33 Work environment and communications Communities University partnership programmes new innovation initiatives, developing our  university partnership programmes, speaking at  external and internal conferences, and delivering  and participating in training opportunities. Clear and consistent communication is achieved  through regular all-hands meetings, led by  Dialog’s CEO, to keep employees fully aware  of Company matters that affect them.  We encourage employee feedback at all levels  for new ideas to improve business efficiency  and performance. Dialog increased corporate giving by over  five-fold in 2012 to US$122,560. A plan has  been put in place to continue to do more by  setting a target of giving 1% of pre-tax profit  to charity by 2015. We have a formal policy  to match all employee contributions or funds  raised for charitable causes that are important  to our employees and the community. Dialog has been implementing a programme  of growth and investment in many of our  locations, expanding facilities and work space.  When we expand or refurbish a site, employee  suggestions are incorporated to create an  environment that both meets the Company’s  business needs while also being a pleasant place  in which to work, which can have a positive  impact on productivity levels. Dialog is committed to supporting the health  of its employees. Employees and their families  are eligible to participate in non-contributory  medical plans where local culture and practice  supports this. Additionally, Dialog currently  offers a selection of “well-being” initiatives  across a variety of locations, including a free,  on-site flu vaccination programme, cycle to  work schemes and an on-site gym. Dialog runs a range of programmes throughout  Europe to attract the brightest and best students  of school and university age into the electronics  industry and our Company. We sponsor ten students at leading UK and European  universities, provide access bursaries, academic prizes, and also run a range of schools’ outreach programmes. In 2012, Dialog sponsored five electronics  engineering students from Imperial College,  York, Bristol and Southampton through the UK  Electronic Skills Foundation, an organisation that  aims to encourage young people into electronics  and develop sound links between universities  and industry. We also provided industrial  scholarships to students at Karlsruhe and Aaken  universities in Germany, Edinburgh in the UK,  and Twente in The Netherlands. Scholars receive  a start-up bursary for books, an annual bursary,  paid work placements, an opportunity for a summer job and an industrial mentor.  Dialog staff were also seconded to present to  school-age children about the exciting world of  the electronics industry, offer careers counselling  and work experience placements for students,  act as guest lecturers at leading universities  to help ensure young people come into the  industry with the skills they need to thrive.  In September 2012, we sponsored a field trip  for 20 electronic engineering students from the  University of Twente in The Netherlands, who  visited China to research the markets, Chinese  universities, factories and businesses. We also give three “access bursaries” of  £1,000 each at the University of Edinburgh to assist low-income engineering students and  give cash prizes at several universities, such as  £800 for best second year project at Imperial  College London. From left:  Dialog awards cash prizes at several universities for academic excellence, including a prize for the  best electronics engineering project for second year students at Imperial College London.  Dialog runners from Europe and Asia ran the  “dam-to-dam” run in Amsterdam to raise money  for Amnesty International.