  A new United Kingdom pro bono programme with three pilots was introduced in financial year 07 to complement our existing voluntary engagements and enhance our relationships with our community partners.
The benefits of pro bono programmes are twofold: firstly, our employees can make substantial and meaningful contributions using their core skills whilst developing new ones. Secondly, our community partners can benefit from expert services that they might not otherwise be able to afford. We Are What We Do
Accenture has provided pro bono services to the recently launched We Are What We Do, a global movement designed to inspire people to use their everyday actions to change the world. Accenture has advised on We Are What We Do sales, marketing and delivery strategy, as well as helping them create a corporate partnering strategy. Eased Forecasting for Fairbridge
Accenture in the United Kingdom has added pro bono services to our grant giving and fundraising activities in an ongoing programme with Fairbridge, a national charity that helps severely disadvantaged 13-25 year olds who are not in education, employment or training or are otherwise excluded from society. A £75,000 grant over three years, awarded by Accenture in 2006 to the Greater Manchester Centre (one of 16 across the United Kingdom), is augmented with pro bono work that aims to make financial forecasting easier and improve the way that Fairbridge centres around the United Kingdom use essential systems. Accenture people in the northwest of England also raised £10,000 for Fairbridge from fundraising events including the Great Manchester Run and a senior executive dinner. NSPCC Portal Reaches More Children
Focused on ending cruelty to children, the NSPCC works to achieve cultural, social and political change—influencing legislation, policy, practice, public attitudes and behaviours and delivering services for the benefit of young people. Accenture offered our customer relationship management, portal and Web technologies skills pro bono to build an online portal for the NSPCC to handle the concerns of 12-16 year olds on matters such as abuse, bullying, exams, drugs and self harm. Named There4Me, the portal has already received 140,000 log ons, helping NSPCC advisors to field some of the 13,000 "lost" calls per month from teenagers in immediate danger from some of life's most disturbing issues.
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