Octopus Giving

At Octopus, people come first – and helping people matters. That’s why in 2015 we set up our charitable foundation, Octopus Giving, to support five carefully chosen charities.

We understand what it’s like to start small. We also know that small charities can make a huge difference in many ways. So, we take the skills and resources at our disposal and we give five brilliant entrepreneurial charities, led by inspirational people, every bit of help we can.

Every Octopus employee receives a volunteer day each year which they can spend working with one of our chosen charities: Beyond Autism, CALM, Greatwood, North & South London Cares, and Youth at Risk.

Together we’ve donated thousands of hours and raised almost £700, 000 for our charities. It's helped. . .

Beyond Autism fund a new school to educate hundreds of children with autism…

CALM pay for an extra seat on its helpline. . .

Greatwood hire a new teacher to support its education programme…

North and South London Cares hire two new charity co-ordinators…

Youth at Risk to deliver coaching for up to 75 young people in Hackney…

ABOUT OUR CHARITIES
Youth At Risk - Transforming the lives of society’s most alienated and marginalised young people.
http://youthatrisk.org. uk @YouthatRiskUK

North and South London Cares - Connecting volunteers with some of London’s most isolated people.
http://northlondoncares.org. uk @NLCares @SouthLDNCares

CALM – The Campaign against Living Miserably. Preventing suicide, the biggest killer of men aged 20-49. They never turn away a call, regardless of gender.
https://www. thecalmzone.net @theCALMzone

Beyond Autism - Providing autistic children with the environment and communication skills they need to lead fuller lives.
http://www. beyondautism.org. uk @BeyondAutismUK

Greatwood - Educating disadvantaged children and young adults and rescuing retired racehorses.
http://www. greatwoodcharity.org @GreatwoodHorses