The PEM Charitable Trust.

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Who we are

As a Cambridge firm, we want to be able to support local Cambridge charities.

In 2018 we proudly launched the PEM Charitable Trust, which enables us to be more agile and to support smaller, local charities. We wanted our giving to be meaningful and personal to our people.

The PEM Charitable Trust is a registered charity (registered charity number 1181792), managed by four internal trustees – James BurrettKelly BretherickWarren Tilbury and Michael Godfrey, and one external trustee – Laurence Weeks.

The trustees work alongside our internal grant-giving committee which represents a variety of departments across the firm (who review the applications and decide on who should receive grants) and in 2022 we proudly issued our first grant!

This committee allows our employees to decide which causes are closest to the heart of the firm to really see the difference PEM can make.

To celebrate our 150th year, we are aiming to donate 150 grants by the end of 2025! We are delighted to have hit 100 grants in June.

What we do

At PEM, our team get involved in fundraising activities every year to help raise money for the PEM Charitable Trust to support our local charities.

We have been involved in physical challenges such as the Cambridge Half Marathon, Three Piers Challenge, Three Peaks Challenge, Hadrian’s Wall trek, and regularly fundraise through work social events such as quizzes, runs and raffles.

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The application window is now open until 31 August, it then closes for September and reopens from 1 October to 30 November.

Please download the required grant application form below, and send to csr@pem.co.uk.

A PDF version of the application form can be requested by contacting csr@pem.co.uk.

For more information, please email our ESG & Community Lead, Amy at ahayden@pem.co.uk

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*Please note you must be Cambridgeshire based, and current audit or independent examination clients of PEM are not eligible for these grants.

Who we’ve supported

We support many charities in our community across Cambridgeshire and have donated funds to the following charities and not-for-profit organisations.

Logos of charities and non-profit organisations which PEM have supported

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