Community

Safestore and our community

Policy statement

We strive to actively seek out innovative solutions to engage our business with the local communities in which we operate. Our primary goal is to optimise the use of available resources so that our support is far-reaching, exceeding that of a cash value or donation through the effective deployment of the unique skills and resources our business has to offer. We will:

— provide national charity support through partnering with a charity of the year
    striving to build long-term relationships;

— provide local support for the communities in which we operate through our
    "Charity Room in Every Store" scheme;

— use our communications platform to assist charitable partners in raising
    awareness of their cause inspiring others to get involved;

— consider requests for community support helping initiatives where we feel our
    available resources can add the most value; and

— meet our charitable partners regularly to nurture existing relationships and
    objectively consider new charitable requests.

Highlights

— During the year we have continued to support Scope as our charity partner of
    the year. We have extended our free storage support through the provision of
    valuable archive storage space. This has enabled Scope to redeploy the funds
    saved directly to improving the everyday lives of disabled people. Throughout
    the year our staff have participated in events such as the Inca Trail trek in
    Peru, the Royal Parks half marathon and the Aylesbury Tour de Vale, raising
    valuable additional funds.

— We celebrated the opening of our Crystal Palace store by sponsoring a golf
    day event raising valuable funds for St Christopher’s, a local hospice.

— We passionately support our "Charity Room in Every Store" scheme with
    further support extended in the year to charities in the community of our new
    stores in Barking and Crystal Palace.

— During the year we have supported a number of charities such as Comic
    Relief and Children in Need through a diverse range of cross functional
    activities.