Intellek
At Intellek we believe in the power of education, and our mission is to make sure everyone has access to the learning resources they need. We are a global company headquartered in the USA with additional locations in Canada, Europe, and the UK; we have been in business for over 30 years and pride ourselves on delivering high quality learning technology that allows people to learn in a focused, efficient, and goal-orientated way.
What would the world be like if everybody had access to the learning resources they need to truly flourish?
That is our dream at Intellek!
To accomplish this our CEO (Claire Revell) has created an initiative called Opening Doors.
The Opening Doors project was founded to provide access to education for the most vulnerable people worldwide, and its purpose is just that... to open doors. Opening doors to education, opening doors to new opportunities, opening doors to a new career, and opening doors to a safe environment. With its roots in providing free education to children and improving the lives of young people around the world, the project has constantly evolved and expanded to broaden its impact.
As part of our pledge and giving strategy we are looking to ensure that every child around the world can get free education where and when they need it. To date Claire, Opening Doors, and Intellek have now funded the schooling of 12 young individuals in the 1000 Hills Community of Inchanga, near Durban in South Africa. With access to over 800 targeted eLearning modules, all free of charge; there are currently 5 organizations using Opening Doors LMS in South Africa and Uganda, with 144 active users across them all. Claire and the team are in talks with another 48 more schools in Africa alone.
On this year’s #GivingTuesday we wanted to showcase the efforts of some of the individuals in our team, alongside our corporate efforts to provide access to education in the wider community. We believe in empowering our team to do all they can in support of good causes that are close to their hearts. To this end we have created a volunteering program that allows scheduled time off for our staff to partake in charitable activities…
Our passionate Head of Network & Security, Adrian kickstarted our new volunteering initiative earlier this year at LifeBeat, where he gave his time to support young people struggling to cope with their own challenges. Drawing on his personal skills to teach them self-confidence, self-protection, and Filipino martial arts - among a whole bunch of other things!
As well as taking part in more physical and practical giving activities - such as a sponsored half marathon (Breast Walk Ever) for the charity Against Breast Cancer and being a volunteer transect surveyor for the Bat Conservation Trust - the leader of our marketing department, Ricci is a regular on the Reach Volunteering platform. Where he is able to use his professional skills to do good, by supporting charitable organizations with web design and digital marketing support.
Someone in the team who is an avid fundraiser is our Head of BD and Innovation, Daryl - who literally puts his feet on the ground to support MIND (https://www.mind.org.uk/), FORCE (https://forcecancercharity.co.uk/) and McMillan (https://www.macmillan.org.uk/). Last year he raised £1,500 for FORCE by running 1,084 miles over a 6-month period (7 miles every day for 6 months). More recently he’s done two 10K's to support MIND, and he has plans for 2023 that will include both FORCE and McMillan.
We love the fact that our team finds such diverse ways to give!
As a Pledge 1% Member, we at Intellek dedicate at least 1% of our revenue and resources to support the schooling and education of some of the world’s most high-risk young people. We believe that together we can ensure that every child has a safe and supportive environment, to grow and develop into well-balance adults and valued members of their community.
