Icon Foundation

Giving back to the community is a huge part of Icon's identity, and the people who work here. We established the Icon Foundation to help Icon employees support the causes that matter to them. foundation-hero-68c8106baa737

OUR ETHOS

Giving back

At Icon we don’t measure ourselves by the success of our work alone, we also want to ensure that we make a valuable contribution to society.

From supporting smaller charities where we feel we can make a real difference, to sponsoring employees in their charitable challenges, we donate to causes where we have a personal connection.

Supporting Local

In the heart of Wimbledon

We have strong ties to our roots in Wimbledon and are proud to continue to support many of our local programmes and initiatives, such as the Polka Theatre, Merton's Community Fridge, Old Wimbledonians Rugby Club and the Wimbledon Station Shoebox Appeal, all of which do wonderful work for the community.

The Polka Theatre, whose work nurtures children's creativity and brings communities together through theatre and play, is one that Icon are dedicated to supporting and have done for many years by contributing to their Freefalling programme, regularly hiring their events space and helping to fund a major refurb in 2020.

CHARITY

WeSeeHope

WeSeeHope transforms the lives and futures of children in some of Africa's toughest environments, from rehabilitating isolated children back into their communities, to educating young people and training them in vocational and business skills. During the pandemic we held two virtual events with Icon staff logging over 20,000km of running, walking, cycling and swimming, raising over £5,000 in the last event, and more recently some of the people at Icon took part in some Ultra Challenges across the UK for the charity. Icon also supports the Hope Classic Rally, one of the UK's most unique classic car experiences and fundraising initiatives, which also raises funds for WeSeeHope.

CHARITY

The Hiral Patel Community Award

Each year at Icon we support community charities voted in by staff to honour Hiral Patel, a beloved member of the Icon family who we lost too soon. These are just some of the charities we are proud to have supported in honour of Hiral:

The Girl Guides - Hiral was a Girl guide leader for many years so we are doing what we can to help her regional Girl Guides, Brownies and Rainbows. Including taking part in STEM days.
The Girls Network - A mentoring programme for young women, Icon now has 3 women who have become mentors for the programme.
EcoActive - An environmental charity, planting community gardens and educating on sustainable living.
West London Welcome - A community centre run for and with refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and other locals living in West London.
Wallington Animal Rescue - A rescue home striving to reduce the population of homeless or unwanted animals through providing support and advice for animal welfare and promoting spay/neutering awareness programmes within their local community.

CHARITY

CAF Give As You Earn (GAYE)

We’re proud to be part of the number one payroll giving scheme in the UK. “CAF Give As You Earn” helps over 3,000 companies and 400,000 staff to give nearly £80m to charity each year. We’re delighted to have been awarded the Silver Payroll Giving Quality Mark for our organisation’s commitment to payroll giving and corporate social responsibility.

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The Icon Story

Icon Solutions is a fintech company with more than 16 years of experience in designing and implementing payment systems. Icon was founded on the belief that financial services organisations should be able to lead their own transformation, and that by harnessing state-of-the-art technology, they can do it in an accelerated, structured and low-risk way.

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