Scotland’s leading road maintenance company BEAR Scotland has donated £59,000 to good causes in 2025, a new report reveals.

Over 100 organisations across Scotland have benefitted from the generosity of the company and its staff, with money raised for a variety of charities, community initiatives and schools.

Highlights include:

• Over £25,000 raised for Cash For Kids at BEAR’s annual golf day – taking the total raised for the children’s hospice charity since 2020 to over £100,000
• Over £6,600 raised for national charity partner Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland, including at the first ever Doors Open Day event at the Queensferry Crossing
• Eight regional charities supported with a donation of £750 each, ranging from Lochaber Women’s Aid to Shiresmill Therapy Riding Centre
• £34,640 fundraised by staff for good causes, including Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance, Macmillan Cancer Support, Help for Heroes and many more.

BEAR Scotland Engagement Manager Joanna Buggy explains: “As a company we want to make a real difference and deliver a positive social footprint within the communities we serve.

“The amount of fundraising and active community engagement from the BEAR workforce is fantastic. We’re really proud to have donated a total of £59,000 over the last twelve months.

“Every year our staff vote for the causes they want to support, both at a national level and in their local communities. We also support several long-term charity partners, local sports and educational initiatives, and individual employee fundraising.”

As well as fundraising, BEAR staff committed over 1,000 volunteer hours to provide support ‘in-kind’, ranging from erecting gala day bunting and Christmas lights, to litter-picking and helping make playground improvements.

Over 10,000 young learners also took part in interactive engineering workshops provided by BEAR to schools across Scotland in person and online.

The full BEAR Scotland Community & Charity Report can be read here.