Slough, UK, 14th November 2011-
Logicalis UK today proudly announces its sponsorship of the
Row for Freedom campaign
against human trafficking, presenting to Julia Immonen, founder of
Sport Against
Trafficking, with a cheque for £10,000.
To raise awareness and funding for projects directly tackling
human trafficking, Julia will lead the first all-female crew of six
to row across the Atlantic. The funds raised from the Row for
Freedom campaign will be shared between ECPAT UK (End Childhood
Pornography and Trafficking) and The A21 Campaign, which provides
victim after-care and structural prevention to victims of human
trafficking. The race commences in early December and should take
35 to 45 days, from La Gomera (Canary Islands) to Barbados.
Julia comments; “I was delighted to accept Logicalis’
sponsorship cheque on behalf of the Row for Freedom team and we are
excited to put this contribution to good use in the following
weeks.”
Julia launched Sport Against Trafficking to harness the positive
power of community and sport to raise public awareness as well as
funding for projects directly tackling human trafficking. She
has held a number of high profile fundraising events and worked
with charities and politicians in this field.
Mark Starkey, Commercial Director at Logicalis UK comments;
“Logicalis is incredibly proud to sponsor Sport Against Trafficking
in its Row for Freedom campaign. This is a truly compelling
charitable activity that will help the lives of thousands of
children around the world and, as an international organisation, we
are extremely proud to be part of this international and highly
challenging endeavour.”
About Logicalis
Logicalis is an
international provider of integrated information and communications
technology (ICT) solutions and services founded on a superior
breadth of knowledge and expertise in communications and
collaboration; data centre; business analytics; video; professional
and managed services, hosting and cloud services.
Logicalis Group employs nearly 2,500
people worldwide, including highly trained service specialists who
design, specify, deploy and manage complex ICT infrastructures to
meet the needs of over 6,000 corporate and public sector
customers. To achieve this, Logicalis maintains strong
partnerships with technology leaders such as Cisco, HP, IBM,
Microsoft and NetApp.
The Logicalis Group has annualized
revenues of over $1 billion, from operations in the UK, US,
Germany, South America and Asia Pacific, and is fast establishing
itself as one of the leading IT and Communications solution
integrators, specializing in the areas of advanced technologies and
services.
The Logicalis Group is a division of
Datatec Limited, listed on the Johannesburg and London AIM Stock
Exchanges, with revenues of approximately $5 billion.
For further information
please contact:
Andrew Parker/Jennifer Manning
Cohesive Communications
T: +44 (0)1291 626 200
E: Logicalis@cohesive.uk.com