A TELECOM company is ringing up cash for charity.
Liversedge-based Talkative Ltd has joined forces with Overgate Hospice to develop a recycling partnership for old mobile phones. The company is also becoming a corporate member of the Elland-based hospice.
Talkative managing director Richard Winterbottom has undertaken a large recycling campaign to help the hospice improve on the few hundred pounds it currently gets from donations of recycled mobile phones.
Kathryn Rogan, of the hospice, said: “Overgate Hospice is the only hospice in Calderdale.
“Since it was established in 1981, it has expanded and continues to provide care to adults in Calderdale who have a life limiting illness.
“We have a 12-bed inpatient unit and there are doctors and nurses providing 24 hour specialist care to the patient while supporting families also.
“We have a day hospice that offers day care to 12 patients a day.
“Patients attend day care for support, to have a bit of fun and can also access therapies such as physiotherapy or aromatherapy.”
Kathryn said the hospice running costs would total £1.9m this year – with just 18% covered by the local Primary Care Trust.
She said: “It is pleasing to see a small to medium-sized business in Talkative Ltd embracing its corporate social responsibility to the wider community.”
