Sage volunteering increased by 30 per cent and was worth £4.2 million to nonprofits last year. 2019 was the fourth year of doing good in our local communities, and as each year passes, we are able to do more. Last year we helped 292 organisations globally through grants supporting our key pillars: Sage Empowering Women, Sage Inspiring Youth, and Sage Serving Heroes. Our discounted product programme benefitted 549 nonprofits. All this was a significant increase against the year before.
The fourth industrial revolution is one of the biggest challenges facing young people today. Sage’s FutureMakers programme provides hands-on experiences for young people aged between 13 and 17 to create solutions that combine the human element with machine intelligence. The programme aims to increase the understanding of artificial intelligence and the possibilities it entails, empowering and equipping young people to propose, design and implement innovative technology solutions to address serious social problems.