The 2020 Global Giving Report for AVN, based on donations made via B1G1 and to local UK projects.

1. AVN Global Giving Report
2020

2. A message from our Managing Director,
Shane Lukas
The AVN team wholeheartedly
believe that all businesses, large
and small can use their leverage
and profits to do good in the world.
We celebrate all of our success at
AVN by contributing to the United
Nation’s Global Goals through B1G1
and we also support many local
causes that are close to the hearts
of the AVN team members.
During our quarterly planning
meetings, each team member
chooses a project related to a B1G1
or local cause that we make a giving
towards based on achievements
within their role. Each team
member is also given the
opportunity to put forward a cause
or project for us to make our
monthly local donation towards
too.
Myself and the AVN team are very
passionate about giving back and
we do our best to help wherever
we can.
I hope this report inspires others to
help and support causes they’re
passionate about to.

3. The AVN Team, their chosen cause relating to their
role and their why…

4. Shane Lukas, Managing Director
For every Strategy Session taken
place with Shane we provide a
Business Training Program in
Malawi.
For every new member that joins
AVN we Plant a tree to save
Orang Utans in Indonesia.
For every new member that joins AVN
we also help to reduce Carbon Dioxide
Emissions by rescuing food waste in
Singapore.
Shane’s why…
I’m passionate about education, we should never stop learning and developing our personal and business skill, providing
business training I believe is essential to help people become self sufficient and support their families.
We share this planet with so many other species and yet humanity has damaged so much of the earth to the detriment of our
companions, species have become extinct or very close to it. Planting trees and expanding the forests and the woodlands is
extending the habitats of these species and giving them a change to thrive again.
The more pollutants we send in to the atmosphere the more devastation we will cause, the air quality is
affecting the health of people and animals and also causing the planet to heat and melt the icecaps which
will decimate land and the life that lives on it, reducing the surface area that life on land will have available
to it. Reducing carbon emissions will help to reverse this.

5. Jenny Lukas, Director
For every 10 resources added/ updated to
our online resource vault we support beach
clean ups in Indonesia
Jenny’s why…
“It really upsets me when we go to the beach for the day and find that there are people that just leave
all of their rubbish behind - beaches should be beautiful places where everyone can go and enjoy them
and not wonder what their child is going to put in their mouth. We also shouldn’t come across marine
animals that have choked/been strangled/eaten the rubbish that humans leave behind. We always
try to collect when we go to the beach, but the official beach clean up we did was a way to monitor
the types of rubbish on the beach to do more about it from a higher level.”

6. For every Practice Growth Expert call taken
place with a member we help to provide
safe drinking water to families in Cambodia.
Emma Slack, Practice Growth Expert (PGE)
Emma’s why…
“As a child I was always troubled by seeing children in poorer countries starving and
dying of thirst. As I can’t do anything practically with my hands to solve this issue it’s
great that by doing my job and helping people out I am helping to pay for wells and
irrigation delivered by some amazing charities.”

7. Alan Woods,
Practice Growth Expert (PGE)
For every Practice Growth Expert call taken
place with a member we help to provide
safe drinking water to families in Cambodia.
The Practice Growth Expert team’s why…
” Our Practice Growth Expert team work with AVN members to improve their practices
and their quality of life, both professionally and personally. We looked for a cause that
resonated with this role and chose a project that helps improves the lives of families in
Cambodia. The Bio-Sand Water Filter purifies 80 litres of water a day, enough to
provide clean, safe water for up to 15 people.”
Andrea Higginbottom,
Practice Growth Expert (PGE)
Andrew Millier,
Practice Growth Expert (PGE)
Bernard Keavy,
Practice Growth Expert (PGE)
Joanne Wharm,
Practice Growth Expert (PGE)

8. Kerry Riley, Personal Assistant
Kerry’s why…
”Health and fitness are a great passion of mine and I am very lucky to be able to support
people here in the UK with the personal training I offer in my spare time. It makes me
happy that I can also do this in some way with the tasks I have as part of my job role.”
For every webinar recording edited we
provide access to Free Healthcare for a
refugee in Malaysia

9. Susan Clegg, Marketing and content creation
For every Blog published we provide
shelter, support and life skills to young
people.
Susan’s why…
"As the parent of teenagers, it's unbearable to think that family breakdown could cause
them to be made homeless. But it's a major reason that young people find themselves
on the street. That's why I chose my giving to go to Roundabout."

