Our 2021 Charity of the Year is Centrepoint
In the Community
At Gatehouse Bank, we are committed to giving back. We do this through corporate giving, volunteering and staff fundraising.
2021
Through our work as a founding signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Banking, we have identified that access to housing, social mobility and equality are some of the most pressing social needs in the UK. We are working to align our community support approach to have the biggest impact we can in these areas.
Our colleagues selected Centrepoint as Gatehouse Bank’s 2021 Charity of the Year because of the fantastic work this leading charity does to support social mobility and access to housing in the UK - from housing and health to learning and engagement, Centrepoint helps vulnerable young people move on from homelessness and build a future they can believe in.
Pizza making challenge
With the help of Pizza Pilgrims, our colleagues enjoyed the challenge of baking margherita pizzas from scratch, virtually with each other in June and donated to Centrepoint to participate. Our pizzas may not have been the best looking, but they were sure delicious!
Marching out in March
In March, our colleagues marched out to raise money for young people. Our colleagues collectively walked 16 million steps for Centrepoint’s Move in March fundraising challenge. Check out some creative snaps of the Gatehouse logo out and about on their walks.
Gatehouse says “thank you”
In February, the Bank launched its online thank you platform, where colleagues can send a thank you e-card to anyone in the bank to show their appreciation while we are working remotely. The Bank donated £5 to Centrepoint for every thank you card sent.
2020
Our community approach throughout the difficulties of 2020 aimed to be local and responsive. We are proud to be part of a responsible banking community responding to the needs of society during Covid-19, providing flexible support for any customers facing financial hardship and supporting our local NHS trusts with donations during the crisis and time off for colleagues to donate blood.
Our Charity of the Year for 2019/20 was Macmillan Cancer Support. Our committed colleagues ran marathons, hosted bake sales, participate in quizzes — and more — to raise vital funds to support Macmillan’s work providing specialist health care and advice for those suffering from cancer.
After the success of our first virtual quiz, Gatehouse colleagues got together in Autumn again for Macmillan Cancer support. It was a hugely popular and we had a record of 16 teams participate!
We wanted to make sure our 2020 Charity Partner Macmillan received vital funding during lockdown so hosted a virtual fundraising quiz with staff from all our offices.
Colleagues in our Milton Keynes office dust off their aprons for the Macmillan Coffee morning to eat cake and donate!
Colleagues in our London office tuck into delicious baking for the Macmillan coffee morning.
Every year, 164,782 people in the UK die from Cancer. To show their support, our Marketing and Comms team challenged themselves to fundraise and walk 18,309 steps each – completing a combined total 178,082 steps in a day.
Gatehouse CEO Charles Haresnape with Dave from Macmillan, at our 2019 summer event – an all staff fundraising sports day.
Ramesh from Gatehouse fundraising for Macmillan at the South Coast Challenge.