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We've formed partnerships with a range of local and national charities that share our values. Our charity partners benefit not just from financial support, but we also offer skills and expertise to help them achieve their goals.

OneFamily staff are encouraged to spend time working with our charity partners and other causes in the local community with three days of volunteering leave each year, as well as opportunities to fundraise and take on long-term volunteering roles.

Find out the latest news from OneFamily below, including initiatives we've supported and colleague announcements.

Sara, Tom, Gemma and Olly holding up paintbrushes

How OneFamily supported the community in 2023

In 2023, over 140 OneFamily colleagues made use of their volunteering days, attending 240 volunteering sessions for 16 different charities.

OneFamily CEO Jim Islam, artist Danni Smith, David from Martlett's and Pebble, our custom Shaun the Sheep

OneFamily donates £10,000 to Martlets in exchange for ‘Pebble the Sheep’

A custom painted ‘Shaun the Sheep’ sculpture, known as Pebble, is now at home in the OneFamily Brighton office.

Jim Islam, OneFamily's CEO

Meet Jim Islam, OneFamily’s new Chief Executive Officer

We’re delighted to welcome Jim Islam as OneFamily’s new CEO, as he takes over the reins from Teddy Nyahasha on 1 December.

Jim Islam, OneFamily's CEO

Welcome to Jim Islam as our new CEO later this year

Jim Islam will take over as OneFamily’s CEO later this year, subject to regulatory approval. Teddy Nyahasha will be stepping down.

Teddy Nyahasha

OneFamily CEO recognised as influential Black role model

We are very proud of our CEO Teddy Nyahasha for being named in The Powerlist 2023, which celebrates the UK’s influential black role models.

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Charity aims to get financial education taught in primary schools

RedSTART has begun an ambitious research programme to prove being taught about money in primary school can help people later on in life.

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