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Another 6 months has flown by and it is time for us to choose the charities that we will be supporting in the first half of 2012.

CSR contributions are made by the employees of Currencies Direct, and so it is only fair that the charities we support are chosen democratically by the employees! I asked for the names of any charities that are close to peoples hearts and we had a great response meaning a voting sheet containing 31 different charities. As always there were a variety of different causes ranging from animal welfare, to sickness to overseas charities all of them worthy of a vote - but which were your favourite 9 charities?

Below I have put the winning charities and the month in 2012 that we we will be raising funds for them!

January/February

Neuro Foundation
The Wooden Spoon
Barnardo’s

March/April

Oxfam - in support of Jarrad Hubble’s London Marathon entry
Great North Air Ambulance
Daneford Trust

May/June

The British Heart Foundation
Touraid
Chickenshed

I hope your favourite charity made it to the list!

Sara

In December we held a Christmas Raffle as well as the usual Dress Down Fridays and we raised a very healthy £388.34. This has pushed the co-operative wall total up to an impressive £10 635. Thank you to everyone who contributed, money is always tighter at this time of year so it is much appreciated.

The breakdown for each charity is as follows:

NSPCC - £140.61
Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research - £129.42
Tickets for Troops - £118.31

So with a new year, comes a new list of charities but just who will we be supporting during the first half of 2012. Watch this space for results of The Next Big Charity Vote for more details.

As always, thank you for reading!

Sara

Well, November has flown by and the boys have done us proud - check out the luxurious facial hair on offer below!

You can sponsor any of the team through this website: http://www.movember.com/m/726228

Currently top of the charity leaderboard is Nick Warwick, closely followed by Lee Chappell and then Deepak Goyal. You can change that with a donation. All proceeds go to Mens Health Charities.

Well done everyone that took part this year - I think you all look amazing!

As always, thank you for reading!

Sara

Following on from last year’s successes, Currencies Direct have entered another team for Movember this year. The plucky volunteers are below complete with their ‘before’ photographs!

You can sponsor any individual in the team or the team as a whole by following this link:

http://www.movember.com/m/726228

Lookout for an update at the end of the month when we’ll be able to see just how much hair they’ve grown.

Happy Hair Growing Boys!

This month we had a sweep for the Rugby World Cup as well as the usual Dress Down Fridays and we raised a very healthy £419.40. More impressive is the co-operative wall total. Currencies Direct have now raised £10 247 - we have broken the £10k barrier. Very well done to everyone who helped make this happen, you can all be very proud of yourselves.

The breakdown for each charity is as follows:

Dogs Trust £89.86
Parkinsons £135.17
GOSH £194.36

We will be collecting money in November and December for:

NSPCC
Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research
Tickets for Troops

Currencies Direct will be entering a team into Movember again. More details to follow, watch this space!

As always, thank you for reading and keep on donating!

Sara

We have had a stonking summer of CSR collecting at the London office. Normally July and August are quieter months as we have less people in the office, but we have raised an excellent £442. Well done everyone - a virtual pat on the back to you all! This sum has raised the co-operative wall total to £9827, tantalizingly close to the magic 5 figures.

So, who gets what?

Providence Row £130.96
Save The Children £206.96
London Irish Centre £104.08

Save The Children were the most popular charity over the past two months, but we have given a healthly donation to each so again well done. The amount for Save The Children will be added to the funds and to the good work the FXtreme team are doing.

During September and October we will be raising funds for:

Parkinsons UK
Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH)
Dogs Trust

As always, thank you for reading and keep on donating!

Sara