10. Victoria Walton, Event Co-Ordinator and
Admin Assistant
For every delegate attending an event we
give Music Therapy to children with special
needs in Moldova
Victoria’s why…
”Growing up we fostered children with special needs and I saw how important sensory
activities were for them, especially music so this was such as obvious choice for my
giving. I also feel very strongly that all girls should have access to appropriate hygiene
items so this cause is also important to me.”
For every book posted we provide Hygiene
Kit for a girl in Kenya

11. The B1G1 causes we’ve supported in 2020

12. Below are the locations of B1G1 projects we’ve given to over the years

13. 177, 927
Total Impacts
for 2020
Health
Most
Impacted
Category for
2020
43
Number of
projects for
2020
Our total impacts made since joining B1G1
Our 2020 Statistics

14. Projects we’ve supported so far - Africa
Given 87 days of healthcare to
a community in Kenya
Provided 150 days of literacy and
business training for women
in Uganda
Provided 7 nourishing meals to
homeless people in South Africa
Provided 84 days of days of business
training to women in need in Malawi
Provided 365 days of access to
toilet facilities to families in Malawi
Provided 2 days of Bookkeeping
Skills for women in Zimbabwe
Provided 15,905 days days of
access to life-saving clean water for
hospital patients in Kenya
Provided 686 days of access to a
hygiene kit for a Girl in Kenya
Provided 150 days of necessities
to newborn babies in Kenya
Provided 3 days of vocational
training to women in Nigeria

15. Projects we’ve supported so far - Asia
Provided 3285 days days of access
to clean drinking water for people
via solar-powered reverse osmosis
Provided 250 cups of rice to feed
children in crisis in Vietnam
Gave 2600 bricks to build homes
for families in India
Provided 1365 days of access to
school books to orphaned children in
Thailand
Planted 78 trees to save
Orang Utans in Indonesia
Provided 100,813 days of access
to library books to schools in
Cambodia
Provided 4 days of access to
medical care to sick dogs in Nepal
Provided 7 days of access to free
healthcare for a refugee in Malaysia
Provided 6480 days of access days
of access to e-Learning to children in India
Provided 44,881 days of access to
safe drinking water in Cambodia
Provided 50 nights of shelter for
homeless children in Vietnam

16. Projects we’ve supported so far – Asia continued
Reduced 200kg of carbon dioxide
emissions by rescuing food waste in
Singapore
Provided 1 day of access to help
stop illegal shark trading in India
Collected 6kg of waste to support
beach clean up in Indonesia
Provided 240 days of access to solar
power to schools in India
Gave 6 days of access to a class on
Agriculture Training in Cambodia

17. Projects we’ve supported so far - Europe
Provided 20 days of access to equip
children with a filled school Bag
in Moldova
Gave 50 days of access to music
therapy to children with special
needs in Moldova
Gave 30 school uniforms to
children in need in Moldova
Gave 2 speech therapy sessions for
children with special needs in Moldova
Provided 120 days of winter protection for
young people with disabilities in Belarus

18. The local causes we’ve supported in 2020

19. We provided gifts for children
living in refuge who wouldn’t
necessarily receive anything for
Christmas otherwise.
We purchased gifts for children
and young adults living in
poverty wouldn’t necessarily
receive anything for Christmas
otherwise.
We gave a donation to help support the
running of the charity which rescues and
neuters street cats in Corfu.
We gave a donation towards
helping to give a family a meal
on the table and the joy of a
small present for the children
this Christmas.
We gave a donation towards
helping to feed families in need
during this Christmas period.
We purchased gifts and supplies
to be given and used for the
children needing the services of
the hospice facility.

20. We made a donation to a local
Postman who was raising
money by wearing fancy dress
to work every day during the
first UK lockdown.
We made regular donations
throughout the year to help nurses,
midwives and healthcare
assistants, both working and
retired, when they’re suffering
personal or financial hardship.
We made a donation to help
improve the lives of
disadvantaged children and
young people in Yorkshire
communities who are affected
by illness, poverty, neglect or
have additional needs.
We made a donation to support
work to provide homeless young
people with accommodation, health
support and life skills in order to get
them back into education, training
and employment.
We made a donation to support
over 250 young people living in
accommodation every day, either
provided by or supported by the
charity.

21. Why these causes are important to us…
We are very consciously aware that whilst AVN did incredibly well despite COVID-19 we appreciate
that many businesses didn’t; with impacts to them in both professional and personal ways.
Therefore we were passionate about giving to these charities to help support them, and those
needing their services, during these difficult times.

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