NORTHUMBRIAN Water is encouraging its staff to give up time to help charity - and still get paid.
The water company has established a committee, made up of staff volunteers who have signed up to the company's Just an Hour scheme, which encourages employees to give an hour a month to causes they want to support.
The committee, which met for the first time in November, has awarded grants of almost £4,500 to eight community groups.
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