Charity & Community

Our charity initiative ‘JLT Making a Difference' Our charity initiative focuses JLT's efforts in three ways:

• Firstly, all UK employees are able to take advantage of a ‘Charity Day', this gives them one day every year when they can spend company time helping a charity or working in the local community. As a Lloyd's Community Programme partner, employees from our London offices are encouraged to give up their lunch hours twice a week to visit a school to help with IT training and support.
• Secondly, JLT will match pound for pound any amount raised by our UK staff in fundraising activities they undertake for charity up to a maximum of £3,000. Each year the Group Charities Committee seeks to ensure that a large proportion of its annual budget supports these employee fundraising activities. In 2010 the Group provided matching funds totalling more than £74,000. In the UK, JLT provides a Give-As-You-Earn scheme which enables employees to make regular charitable donations in a tax-efficient manner.
• Thirdly, the Group Charities Committee will consider the many requests received for donations from a wide variety of local and national charities. All requests are considered carefully on their merits, however, we take a particular interest in charities connected to communities local to our offices.

The Charities Committee also seeks to act promptly and make significant donations when world events require.

The Charities Committee also supports various employee charitable fundraising events which are designed to raise funds and encourage greater staff engagement.

Many of JLT's overseas offices are involved in local charity initiatives and active fundraising. Several of which have been supported by the Group Charities Committee.

Our total charitable donations in 2010 amounted to £332,563.