Icon announces charitable donations totalling £62,000

13 July 2017

 

London, July 13th 2017 – Icon Solutions, an independent award-winning payment and specialist technology company, has donated £62k during the last 12 months in charitable programmes around the world supporting health, education, poverty and the environment. Many of these charitable contributions are aimed at supporting communities and empowering individuals with the necessary tools, skills and support to improve their quality of life.

Ben Hallifax, Icon Solutions’ Operations Director, said “Icon is built on a commitment to giving back and to helping people to live better lives and we are involving our staff, clients and friends in our efforts. I am personally very proud of what the Icon Foundation has achieved over the past 8 years to enrich people’s lives. The Foundation will continue to help underprivileged individuals from both local and international communities over the coming years and we look forward to supporting even more charities in the future.”

Icon believe in supporting good causes and encourages staff to get involved too. This week, 8 of Icon’s staff independently raised £13,820 by cycling from Paris to London for Children with Colitis and Crohn’s.

Icon’s charity work is an important part of its broader CSR Programme, in which Icon has recently been certified as CarbonNeutral. The main beneficiaries of the Icon Foundation are;

We See Hope

Polka Theatre

Wimbledon Guild

Sub-Saharan Africa Improved Water Infrastructure

Guatemala Water Filtration and Improved Cookstoves

Jigsaw4U

Guts in Motion

About Icon Solutions

Icon is an independent award winning payment and specialist technology provider serving global financial institutions. From IT strategy, architecture and design, to project delivery and software development, Icon enables institutions to rapidly capitalise on the latest innovative technology and market drivers to reduce costs, boost revenues, and ensure compliance with regulatory and industry standards.

The critical value Icon offers its clients, is the combination of deep subject matter expertise in instant payments, a proven track record in delivering bank critical systems, and a FinTech approach to the use of technology. This is evidenced by longstanding client relationships with some of the most important global financial institutions.

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