FMG Support’s management challenge raises cash for local charities
Issued May 30 2007 Pioneering management training scheme raises thousands
An innovative professional development programme delivered by FMG Support, the leading fleet performance improvement company, has successfully honed the skills of its management team whilst raising over £3,300 for local charities. The funds were presented to the benefiting charities at FMG Support’s headquarters on Thursday 24th May.
As part of the Huddersfield-based company’s commitment to investing in the continuous development of its employees and to help further facilitate its ambitious growth plans, FMG Support effectively designed and implemented a pioneering management training scheme to improve and build upon the key qualities of its management teams. However, rather than enhance skills such as leadership, strategic planning, teamwork and creativity from a purely internal perspective, the programme was used to remove participants from their traditional area of expertise within FMG Support and work on strategies to benefit causes within the area.
During the two-month duration of the charities projects, the managers were grouped into five teams and given a set budget of a £100 each to create the strategy and collateral needed to achieve a successful fundraising campaign. The groups each applied their strategic knowledge to develop and implement a variety of fundraising tactics such as a sponsored walk, selling greetings cards, producing a calendar and conducting various events.
By over-coming the challenges associated with planning and executing fund-raising activity in addition to also securing donations of time and money from local companies, each event met its target of doubling the initial budget. The charities that received donations from this included Brake, The Laura Crane Trust, The Wish Upon a Star Foundation, Yorkshire Air Ambulance, Macmillan Cancer Support and the West Yorkshire Forget-me-not Trust.
Nick Brown, chief executive for FMG Support comments: “Our employees demonstrate our values of pride, intelligence and determination throughout every aspect of their work. At FMG Support we have a strong commitment to people development and the programme was developed specifically to further stretch their capabilities, whilst simultaneously giving something back to the local community.
“The process took people out of their usual specialist area to challenge and introduce them to valuable new skills that they can now adopt, which will in turn benefit the long-term performance of the business. I am delighted that they all rose to the challenge and raised over £3,300 for charities in the local area.”
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Issued on behalf of FMG Support by Propaganda Public Relations. For further information contact Emma Streets T: 0113 2878 932. F: 0113 2870 111. E: emma.streets.@propaganda.co.uk
