Arco celebrates anniversary with 125 Good Deeds

To commemorate its 125th
anniversary, Arco set a
challenge throughout the
business to undertake 125
Good Deeds and raise
£125,000 for charity. A year
on and Arco has exceeded
all expectations as its staff
rose to the challenge and
achieved: 238 good deeds;
over £148,000 raised; over
200 charities supported;
over 1200 hours in
company time volunteered.

The combined initiatives
led to a year in which great
enthusiasm, generosity and
ingenuity from everyone
across the business enabled
Arco to exceed its target.

From voluntary acts of
kindness to sponsored team
runs and £10k donations to
charity, the Arco team
more than delivered.

As well as local support
through its 40-branch
network, the Arco Board
also made three donations
of £10,000 each to national
charities: Help for Heroes;
the NSPCC; and the
Lighthouse Club
Benevolent Fund, a
registered charity dedicated
to giving aid and assistance
to construction workers
and their families who
suffer accident or ill health.

Arco also supports
communities in need
around the world including
the Afghanaid Appeal; an
international humanitarian,
non-governmental organisation
that focuses on long
term sustainable development
in some of the
poorest rural areas in
Afghanistan. To support
this, Arco donated a full
container of clothing. Arco
also donated 10,000 to the
DEC Haiti appeal and the
first of Arco’s 125 Good
Deeds was to assist deaf
children in the developing
world by donating 1% of
the sales of its E-gard range
to the charity Sound
Seekers.