Wealth management firm RBC Brewin Dolphin has awarded a Cumbrian charity £5,000.
The company asked its staff to nominate charities which would benefit from the cash to celebrate 10 years of its community grants programme.
From over 120 nominations, 10 charities from the UK and Republic of Ireland were chosen by a panel to receive one of the grants.
One of the charities to be awarded was the Triple A project, a Cumbria-wide charity that supports people with autism by offering post diagnosis support programmes, employment advice and its Positive Pals friendship groups.
Andrew Asquith-Vallance, a financial planner in RBC Brewin Dolphin’s Penrith office and a trustee of the charity, said: “We are pleased to be able to support the invaluable work of such a wonderful local charity.”
Sheila Gregory, chair of the Triple A project, added: “We are delighted to receive this generous donation from RBC Brewin Dolphin. It is so difficult for small charities to raise money in the present economic circumstances and £5,000 will fund one of our Positive Pals groups for a year.”
