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Summary

The report focuses on how the company used the Corporate Responsibility strategy to drive through & support community based initiatives

Report Highlights

Gala Coral’s 2009 report focuses on how the Group used the Corporate Responsibility strategy “Our People, Our Places and Our Products” to drive through and support community based initiatives and reduce its environmental impact. The report can be viewed here.

In the year, Gala Coral raised over £1m for charity particularly focusing on its award winning relationship with charity partner Sue Ryder Care, where it raised over £100,000 alone in a campaign to play the World’s Highest Game of Bingo - by playing Bingo on Mount Everest for the charity.

The company also set a goal of achieving zero to landfill by 2012. With in the financial year the company’s Gala Bingo Clubs distributed 3 million energy saving light bulbs to customers to support climate change awareness. Critically the company continues to invest in responsible gambling and acts to minimise its negative impact on society.

Gala Coral Group is the only gambling company in the UK with significant businesses in the bookmaking, bingo and casino markets, both on the high street and online. The Group employs nearly 17,000 people across its various trading divisions. The Group has three operating divisions; Gala Gaming, incorporating the Bingo and Casino divisions which runs over 148 clubs/casinos; Retail Betting which runs almost 2,000 betting shops in the UK, our Eurobet shops in Italy and two greyhound stadia at Romford and Hove; Remote Gambling, which is responsible for the management of the Group's E-Commerce activities in the UK and worldwide, this division also operates Coral Telebet, the telephone betting business and Gala TV (Sky channel 861). In addition, the Group has a growing international business. Gala Coral are proud to be the first gambling company to have received full GamCare accreditation across all its divisions.

For further information or to provide feedback on the report please contact Dr Colin Morgan, Head of Group Corporate Responsibility by emailing colin.morgan@galacoral.com

For more information on Gala Coral visit www.galacoral.co.uk
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