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Charity Contributions

We are proud to be giving back, and serving our communities!

We decided to give back & contribute to charitable causes

We realise that it’s not all about ‘what’ we’re doing, it’s the ‘why’ too. We want to develop and grow our services to offer the midlands a better way of living and commuting, we want to offer connections. We want to reach out and really make the midlands a better place to live, work and travel, and help our residents to thrive.

We wanted to make a lasting difference, so we decided to begin ongoing support by bringing attention to, and raising funds for, as many invaluable causes as possible, and to do this successfully, we chose to organise a series of exciting fundraising events for a different charity each year!

As it’s all about uniting people, places and further opportunities, we wanted to get our colleagues involved too, by giving them the responsibility of choosing the yearly charity.

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Charity of the Year 2024 - West Midlands Metro and Acorns Children's Hospice
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Our charity of the year...
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This year, a leading cancer charity, Macmillan Cancer Support, attracted the most votes from colleagues.

Macmillan Cancer Support provides physical, financial and emotional support to people affected by cancer through its expert nurses, information and support services, an online community, welfare advice and financial grants.

In Birmingham and the Black Country alone, around 11,260 people are, on average, diagnosed with cancer each year, and Macmillan aims to do whatever it takes to help people affected by cancer.

Last year we raised an amazing total of just over £1,000 for our ‘Charity of the Year’, and this year we’ll be aiming to at least match that impressive sum through raffles, coffee mornings and a host of other fundraising events.

We raised £763 for Macmillian Cancer Support

“Thank you so much to everyone at West Midlands Metro for kindly selecting Macmillan as your charity of choice for 2023, and then helping to raise vital money to support people with cancer.

It’s been a pleasure to support your efforts over the last 12 months, and I’ve been lucky to come and meet many of you too. Supporting people living with cancel is such an important thing to do, and Macmillan’s wide range of services make a life-changing difference, but we can only deliver these services thanks to people like you.

So thank you for putting in the time and effort to generously raise and donate money. You are all superstars!”

John Harrison
Relationship Fundaraising Manager, Macmillan Cancer Support

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