Toyota donation boosts charity

Child exploitation charity Safe and Sound has received a donation of thousands of pounds from Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK to support its outreach programme.

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The car manufacturer’s charitable trust has donated almost £5,000 to the charity to enable its support and youth workers and volunteers to engage with children and young people.

The charity works at grass root levels, delivering individual support to each child, as well as families and carers.

Lucy Orme, fundraising and marketing officer at Safe and Sound, said: “This donation is very much appreciated to support our efforts to have a visible presence in local communities, particularly where we know perpetrators target their efforts to engage vulnerable young people for their own exploitative purposes.”

The Toyota Manufacturing UK Charitable Trust has contributed more than £6.3 million to a variety of local community causes since 1992.

Tim Freeman, trustee for the charitable trust and deputy managing director at Toyota Manufacturing UK, said: “It is an honour and a privilege to be able to support the fantastic work of local charities such as Safe and Sound despite what has been a particularly challenging year for all.”