Cabot Financial Gives Charity Telethon a Helping Hand

Cabot Financial has once again been chosen as one of the official call centres for this year’s Children in Need appeal.  Employee volunteers will be manning the phones and taking donations throughout the night on Friday, 19th November.

This is the third consecutive year that Cabot Financial has supported the event. Last year over £220,000 was raised in public donations to the call centre at Kings Hill, West Malling. Cabot employees worked into the early hours processing donations which contributed to the overall total of a record breaking £39 million, all of which goes towards making a positive change to the lives of disadvantaged children and young people across the UK.

Cabot Financial employees are fully committed to the Children in Need cause. In addition to being an official call centre for Children in Need, last year the employees organised and took part in a whole host of fund raising activities in the run up to the main event. These included ‘dress down’ and fancy dress days, a mile of pennies around the Cabot Financial building, book and bake sales and a heavily contested fuss-ball competition. Three brave male employees even had their head shaved for the cause, while the executive directors donned their aprons and served refreshments to employees manning the phone lines.

This year will be no different with a variety of activities organised surrounding the Children in Need event.

Ken Maynard, Group Chief Executive of Cabot Financial Group, commented, “We were delighted to have been asked once again to support the BBC Children in Need appeal. I am extremely proud of our employees’ willingness to give up their time to support such a worthy cause. 

“Being part of the Children in Need fundraising activity gives Cabot Financial a great opportunity to contribute to the annual telethon that has become so valuable to thousands of disadvantaged children and young people throughout the UK .”

About Cabot Financial
Cabot Financial is a market leader in consumer debt purchase in the UK, formed in 1998. The company was named Business of the Year and Employer of the Year for the South East England region at the Orange National Business Awards 2007.

Cabot Financial’s principal investor is Nikko Principal Investments Ltd, alongside Barclays Private Equity and the management team. For further information see www.cabotfinancial.com.

About Children in Need
The BBC Children in Need in Appeal is a registered charity number 802052. BBC Children in Need’s mission is to positively change the lives of disadvantaged children and young people in the UK. Every year, thanks to public donations and the amazing efforts of fundraisers, schools, businesses and our corporate partners, we are able to make a difference to thousands of young lives.

BBC Children in Need awards grants to organisations working with children aged 18 and under who have mental, physical or sensory disabilities; behavioural or psychological disorders; are living in poverty or situations of deprivation; or suffering through distress, abuse or neglect. For more information about BBC Children in Need please visit www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey.