Historically, PEM staff have nominated and fundraised for a charity every two years, which enabled the team to raise large amounts of money for the designated charity of choice, which was voted for by staff. Most recently, the PEM Charitable Trust raised over £20,000 for Arthur Rank Hospice Charity.
Other previous charities include:
- East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices
- Blue Smile
- Teenage Cancer Trust
- The Sick Children’s Trust
- The Rosie (Addenbrooke’s)
As a Cambridge-based firm, PEM wanted to support local Cambridgeshire charities, no matter how big or small, and developing the PEM Charitable Trust enabled agility, so that they can support smaller charities with one off donations, as well as larger local charities.
The PEM Charitable Trust is a registered charity, managed by four internal trustees – James Burrett, Kelly Bretherick, Warren Tilbury and Michael Godfrey, and one external trustee – Laurence Weeks. The trustees work alongside our Corporate Social Responsibility committee which consists of 10 members of staff who together represent the firm.
PEM are committed to ongoing fundraising so that charities are able to apply for grants which will be considered and if successful, will receive a one-off grant or donation.
PEM began fundraising for the Trust in 2019 and have started accepting grant applications from mid-November 2022. To download the application form, please complete the eligibility questionnaire here and send to csr@pem.co.uk.
