RE Cares
Mission Statement
Reed Elsevier is dedicated to playing a positive role in our local and global communities, primarily through employee involvement. Our central focus is education for disadvantaged young people and community initiatives of importance to local employees.
Reed Elsevier maintains its global standing in publishing and other fields due to the excellence of its employees and the support of its communities.
For all they give, we believe we must give something back.
Reed Elsevier Cares encompasses
- Business - sponsored volunteer activities and charitable fundraising events
- RE Cares Month - special focus on community involvement
- ‘Two days’ - every employee is entitled to two work days off per year to volunteer for organisations that matter to them, or to participate in volunteer activities related to company-sponsored volunteering
- In-kind charitable donations
- Cash - charities can apply for funding for specific projects
2008 RE Cares Australia Charities
Each year, the LexisNexis RE Cares committee chooses a number of charities to support in the upcoming year. In 2008 we are supporting the following charities:
- Learning Links
Learning Links is an Australian charity and non-profit organisation formed to help children who have learning disabilities, difficulties and developmental delays and their families. Learning Links helps children to be the best they can be.
- Youth off the Streets
Youth off The Streets supports chronically homeless and drug addicted young Australians as they work to turn their lives around. It is their goal that these young people will leave their care drug free, with a high school education, living skills and a full or part time job in hand. Based on the philosophy that every young person has greatness within, these programs are non-denominational and non-discriminatory.
- The Children’s Hospital at Westmead
The Children’s Hospital at Westmead serves over 50,000 sick children and their families each year in a family-focused healing environment.