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NetDespatch donates over £6,700 to Blind Children UK

Marlow, 12 May 2016 – NetDespatch has raised £6,732 for Blind Children UK, as part of the company’s ongoing commitment to donate a fixed percentage of its turnover to charitable causes. With around 25,700 children and young people with sight loss in England, the charity provides vital support. Blind Children UK is part of the same group as the charity Guide Dogs. Both charities are committed to helping people with sight loss of all ages live the life they choose.

NetDespatch staff selected Blind Children UK as one of the company’s supported charities, following the company’s annual vote by employees.

Although children and young people with sight loss are offered support by their local authority, in some areas of England fewer than two percent of children are receiving the help they need, according to Blind Children UK. The charity’s work includes support for families when a child is diagnosed with sight loss, vital movement and life-skills training, known as habilitation, and providing technology to ensure children with sight loss have the same opportunities as their peers.

“The generous donation from NetDespatch will help us to provide support for more children with sight loss,” said Blind Children UK spokesperson, Kate Ledigo. “Every penny donated is used to directly improve a young life in a very real way. Changing a child’s life now opens up their world so they can look forward to a better, brighter future.”

“Raising children is not for the faint hearted, so it must be an overwhelming undertaking for parents to teach and support a blind child and give him a degree of independence, without the help of a specialist organisation,” said Elliot Evans, Marketing Manager at NetDespatch. “I’m proud that our staff made the decision to support a charity that helps to improve the lives of these children.”

Headquartered in Marlow, NetDespatch enables more than 130,000 businesses to streamline their parcel shipping processes through seamless integration with parcel carriers such as Royal Mail, APC Overnight, Yodel and UK Mail.

CONTACTS:

Michael Bartley

C8 Consulting

michael@c8consulting.co.uk

Tel: 0118 949 7750

Reader enquiries: NetDespatch, tel: +44 (0)1978 367475, email: delivermore@despatch.net

About NetDespatch: NetDespatch is the leading SaaS parcel data management platform for postal and parcel carriers such as Royal Mail, APC Overnight, Yodel, New Zealand Post and Asendia. Recognised as one of the top independent Cloud Computing providers in the UK, the platform currently enables carriers to provide more than 130,000 of their business customers in 114 countries with advanced IT solutions to seamlessly integrate ecommerce websites, sales order processing and warehouse systems at point of despatch. Users can print the correct shipping labels, customs documentation and manifests, and automatically pre-advise their arrier of incoming parcels. For more information visit www.netdespatch.com or follow @NetDespatch on Twitter.

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