Wakefield team marks Amazon Global Month of Volunteering
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Employees from Amazon’s fulfilment centre in Wakefield have come together to pack 100 baby kits filled with essential items for donation to Focus 4 Hope, supporting people in need across West Yorkshire.
A team of volunteers assembled baby care kits packed with essential items for newborns and infants - supporting families who are struggling to afford the basics. Each kit provides new parents with the supplies they need during those critical early weeks, offering practical help and reassurance that their community cares.
These events took place alongside further kitting events in Amazon buildings across the UK during the month of May - Amazon’s Global Month of Volunteering - with the aim of packing and donating essential kits for various charities.
Global Month of Volunteering is an initiative that aims to help the communities where Amazon employees live and work. In May, thousands of Amazon employees volunteer alongside their colleagues, adding to the company’s efforts to support its local communities throughout the year.
Tina Walshaw is an employee at Amazon’s fulfilment centre in Wakefield and took part in the packing event.
She said: “Volunteering for Focus 4 Hope with my teammates this month meant a lot to me. It says something about a workplace when it puts its people and resources behind causes that matter.
"It let me show up for my community in a way that would be hard to manage on my own time. Doing it shoulder-to-shoulder with my colleagues made it even more rewarding.”
Community donations and employee volunteering are just two of the ways Amazon supports the communities where it operates. Amazon co-founded the Multibank initiative with former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown to support families in need.
The initiative has donated more than 12 million surplus goods to over 800,000 families across Scotland, Wales, Greater Manchester, London, Tees Valley and Birmingham. This year, the Multibank will send 1 million orders to families across the UK.
Amazon has supported more than one million students across the UK with free STEM education programmes through Amazon Future Engineer and helps community organisations transport meals and other essentials to families in need through its pro bono logistics programme, Amazon Local Good.
Amazon partners with Comic Relief and is the official home of the charity’s iconic Red Nose. Together with its employees, customers, and partners, Amazon has raised over £4.8 million to fund projects that support people across the UK, and around the world.