At Global Insight Conferences, we are not only passionate about producing quality events, but also about making a difference in our wider community and world. Since the company was founded, Global Insight Conferences has strived to help and contribute to a growing number and range of truly wonderful charities.
The A21 Campaign operates in 11 different countries and aims to tackle and abolish human trafficking. Slavery exists today and is the second largest source of illegal income worldwide, exceeded only by drugs trafficking. People are trafficked into prostitution, begging, forced labour, military service, domestic servitude, forced illegal adoption and forced marriage. www.a21.org
Vision Rescue seeks to empower and aid individuals living in slum communities in Mumbai. With 23 million people in the capital city, over half of these occupy slums and a shocking 70% of the children are uneducated, malnourished and exposed to risk. visionrescue.us
Anthony Nolan is a UK charity working to help individuals with leukaemia and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The organisation also carries out research to help make bone marrow transplants more effective. Today the trust register has over 500,000 potential donors on it and helps 3 people each day find a lifesaving match. www.anthonynolan.org
Children with Cancer UK is dedicated to improve survival rates and quality of survival in young cancer patients and to find and reduce the causes of cancer. www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk
For nearly 60 years, WWF has been protecting the future of nature. WWF works in 100 countries and is supported by close to five million members globally. WWF’s unique way of working ensures the delivery of innovative solutions that meet the needs of both people and nature. At Global Insight Conferences we purchase our speaker gifts from the WWF online shop, thus funding the works of this wonderful charity. www.worldwildlife.org
Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child
In December of 2016, GIC organised and participated in their first ever annual Christmas shoebox donation as part of the Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child. This appeal has been operated by Samaritan’s Purse since 1990, and has meant that over 124 million impoverished children from 150 different countries have received a shoebox full of presents to celebrate the joy of Christmas.
www.samaritans-purse.org.uk/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/
Spread Some Sunshine is run by 5 trustees. They are all friends and they are all passionate about spreading the word and providing a voice for those who cannot be heard. Together they try to make a difference and to brighten up the lives of impoverished children all over the world (as well as doing their day jobs!) Projects have included: a minibus in Ghana, desks for a school in Kenya, music therapy for Morgan Bishop in Tadworth, birthday sponsorship schemes, beds and sheets for an orphanage in Accra, days out for children in impoverished countries, colour therapy workshops, clothes and toys for disadvantaged children and a HIV mothers’ home in India. www.spreadsomesunshine.com
