ABOUT US
We're excited to share with you all that NEXT does in the name of charity.
Here you can meet the charities team, learn more about the range of charities we support & how.
Our Charitable Giving Policy
At NEXT we will support charities and organisations that have a positive impact on:
Key things to take away from our Giving Policy:
Our main focus for support is charities & organisations that have an impact in countries, communities & territories we operate in & source from.
Charities & organisations will be chosen both by the company and it's colleagues via their representatives.
We will support via: donations of money, gifts, products that are directly/ indirectly beneficial to them or via expertise, knowledge or time & through the redistribution of carrier bag levees & other similar payments
We will engage & promote a culture through our colleague representatives to have their say & choose the charities that Next support,
We will communicate to our employees about the charities Next supports & encourage initiatives/ support for these charities
We will make it easy for our colleagues to access donations to help their chosen charities benefit from our wider charitable giving funds
Meet the team
As NEXT is a well established brand, our charities team & committee are constantly reviewing invitations to support various charities & initiatives.
The committee meet throughout the year to discuss donation requests and the Charities team ensure that the donations reach the chosen charities.
Andy Latham
H&S, Wellbeing & Charities Manager
Andy joined Next in 2001 having previously worked as Head of Environmental Health at Asda / Walmart. Andy started his working life as a Medical sales Rep then changed his career path to become an Environmental Health Officer.
Jo Lee
Charities Manager
Jo started life at NEXT in 2006 and after working as a PA in Product Legislation, Brands and Childrenswear worked as an Office Manager with the National Youth Agency charity. Jo joined the Charities team as Manager in 2023
Claudia Balderson
Wellbeing & Charities Coordinator
After working in Next Customer Services and as a Senior Trainer for the Development & Training dept for 22 years Claudia worked for Loros. And became Next's Wellbeing & Charity Coordinator in 2021
Genna Douglas
Charities Creative Coordinator
After working in childrenswear design for 15 years Genna has joined the team to share her knowledge and design experience. Genna is working with Charities to create products that NEXT can produce and sell for the charities' benefit.
Meet the Committee
Charities large and small request financial support & funding. These requests are discussed by the committee who then decide which Charities have been successful. Sadly we can't give to everyone, so the committee has to make some difficult decisions.
Chris Bryan
Head of Visual Merchandising Display & Marketing Operations
Claire Kershaw
Health and Wellbeing Manager
Rachel Bunney
Code of Practice Manager
Flo McAleese
Communications and Engagement Manager
Sarah Pearson
Operations Facilities Manager
Charity Committee Guiding Principles
Our Guiding Principles are used to guide our “giving” decision making when approached directly by charities, individuals or organisations for donations, along with our Charitable Giving Policy (see above)