In addition to making direct donations, Archant supports charitable fund-raising by its staff through the Archant Gold scheme, a programme of matched funding, and by part-matching staff charitable donations through the payroll GAYE scheme.

Charitable donations by the company totalled £105,000 in 2006.

Archant Gold has also matched fundraising by company staff of £150,000 over the last five years.

In addition the group's publications raise large sums of money through local campaigns run in their pages. Recent campaigns include:

Romford Recorder: £1.1 million for First Step

Eastern Daily Press: £355,000 for Unicef Tsunami appeal

Norwich Evening News: £175,000 for Big C

Weston Mercury: £20,000 for local children's ward

East Anglian Daily Times: £100,000 for Breakdown breast cancer charity

The Guide: £4,000 for Cutty Sark

Evening Star: £260,000 for Disability Care Enterprise

Eastern Daily Press: £67,000 for Dying of Thirst appeal for Tanzania

The Comet: £8,000 for local Adrenoleukadystrophy sufferer

Norwich Evening News: £80,000 for various charities through its Golden Years appeal

Newham Recorder staff: £2,300 for disabled children charities.