Futures for Kids Day kicks off at LSE

The futures industry has come together Friday to supportmarket charity, Futures for Kids, beginning this morning with the LondonStock Exchange dedicating the iconic market open ceremony to the charity.

FFK's Market Open

While firms, trustees, supporters and media attended themarket open, across London the Futures for Kids Walk to Work was also beginning– a 30 mile walk into the city.

More than 70 participants are taking part in the walk thisyear, including a team from FOW.

The team are currently three hours and seven miles into the 30 mile Walk toWork. 

Team FOW - all of whom have not taken part before - includes editor LukeJeffs, reporter Cian Burke, senior business development manager Hanna De Bank,events manager Yasmin Okolo, and marketing executive Francisco Calvao.

Futures firms backing the day include ABN Amro, Citigroup,Deutsche Bank, GH Financials, INTL FC Stone as well as exchanges CME, NasdaqNLX and the LSE’s LCH.Clearnet, tech firms Fidessa, Trading Technologies,Cinnober and Ullink, and Kite, the consultancy.

FFK opens the market

German exchange Eurex is the lead sponsor on theWalk-to-Work which will involve 60 futures executives walking though some ofLondon’s parks before collapsing near or at the Grange City Hotel near TowerHill.

The London Stock Exchange dedicated its iconic market opento raise awareness and funds for the day on Friday.

Other – less sweat inducing - events planned for todayinclude office dress down days, raffles, cake sakes and the Food for A Daycampaign. A recent survey said City workers spend £10.59 on breakfast, lunchand coffee each day, so Futures for Kids is asking that market participants forone day donate this amount instead.

"By having a specific Futures for Kids day we hope tofocus the efforts of people from all parts of our industry into raising fundsfor the marvellous charities we support," said David Setters, a FFKtrustee - pictured left with FOW's Alice Attwood.

Setters & Attwood

Team FOW still has a little way to go to reach ourfundraising target so please check out our JustGiving page and help us reach100% before the end of the walk: http://bit.ly/1aYXTpF

FFK is supporting five charities: Hope HIV; Variety;Demelza; Kids in Kathmandu; and Hi Cap.

The Walk to Work has raised more than £180,000 since itsinception, with funds raised by Futures for Kids so far surpassing £2 million since FFK was launched in 2008 by a group of individualsfrom the futures and options industry in order to provide a focus to fund children’s charities at home and abroad.

For more information please contact David Setters ondavidsetters57@gmail.com

To donate in support of the Walk-to-Work:http://www.justgiving.com/teams/FFKwalktowork2015

To support the charity’s Food for a Day effort:http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-2665715/Coffee-snacks-cost-workers-2-500-year-say-dont-factor-spending-daily-budgets.html