Employees at MAG raise funds in support of global LGBTQ+
rights
STOCKHOLM, July 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Inclusion,
representation and equal rights for everyone are key values
at MAG Interactive. We put these values into action by
supporting LGBTQ+ rights during Pride month. Our employees
organized & launched a fundraising campaign and MAG followed
their lead by pledging to match all employee donations.
Our Stockholm office chose to
donate money to Solidaritetsfonden ('The Solidarity Fund'), a
Swedish organization that helps organize Pride celebrations outside
Sweden in places where financial
aid or political support is not given for Pride
activities. Our employees at the Brighton office raised money
to the Rainbow International Fund, a UK based fund that promotes
LGBTQ+ rights around the world by, among other things, supporting
local projects and grassroots activism.
These two organizations are heavily active where they are needed
most. That is why MAG chose to support them, and we hope that
donations like these inspire other companies in the gaming industry
to launch similar initiatives to promote equal rights for people in
LGBTQ+ communities.
Our employees raised a total of 5,470
SEK. With matching funds from MAG, we managed to donate a
total of 10,940 SEK to these two
great institutions.
About Solidaritetsfonden
For several years, Stockholm Pride has been working on solidarity
to support Pride festivals outside Sweden, when they do not have the opportunity
to carry out their celebrations, or other activities, without
financial or political support. Money for the purpose is collected
in the Stockholm Pride International Solidarity Fund. Over the
years, we have allocated certain specified revenues to this fund,
for example, money that comes from the sale of records with this
year's pride, sales of image rights, pledges on PET bottles or
special fundraising activities and gifts during the festival.
Anyone who wants to make a contribution can also do this through a
deposit on the Solidarity Fund's bank giro 303-0996. For more
information visit
https://www.stockholmpride.org/solidaritetsfonden/
About Rainbow International Fund
Rainbow International exists to empower LGBTQ+ rights activists
working in countries where lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender people are criminalised and face persecution.
Our mission:
Promoting the human rights of LGBTQ+ people, worldwide;
Empowering grassroots LGBTQ+ rights activists working in
countries where LGBTQ+ people are criminalised and face
persecution;
Supporting local activists with grants and project funding to
further equality and opportunities for LGBTQ+ people in the
most disadvantaged communities and hostile regions for LGBTQ+
people across the world;
Raising public awareness of human rights violations of LGBTQ+
people across the world
For more information visit
https://rainbow-international-fund.org
For additional information, please
contact:
Tove Bengtsson
Marketing Communications Manager
+46 (0)72-220-73-22
tove.bengtsson@maginteractive.com
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