Remit donates £600 to charity

Apprentices and staff at Remit’s Automotive Academy have donated £600
to suicide prevention charity Papyrus.

The academy, based in the heart of Derby, opened its doors two years ago to motor industry apprentices from all over the country, who attend for week-long blocks of training.

Every Friday it has become a tradition at the academy to have a dress down day. Apprentices are invited to wear their casual clothes rather than the smart shirts and trousers they are expected to wear for the rest of the week. In exchange, they are given the opportunity to make a cash donation to the ‘charity tin’.

Every few months the money is collected together and donated to a worthy charity decided on by the apprentices and Remit colleagues.

Suicide is the biggest killer of young people – male and female – under 35 in the UK. Every year many thousands more attempt or contemplate suicide, harm themselves or suffer alone, afraid to speak openly about how they are feeling.

Over the last two years Remit’s dress down charity tin has raised over £2,000 for worthwhile causes. 

Mick Pilling, automotive development director at Remit Group, said, ‘I’m so incredibly proud of our apprentices and colleagues at the academy. It’s just a small donation to the charity tin every Friday, but what a difference it has made to five different worthwhile causes so far. Our numbers attending the academy are growing significantly and with that will inevitably come more opportunity to collect and donate.

‘We strongly support the work charities like Papyrus do in trying to prevent suicide and supporting young people across the country. We hope our donation can make a real difference.’