KCOM Group has renewed its charity partnership with Sparks for a third year.
Sparks is a leading medical research charity dedicated to funding pioneering research for a range of conditions affecting babies, children and pregnant mothers.
Each year in the UK more than 3,000 babies die before their first birthday and one in 30 are born with an illness or disability that may affect them for life.
KCOM Group has supported Sparks as its charity partner since 2012, raising £130,000 during that time to smash its original fundraising target by £30,000.
Madeleine Buckley, Corporate Partnerships Manager at Sparks, said: "We're delighted that KCOM Group have extended their support with us for another year. Their dedicated fundraising throughout the partnership has been fantastic.
"In the last two years they've come up with creative ways to fundraise like swimming the River Humber, skydiving and taking on the Three Peaks Challenge to name but a few. I have no doubt that they will reach their new fundraising target by 2015.
"The money the Group has already raised will help us fund research into a range of conditions such as cerebral palsy and childhood meningitis, as well as rare diseases such as Progeria, a devastating illness which causes children to age up to eight times faster than usual. Support from companies like KCOM Group will make the discovery of preventions, treatments and cures for these kinds of conditions possible."
Paul Simpson, Chief Financial Officer at KCOM Group, added: "Our two year partnership with Sparks has been incredibly successful, but this success would not have been possible without the backing of our employees from across the business. Extending our partnership with Sparks means we can continue making a difference and supporting the brilliant work they do.
"We've already had people signing up to some testing fundraising challenges this year including the London Marathon, cycling across Italy and our annual charity golf day. It's great to see people come together and dig deep to help this fantastic cause."
KCOM Group has a longstanding commitment to fundraising, having raised more than £368,000 during the last eight years since it introduced its Charity Partner programme. Charity partners are voted for by employees and supported for at least two years, with a goal of beating the previous fundraising target.