Adopted schools UK

Experian works with six local schools to offer a range of volunteering activities; reading, gardening, painting, e-mentoring and work experience, and delivering business skills courses to pupils taking part in Young Enterprise and the Industrial Trust programmes. Our people get involved, spending time in the schools working with the students. Other employees act as student mentors via a safe and secure email system (e-volve). The project is also supported by financial donations to provide educational trips and projects at each school.

Location: Nottingham, UK
Financial donation: $15,000
Community benefits: Mentoring and support to local schools can make a huge difference to their effectiveness, and really transform the lives of young people. Our volunteers last year spent over 600 hours reading with the six schools, which is rewarding for them but a real boost to the confidence of the students and a real help to busy teachers.

Adopted schools US

By partnering with a school across the street from its corporate headquarter location in Costa Mesa, CA, Experian Americas is able to strengthen its ties within the community, and play an active role in educating young people Experian collaborates with the Santa Ana School District to provide the students at Taft Elementary with educational field trip opportunities, mentoring partnerships and semester achievement awards. Each year, Experian employees have the chance to interact directly with the students at Taft through our Junior Achievement Day.

Location: Costa Mesa, CA
Financial donation: $3,000
Community benefits: Mentoring and support to local schools can make a huge difference to their effectiveness, and really transform the lives of young people.

The Experian Robin Hood Festival of Running

Experian supports one of the most important marathon races in the UK, attracting a field of 13,000 runners. Staging the event involves over 1,000 Experian people every year, either running or helping as course marshals or drink station volunteers. We also provide our Mosaic software to help with race planning and promotion. Young runners take part in the 2.5 mile Don Scott Mini Marathon, and Experian supports this strongly, promoting the event to Nottingham schools, subsidising runners’ entry fees and organising an annual designer competition for the official race t-shirt.

Location: Nottingham, UK
Financial donation: $132,000
Community benefits: This is the largest participation sporting event in the East Midlands with over 13,000 runners, promoting fitness and activity, particularly among young people. A further $136,000 is raised for charity by runners taking part in the event.

Experian Americas Internal Volunteer Donation Programmes

Experian Americas continues to support a number of volunteer activities and community organizations through the internal volunteer donation programmes - Service Makes Cents and Change For Change. In Service Makes Cents (FY07), Experian made a $200 donation to the respective organization for every 50 volunteer hours that an employee served. For the Change For Change programme, Experian made a $200 donation in support of a particular event or volunteer date in which an employee participated – walks, runs, bake sales, food drives, etc.

Location: Across the US
Financial donation: $23,200
Community benefits: These simple ideas provide an additional incentive for employees to get involved in local community groups, widening the pool of volunteers and – ultimately – giving a handy financial sum to the charity. Through volunteering projects, the Heart of Experian empowers employees to take an active role in the surrounding neighbourhoods, strengthening ties to the community and building a variety of dedicated relationships. Employees often learn new skills and hone team-building practices while contributing to the social well-being of the community at large.