Our Charities
£28,050 raised so far
We are so proud and honoured to have supported the following charities, with various fundraisers, challenges, competitions, quizzes, bake sales, races, raffles, and sending goodies.
Many of these charities are close to our hearts in one way or another – whether having directly supported us/our families at some point, need funding for a cause one of us has personal experience of, or for a cause we feel is particularly deserving at the time. We are continually looking for new ways to raise funds and contributions for charities. Below are some of the things we’ve taken part in. 😊
Bone Cancer Research Trust – £11,059 raised
The Bone Cancer Research Trust is a charity providing funding for research into primary bone cancer, raising awareness of the disease, providing patient information, and providing support services.
Over the years we have done many fundraisers for this charity, as it is one very close to our hearts. We ran a cake sale in the office around the other businesses.
We also hosted a quiz night and raffle – with support from some of our clients who donated so generously. This event raised £1,277 in just 3 hours. We carved our own pumpkins and the public voted for their favourite – for every vote on social media we donated £5 to Bone Cancer Research Trust.
In 2020 our chosen charity was Bone Cancer Research Trust, and we donated any funds/sponsorship money raised to this great cause. Charlie was due to run the London Marathon in 2020 but this was rescheduled due to Covid-19 – so Charlie ran this in October 2022! She raised a whopping £3,352 for this wonderful charity. Charlie’s training has included running around our clients’ offices, ‘Charlie’s Crawl to Clients’, which raised an additional £200.
We were also very proud to sponsor the ‘Bone Cancer Ball’ in Leeds for our early team Christmas in November 2022. It was a fantastic event with so much love in the room – we all had a great time. We decided to sponsor this event again for November 2023 and donated our table to raise further funds and awareness.
To find out more about this incredible charity – please visit https://www.bcrt.org.uk/
The Brompton Fountain – £7,101 raised
The Brompton Fountain is a charity supporting children with serious, often life-threatening, medical conditions who are under the care of Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust: the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK.
We hosted a quiz night and auction to help raise money for the Brompton Fountain, and our team also took part in a Colour Run and a ‘Tough Mudder’ event – which we all found very challenging, and we had the bruises to prove it! In 2021 Charlie ran the London Landmarks Half Marathon to raise money for The Brompton Fountain, and in 2023 five of the CTR team ran this half marathon again, raising a staggering £2,000 more for the Brompton Fountain!
Find out more about the work that they do here:
Sebastian’s Action Trust – £2,115 raised
Sebastian’s Action Trust (SAT) provides emotional, social, and practical care for life-limited and life-threatened children and their families.
We take part in their ‘Christmas in July’ initiative for children every year. We undertook a series of Christmas themed events and challenges to raise money and awareness. We held a Christmas fun run, hid a cheeky elf on our website, a Christmas mince pie bake-off, our children sang Christmas songs, Christmas jumper day, and a gingerbread man decorating competition!
In October 2020 we raised £285 through our annual Pumpkin Carving Competition where the public voted for their favourite – for every vote on social media we donated £5 to Sebastian’s Action Trust.
In 2022 and 2023, we donated Easter eggs to their fantastic annual Easter hunt, which they organise for the families of the seriously ill children that they offer support to.
The last few years we have also joined in with ‘Christmas in July’ once again by wearing our most festive outfits, and for every vote cast on social media for the best outfit, we donated £5 to Sebastian’s Action Trust, which has raised another £600 for this wonderful cause. When appropriate, we use the money raised to select gifts for the children from their online wish list.
In July 2024 we sponsored ‘Sellebrity Soccer’: a celebrity football match at Ascot United FC raising funds for SAT. We were proud to be shirt sponsors to help this fantastic charity.
To find out more about the incredible work Sebastian’s Action Trust is doing to give families this wonderful experience, please visit: Sebastian’s Action Trust.
The British Red Cross – £1,238 raised
To help with humanitarian aid for Ukraine, we raised money for The British Red Cross, who are part of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), which unites 15 member charities who are experts in humanitarian aid and specialists in different areas of disaster response.
We organised our #urun2ukraine event, where we virtually ran/walked the 1188 miles that it is from Cantello Tayler Recruitment’s Egham Offices to the Polish/Ukraine boarder – where so mny of the refugees are fleeing and aid is being sent to.
To read more about The British Red Cross please go to The British Red Cross | Worldwide Humanitarian Charity
St George’s Hospital Trust Neuro ICU – £3,805 raised
St George’s Hospital provides specialist tertiary care at the national and regional levels, in specialities including cardiac and neurosurgery and cancer; as well as general hospital services.
As with The Brompton Fountain, we also raised money and awareness for the Neuro Intensive Care Unit at St George’s Hospital with the quiz, auction, a Colour Run and a Tough Mudder.
Visit their website to learn more about this wonderful charity:
Tommy’s – £1,000 raised
Charlie and Esther ran the London Landmarks Half Marathon in 2019 and raised over £1,000 for Tommy’s: the largest charity funding research into the prevention of baby loss.
Take a look at Tommy’s website for more information about this amazing charity:
White Lodge – Easter egg donations
In 2024, instead of dropping Easter eggs round to our clients, we decided to donate them to a very worthy charity: White Lodge Centre. White Lodge Centre are a local charity to us, who provide services that enable those with a range of disabilities, along with their families and carers, to lead fulfilling lives. They currently support over 1,200 individuals across Surrey and beyond through a diverse range of services for all ages and abilities. We managed to donate over 200 Easter eggs! Below are photos of Charlotte and Esther passing them over to White Lodge, along with some of the nursery children and staff there.
Website: White Lodge Centre
The Brett Foundation – Advent Calendar Donations
Cantello Tayler Recruitment are delighted to have helped collect over 250 advent calendars in 2022 and 2023 for The Brett Foundation’s Christmas appeal. The Brett Foundation are local a not-for-profit organisation, supporting homeless families who are living in poverty. They see so many children going without something as simple as an advent calendar at Christmas time.
Shelter – £195 raised
For our annual pumpkin carving competition in 2022, we chose to fundraise for Shelter – to help those homeless or struggling with housing, particularly during this cost-of-living crisis. With 39 votes received, CTR donated £195 to this very worthy cause.
To find out more about the work Shelter does, please visit https://www.shelter.org.uk/
2024 Challenges – nearly £1,000 raised
We embraced a ‘Year of the Challenges’ in 2024. This was all about pushing boundaries, breaking barriers, and making a difference! We decided to challenge ourselves in unique ways, all for a good cause.
Each member of the CTR team completed their own personal challenge, for a charity of their choice.
