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where it is needed. M ore than 260 staff took part during the year, either on part-time
projects or longer term assignments. We are extending this policy overseas, where
secondment is proving a powerful way to export the values that are important to us.
Further support came from the many other staff involved in their own community. With
every pound they raised matched pound-for-pound by the company, a total of £750,000
went to benefit local causes. We contributed through many other programmes such as our
charity Christmas cards, education-business links and the donation of date-expired food.
SPEAKIN G O UT AGAIN ST DRUGS
There is a culture of drug misuse among young Scots which runs
more deeply than anywhere else in Britain. That is why Scotland
Against Drugs (SA D) was launched in 1996. Its objective is to
change this culture by raising awareness of the problem among
young people, parents, educators and employers. Fiona Rose
(seen here on the right) spent 14 months working with SAD,
seconded from her role as assistant personnel manager at our
Fosse Park store in Leicester. She brought the charity her skills in
organising projects and inßuencing people, while her ex perience
there enabled her on return to be promoted to personnel manager in
Inverness store. Such a secondment beneÞts everyone involved.
OVERCO MIN G DISABILITY TH ROUGH SPO RT
The Special Olympics World Games bring together 8,000 athletes
with mental disabilities from 152 countries. Their motto is ÒLet me
win; but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attemptÓ. Aside from
the main four yearly summer and winter events, there are many
national and local events. Marks & Spencer has suppor ted the UK
organisation since 1980. More recently we have started helping
in Spain where Guy Dix on, manager of our Valencia store,
is vice-president of the Spanish organisation.
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