Sponsorship boost for charity

Vitalise, a charity that provides essential respite breaks for people with disabilities, visually impaired people and carers, is to be sponsored by travel recruitment consultancy Progressive Personnel.

James Roberts, the general manager at the firm, was approached to help with recruiting a new bookings team for Vitalise and was so inspired that he suggested a partnership with the charity on a permanent basis.

Progressive Personnel is now working to recruit a team of eight reservations staff by May 2012 at no cost and will continue to work with Vitalise to build on their current success.

Vitalise provided more than 4,400 essential breaks last year at three fully accessible UK centres.

Vitalise Holidays organises holidays in the UK and overseas for visually impaired adults, accompanied by sighted guides.