Colleague Focus
Protecting pets is our purpose, animal welfare is our passion
Helping animals is in our DNA here at AFI, as passionate now as when we first opened in 1998 about creating a better life for animals around the world. Our colleagues believe that all animals, from the domestic to the exotic, deserve the right to be protected and to live happy and healthy lives and together, we make this happen. Our internal schemes, such as ‘Probation Donation’, Animal Friends Giving Back, Match Funding and our ‘Colleague of the Quarter’ recognition programme, enable our colleagues to support animal welfare and conservation charities on every step of their journeywith AFI. Probation Donation To make sure all our colleagues have the opportunity to support vulnerable animals everywhere, we make a donation on behalf of our newest colleagues who successfully complete their probation period. This scheme allows our colleagues to donate £250 to an animal welfare or conservation charity, selectable from a list of causes we support from local rehoming centres to
charities fighting to end animal suffering in captivity half the world away. In 2021, we are proud to have donated £5,750 through this scheme. “I’ve never experienced a scheme like this before and I think it’s a really great (and quick and easy) way to give colleagues the opportunity to donatemoney to a charity that is close to their heart.” “I think it is a really good benefit and also introduces our new colleagues to our culture and what is important to AFI and those around them.” Employee of the Quarter As part of our colleague reward programme, we ask our very deserving Colleague of the Quarter winners to nominate an animal welfare or conservation charity to receive a donation
fromAFI.With thanks to this year’swinners,
we have donated a total of £12,000 to some amazing causes over the course of 2021.
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