C2W wins the 2019 China Social Impact Awards for CTC project

Great News! C2W & the charity we co-founded the CTC wins the 2019 China Social Impact Awards.

C2W and the CTC won in the MNC category for Community & Culture. This award is given to the company that demonstrates the best work towards the following 3 United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals:

Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Goal 17: Partnership for the Goals

The CTC Charitable Project

The charitable project is called the CTC, the Come Together Community. The CTC is a local NGO opened and run in partnership with other foreign companies and stakeholders in Zhuhai, South China each year since 2011. It organises and brings together 1500+ people of all backgrounds and cultures in the community to enjoy music at South China’s largest charity music festival Come Together to raise money transparently for underprivileged children and those living with learning and developmental conditions in the region.

The CTC is based out of C2W’s office, our staff run the financial, tax and administration of the NGO and many volunteer for management and other roles during the festival, year on year, with no salary or benefits.

C2W Group CFO Mark Clayton, Founding Board Member of the CTC and Head of C2W’s Social Responsibility efforts was in Beijing for the Gala Awards Ceremony on Thursday 7^th November 2019. Mark didn’t expect the win considering the quality of other finalists and dedicated the award to the entire team and wider community saying, “What an amazing achievement, people always say they’re surprised to win but I genuinely was, no speech prepared or anything. The award recognises the amazing work done by C2W employees, CTC partners and the wider community. I could not be more proud of everyone involved with the CTC project. Wow, it’s incredible.”

The CTC is accepting corporate donations for this year’s 8^th Annual Charity Music Festival, to be held in Zhuhai on Saturday December 7^th, 100% of earnings are used in the local community to aid Children in Need as nobody takes any salary or admin fees. If you’re interested in donating or helping out in any way please contact info@ctcommunity.org or charity@china2west.com.

Mark finished his acceptance speech by saying, “I stand before you a humbled man, when I look at the other finalists I didn’t think that what we do was big enough or worthy of winning this incredible award, but I guess that’s what this is all about, giving back and helping in any way we can, so we should all give back and help people, always and wherever we can.”