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Keycare Announces Record Charitable Donations in 2016

Local Philanthropy with a Business Attitude - Shipley Based Keycare Announces Record Charitable Donations in 2016

Shipley based Keycare, the UK’s leading key recovery, assistance and insurance specialist, gave a record breaking £17,907 to charity in 2016, bringing the total amount given since starting the donation scheme in 2008 to £63,627.

Keycare offers a £10 reward to the finder of the lost keys it insures via the Keycare fob, offering them the opportunity to either claim the reward, or donate to charity as part of their claims handling process. In 2014 callers chose to donate £5,330 of the annual rewards to charity, by the end of 2015 this figure has more than doubled to £13,990, with 2016’s figure of £17,907 demonstrating significant year-on-year growth in donations. Indeed, average monthly donations have risen dramtically by 114% since Keycare started the initiative in 2008 - bucking the national trend for charitable giving, which according to the Charities Aid Foundation, has seen a surprising decrease in donations made across the UK to all charities.

David Robertson, Chief Executive of Keycare comments: “Back in 2008 we started offering finders the opportunity to gve their reward to charity, and have been surprised and delighted with the money raised year-on-year ever since. This initiative is very close to our hearts, it’s a really simple and effective way for us to ’give something back’ to our local community and wider society, as well as playing our part in improving the perception of insurance amongst the public“

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Kelly Prior .