corporate social
responsibility

Lycetts is committed to making a difference. Not only in the way we do business but in the way we help change lives. We believe in helping communities less privileged than ourselves. That’s why all our available profits are passed to our ultimate owner, the Benefact Group, which in turn invests them back into the community.

Lycetts offers staff match-funding to all staff raising money for a chosen charity. This means we match £1 for £1 of any personal fundraising. This is up to a value of £5,000 per employee per event. Recently, Lycetts staff member Andrew Melville undertook the 137 mile coast to coast bike ride in support of the mental health charity Anxious Minds. He managed to raise £760 which was matched by Benefact meaning the charity will receive £1520 for Andrew’s efforts.

Every year, each employee is given £100 to donate to any registered charity of their choice. This is in addition to the funds we commit to as a business.

Lycetts are proud to make a tangible impact to a number of charities that we have long-standing relationships with and our team actively engages in local community initiatives, fundraising endeavours and awareness campaigns within the sectors we champion.

We have a CSR committee who help foster a culture of giving within Lycetts and we actively encourage our team members to participate in charitable activities, providing both time and support for their volunteer work with organisations in need.

We are dedicated to making a positive impact, championing charitable causes and striving to illuminate a brighter future for all.

Furthermore, we actively support several deserving causes year-after-year and feel privileged to be involved with the likes of The Percy Hedley Foundation a registered charity that helps disabled children, young people and adults get access to a wide range of high quality, specialist and personalised care and education support. Lycetts is proud to help the foundation support over 1,000 families each year who suffer with cerebral palsy and communication difficulties.

At Lycetts, we believe in giving individuals encouragement and motivation to succeed. We are passionate about giving people from our rural communities exceptional opportunities.

Lycetts is delighted to support  student scholarships in partnership with the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) at Cirencester. Scholarships to the value of £2,500 are awarded  with the winning RAU students undertaking original research project at Lycetts during the course of the summer and presenting their findings to our Board in the autumn.

Our local offices also regularly support smaller charities by attending balls and festivals or hosting lunches and sponsoring rural fairs and sporting events. We also place adverts in charity programmes and magazines so our support is varied and far-reaching.