Social responsibility at John Mason International
John Mason’s official company charity is the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), a UK charitable organisation which aims to protect children from cruelty, support families in need, raise awareness of child abuse and campaign for UK law changes.
For the last six years, John Mason have organised an annual charity golf tournament in aid of the NSPCC. The tournaments are fully sponsored by John Mason and all proceeds go direct to the charity. The company was recently recognised for its fundraising efforts when Company Director, Vivien Mason, was presented at a charity concert with a certificate for outstanding contribution.
John Mason has many links with the NSPCC. Firstly, Vivien Mason, is a member of the Liverpool NSPCC committee and is actively engaged in fundraising activities for this very worth cause.
Secondly, a more historic link: the NSPCC was founded in Liverpool in 1884, the same location and year as John Mason was established. The charity was established by Liverpool banker Thomas Agnew. After witnessing a similar set up in New York, he was inspired to create the Liverpool Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. The London Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children then followed and gradually other towns and cities began to introduce their own branches. In 1889, the trust changed its name to the NSPCC. It is now one of the largest charities in the UK.
The third links is more recent. When John Mason moved to larger premises in 1989, the NSPCC took over John Mason’s vacated offices in Wavertree, Liverpool. This remained the NSPCC headquarters until 2008 when they moved into a new purpose built building, the Hargreaves Centre.
John Mason continues to support this charity as well as other national charity events such as Children in Need and Red Nose Day.
