POWERED access supplier Nationwide Platforms revealed it has donated almost £10,000 to charitable causes and local community initiatives over the past year.
A total of £9,785 was donated across the UK during 2025, supporting 25 charitable causes and 10 local club sponsorships.
£6,811 went to charities, with a further £2,974 supporting grassroots sports clubs and youth organisations. Causes supported ranged from cancer and dementia charities to foodbanks, Christmas raffles, and disability support initiatives.
The single largest donation of £2,075 was made to a JustGiving page set up by colleague Jason Butlin, business development manager for the Midlands, to help fund a specialist purple wheelchair for his daughter Isabelle, who lives with quadriplegic cerebral palsy.
Alongside colleague-led fundraising, Nationwide Platforms supported a number of charities including Macmillan Cancer Support, Alzheimer’s Society, Action Bladder Cancer UK, and The British Heart Foundation.
Charitable giving was further driven by physical challenges undertaken by employees in aid of causes close to their hearts. These included a 26-mile Peak District Mighty Hike completed by Matthew Barnett, marketing and communications specialist, in support of Macmillan Cancer Support; a 100-mile walk across Lady Anne’s Way by Blackburn-based depot support operative Ollie Smith and his partner Heather to raise funds for Action Bladder Cancer UK and Pancreatic Cancer UK; and Ann-Marie Pease’s climb of Mount Kilimanjaro, which began on 2 January in support of Alzheimer’s Society.
Nationwide Platforms sponsored seven junior football clubs, one local sporting club, a Muay Thai gym, and a youth club, helping to fund kits, facility set-up costs, and travel expenses to ensure young people from lower-income backgrounds could access opportunities otherwise out of reach, including international sporting travel to the USA.
“Our people are at the heart of everything we do, and that extends far beyond the workplace,” said Karen Maguire, HR director. “Whether it’s supporting a colleague’s family, backing life-saving research, or helping local clubs keep going, these donations reflect the compassion and generosity that exists across Nationwide Platforms.”
The business plans to continue to support colleague-nominated charities and community initiatives into 2026.
