Flight Centre UK, one of the UK’s largest travel agencies, is delighted to announce that its two year partnership with the mental health charity, Mind, has raised a total of £200,000, as their charity partnership comes to a close.
Originally set for a year-long partnership in 2017, Flight Centre set out to raise £100,000. However, after extending the partnership, Flight Centre raised £200,000 for Mind, doubling its projected target.
Throughout the partnership, which commenced in February 2017, Flight Centre employees across the country have run marathons, climbed the world’s highest mountains, taken part in sky dives, organised dress-up and dress-down days, raffles, Easter Egg Hunts and even recorded a Christmas charity single.
Raising a huge £17,000 for Mind at the Summer Conference and Ball in 2018, this event was the largest charity fundraiser of the partnership. At the conference, a Mind speaker with lived experience of mental health problems told a truly humbling account of their story, which resonated with Flight Centre’s staff and spurred on employees to dig deep in their fundraising efforts.
Emily West, Flight Centre’s Peopleworks Support Consultant said “We are really pleased with the efforts and creativity of all our employees who raised money for Mind. The charity does incredible work for those experiencing a mental health problem and we’re proud to have supported Mind for two years.”
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About the Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG):
The Flight Centre Travel Group (fctgl.com) is one of the world’s largest travel companies with over 18,000 staff and 2500 stores across its leisure, corporate and wholesale businesses. The company’s turnover in 2014/2015 financial year was £9 billion. After starting with one shop 30 years ago, FCTG has enjoyed remarkable growth and is one of the top 100 publicly listed companies on the Australian Securities Exchange.
All specialist brands under the FCTG Corporate banner offer 24/7 support and the benefits of a blended offline/online solution; global negotiation strength and unique and superior business travel products.
About Flight Centre:
Flight Centre UK is part of one of the largest independent travel companies in the world, which means thousands of people on the ground, in destination, sourcing the best product, service and deals from partners exclusively for customers.
With more five-star Trustpilot reviews than any other travel agency, Flight Centre has an overall ‘Excellent’ rating based on an average score of 9.7/10. The UK arm of the global brand has over 80 high street locations, so customers can chat in person, online or call – whatever works for them. Flexible payment options also make it easy, with low deposits for selected holidays.
Friendly Flight Centre Travel Consultants are knowledgeable and experienced – real-life humans (not chat-bots!) who not only love to travel but also love getting to know their customers and relish the planning that goes into the perfect trip. Flight Centre consultants listen to your unique travel needs, no matter how complex, and use ‘holiday know-how’ to create itineraries designed based on each customer’s travel style, needs and budget. Quite simply, Flight Centre tailor-makes it easy.
Flight Centre. All travel, No worries.
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