“Supporting our community is really important to Abcam. We’ve been incredibly fortunate over the years and are now really pleased to be able to now give something back, providing support at what is a critical point for some of these charities. We look forward to helping other good causes in the future,” commented Jonathan Milner, CEO, Abcam.
Abcam also regularly donates to a range of national and international causes through its Charity Committee. The Committee, which consists of Abcam employees, has been administrating funding to charities since 2004.
Rachel Newell, Social Enterprise and Business Development Manager, Wintercomfort, said: “We would like to thank Abcam for their donation. We’re looking at developing new initiatives that will give those that that are homeless or vulnerably housed the skills to help them get back into employment and this money will help support any current and future projects.”
Jane Darlington, CEO of Cambridge Community Foundation, said: “We are delighted to welcome Abcam as the latest member of our Community Foundation 100 initiative. Through this initiative we are bringing 100 local companies and people together to collectively support local voluntary and community groups that are working hard to improve the quality of life across the communities of Cambridgeshire.”
Dr. Carrie Herbert, Founder and Chief Executive of Red Balloon, said: “It is heart-warming when a successful local business supports a local charity which is now a national organization. With Abcam's help we shall be able to grow and deliver our recovery program to severely bullied and traumatized children who are unable to go to school.”
About Abcam plc
Abcam is a producer and distributor of high quality protein research tools. These tools enable life scientists to analyze components of living cells at the molecular level, which is essential in understanding health and disease.
Headquartered in Cambridge (UK), Abcam has subsidiary offices in Bristol (UK), Cambridge, MA (USA), Eugene, OR (USA), San Francisco, CA (USA), Tokyo (Japan), Hangzhou and Hong Kong (both in China), allowing it to serve a global customer base in over 130 countries. Abcam employs over 680 staff across its eight operating companies.
Abcam now has an online catalogue of over 103,500 products sourced from over 400 suppliers. The catalogue includes a growing range of non-primary antibody products such as secondaries, proteins, peptides, lysates, immunoassays and other kits. Products are available for life science research and distributed to academic and commercial users. A highly developed eCommerce platform, which includes regional websites for the Chinese and Japanese markets, allows customers to access up-to-date and detailed technical product data sheets at the Company's website www.abcam.com.
Abcam was admitted to AIM in November 2005 and trades under the ticker symbol ABC. The Company's vision is to be the world's leading life science tools company.
About Cambridge Community Foundation
Information about the Cambridgeshire Community Foundation can be found on their website (www.cambscf.org.uk) which includes details of the Funds they hold and some of the grants they have awarded recently (www.cambscf.org.uk/recent-grants.html). For information on the CF 100 initiative visit www.cambscf.org.uk/cf100.html
Contact:
Jane Darlington
01223 410535
www.cambscf.org.uk
About Red Balloon Learner Centres
Red Balloon is the only charity in England that provides ‘intensive care’ full-time education for secondary-aged children who are unable to attend school due to severe bullying or extreme anxiety, which may have been caused by the death of a parent, abuse, rape or other experience that makes it impossible for them to attend a mainstream school. Some of the young people have temporary mental health issues. All the children attending a Red Balloon have self-excluded.
Red Balloon’s work is directed at helping children ‘recover’ and through a balance of one-to-one and small group tuition and therapeutic care, children are able to regain their self-esteem and confidence so they can return to school – or if older, go on to college or into employment. 95% of the children who stay longer than six weeks successfully move on.
Established in 1996, Red Balloon has Centres located in Cambridge, Merseyside, Norwich, NW London, Reading and a new ‘virtual’ Centre known as Red Balloon of the Air.
Contact:
Victoria Bunn
+44 (0) 1223 366052
www.rblc.org.uk/group
About Wintercomfort
Wintercomfort was founded in 1991 by Henry Rothschild and supports those who are homeless or at risk of losing their homes by offering them basic amenities, opportunities for educational development and recreation, and a range of services designed to help them achieve greater autonomy.
Contact:
Rachel Newell
+44 (0) 1223 518140
www.wintercomfort.org.uk
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Contact:
Lorna Cuddon
Zyme Communications
+44 (0) 7811 996942
www.abcam.com
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