YOUR STORIES 2H Ż ƈ ŵ Ɩ ŭ ƈ I ŭ 2H Ż ƈ ŵ Ɩ ŭ ƈ Reports by Isobel Turner, Ella Sagar and Phil Davies SELECT WORLD TRAVEL Agency sets up its own charitable foundation
Poole-based agency Select World Travel has unveiled plans to introduce its own charitable foundation. Select World Travel Foundation will launch on February 22, with the goal of supporting local charities through a range of fundraising activities. The foundation will support causes that benefit families across Dorset, Surrey and Yorkshire, where the agency has ties. Foundation fundraising manager Leanne Giddings told Aspire: “Select World Travel has been very much involved in charity fundraising since 2015, and now it’s got to a stage where things are ramping up. The network of clients we have here and the history of our fundraising success has put us in good stead to launch our own foundation, raising even more money and expanding our reach to even more charities.” For its inaugural year, Select World
Travel Foundation will partner with three charities – MyTime Young Carers, Hope For Food and Martin House Children’s Hospice – and raise money for them at the agency’s two annual Luxury Travel Showcases, held in the north and south of England. The team also plans to host family fundraising parties
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Hannah Vincent (left) and Leanne Giddings
and Christmas activity days. The first annual fundraising target is £30,000. As well as raising money for
local charities, the foundation plans to offer a grant-giving scheme. Giddings said: “The goal is to
hopefully build enough funds into our foundation pot so we can help other local charities that might need something crucial funded, like a piece of medical equipment or improvements and refurbishments.” The agency’s owner and managing
director, Hannah Vincent, added: “Leanne and I have been friends for years and, before becoming our fundraising manager, she worked in the charity sector for more than 12 years and as a Select World Travel ambassador. We are really proud and excited for this next chapter.” Vincent will take up the role of chair
of trustees, working alongside Giddings and three additional trustees. Giddings and Vincent said the “ultimate goal” was to be recognised as a business that has “a passion for giving back to the community”.
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