Charitable Donations

Johnson Matthey has a long history of support for charitable causes aligned to issues to which the Johnson Matthey business makes a contribution and issues on which employees are passionate.

The company’s active and wide ranging donations programme encompasses medical research, education, care for the disabled and young people's charities as well as a number of world-wide community action programmes.

Many employees contribute their own time, effort and money to support local community projects and annually, Johnson Matthey adopts a Charity of the Year which provides a focus for staff support and fundraising.  Our Charity of the Year partnership commences in August each year. 


Johnson Matthey Charity of the Year – International Red Cross and Red Cresecent Movement

In 2008/09 Johnson Matthey is delighted to support the international Red Cross and Red Cresecent Movement.  The international Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (The Red Cross) is perhaps best known for its international humanitarian and relief work and is the largest humanitarian network in the world.

The Red Cross helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are.  Worldwide, the work of the Red Cross includes responding to disasters and conflicts, helping prepare people for future disasters like floods and earthquakes, supporting the basic health needs of some of the most vulnerable communities in the world and working around the world to promote international humanitarian law in peacetime and conflict. 

Further information on the the work of the British Red Cross can be found at www.redcross.org.uk.

Recent Charity of the Year partners:   

EveryChild - Johnson Matthey donated over £45,000 during our 2007/08 charity of the year partnership with EveryChild. 

Help The Aged - During our 2006/07 charity of the year partnership, Johnson Matthey donated over £30,000 to Help The Aged. 

Breakthrough Breast Cancer - Johnson Matthey staff donated over £35,000 during our 2005/06 campaign. 

Help the Hospices - Johnson Matthey sites donated around £30,000 to Help the Hospices and to hospices local to our sites in the UK during our 2004/05 campaign. 

Diabetes UK – Johnson Matthey staff raised in excess of £32,000 during our 2003/04 campaign.

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NSPCC – in our 2-year partnership and subsequently through our annual donations programme, Johnson Matthey is delighted to have donated over £100,000 to the charity’s FULL STOP Appeal.

Further information on Charitable Programmes is detailed in Johnson Matthey's Sustianability Report - click here to view.