CSC and The Prince's Trust:
Changing young lives together

CSC are Patron supporters of the Technology Leadership Group, and also give the opportunity to their employees to get involved in a huge range of activities to support The Prince’s Trust.

In 2010 CSC raised over £150,000 for The Prince’s Trust surpassing their first year’s total.

CSC’s have taken on every Prince’s Trust challenge thrown at them and really bought the partnership to life for their employees. How did they do it? By supporting events which their employees could easily engage with and gain something from.

Challenges for every level

CSC got involved in a huge range of activities in 2010 including:

  • The Himalayan Action Challenge where 12 employees raised £39K then hiked, biked and whitewater rafted 320 kilometers in seven days in the foothills of the Himalayas
  • The Enterprise Challenge where 5 employees created an online auction raising around £5K
  • Wild UK where 17 employees raised £15K then hiked, biked and kayaked 100 miles in 3 days, coast-to-coast across Somerset and Devon, racing against other teams and the clock
  • Women’s China Challenge where one employee took on the challenge of a life time and raised in doing so £3,500
  • Palace to Palace where employees raised nearly £1,000 to take part in this bike ride

On top of this employees also signed up to volunteer, running one day workshops for Prince’s Trust young people to help them develop key skills such as interview technique

Employees were also given the opportunity of getting involved in a testing challenge, advancing their business skills and offering them an opportunity to network within CSC, by being a part of Million Makers. The Million Makers challenge is to raise £10,000 from £1,500 seed funding over six months.

A group of employees from CSC formed  ‘Team Twenty Ten’ to compete in the competition against other companies from across the UK. The team worked hard to put their plans into action; which paid off as the team raised over £55,000 at a Gala Ball hosted at Ascot Racecourse. The event proved to be a highlight of the year and a new fixture in the company’s social calendar.

A highlight of the happy event was that the Prince’s Trust ambassador for the evening, Paul Craggs was offered full-time employment with resourcing company The SJB Group, a major sponsor of the ball. He started work with The SJB Group on 15 November 2010.

Record of success

CSCs employees did fantastically well raising money to help change the lives of the UK's most disadvantaged young people.

In recognition of the tremendous efforts of CSC employees in 2010 CSC won the ‘Soup to Nuts’ award at this year’s Technology Leadership Group Employee Awards. This award recognised the top organisation supporting The Trust across the broadest range of activities. Despite the economic climate, CSC got involved in this huge range of activities for The Trust, having raised a fantastic £150,000 in 2010.

CSC is not resting on its laurels though; they already have a date in the diary to launch next year’s employee activities. Given their approach to the partnership we’re sure they will achieve it.