under the charitable match scheme (2009: £26,000).
As well as the charity matching scheme, Future makes local charitable donations in the cities where we have offices. The total amount of charitable donations made by the Group in 2009 was £39,000 (2008: £55,000). We are continuing our partnership with Bath-based charitable foundation, Quartet, who make donations to local charities on our behalf. At our US headquarters in San Francisco, other charities supported include Slide Ranch, First Graduate, Belmont-Redwood Shores Public School Foundation, Joy Prom and the AIDS Walk San Francisco.
Future in the wider community:
Future people are actively involved with a number of national organisations including the Periodical Publishers’ Association, European Federation of Magazine Publishers, Association of Online Publishers, NABS, European & Leisure Software Publishers Association, the IPA, the Marketing Society and the International Federation of the Periodical Press. We are also represented on The Bath Initiative, a public:private collaboration.
