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Canon UK takes part in Byte Night 2016 charity event
Canon UK press release:
United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, 13 October 2016 – Canon UK, a leader in imaging solutions, were participants in the Byte Night London 2016 charity event last week, organised by Action for Children. The team raised £9,500 that will go towards helping disadvantaged young people across the UK.
The annual ‘sleep out’ event saw the ‘Carry on Canon Campers’ team, consisting of 14 employees, give up their beds to spend a night on the banks of the River Thames outside Norton Rose Fulbright on Friday, 7th October. They joined 1,250 other sleepers from across the technology and business sector to support some of the 80,000 young people who find themselves homeless in the UK every year through no fault of their own. To date, over £806,000 has been raised from Byte Night with a target of £1.4 million to be raised by December.