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A great deal of hard work goes on behind the scenes, from community projects and charitable initiatives to sponsorship and environmental programmes. Here is just a selection of updates on recent community projects and news of some coming up in the next few months.
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A team of Year 13 students from De La Salle College has won a Jersey Finance competition to design a board game to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jersey’s modern financial services industry. The winning game, Status, will be manufactured so that it can be played by students participating in Jersey Finance’s Schools Roadshow programme. The team received a £250 voucher for its school and also work experience opportunities for its members. Jersey Finance’s Schools Roadshow programme works with secondary schools delivering presentations, workshops and placements to increase awareness of the career opportunities available within the industry.
CHARITY Helping hands from Hawksford Volunteers from Hawksford recently tried their hand at interior decorating. Bringing festive cheer to Eric Young House as part of an ongoing commitment to Jersey Cheshire Home, the team of helpers, which included Hawksford Chief Executive Peter Murley, spent a weekend at Eric Young House repainting a corridor then returned a few weeks later to hang Christmas decorations and put up Christmas trees in the communal living spaces.
Jersey Finance is a non-profit organisation formed in 2001 to represent and promote Jersey as an international finance centre of excellence. For further information, please visit our website at www.jerseyfinance.je.
SPORTS Awards for swimmer and surfer
Basel Trust Corporation organised a number of fundraising activities recently for the Starlight ‘Make a Wish’ Foundation.
The Swimmers’ Swimmer of the year award went to Rhianna Donaldson and the Surfers’ Surfer of the year is Matthew Chapman. The awards are unusual in that the winners are voted for by their peers and recognise all-round qualities, as opposed to pure performance. Paul Masterton, Chief Executive of Durrell, presented the trophies.
Activities included book sales, cake sales and dress down days – and, at the firm’s Christmas Party, when Directors Andy Ruddy and Grant Twine sang, staff paid to make them stop! Fundraising for the Foundation was bolstered by money raised by a small team from Basel who ran the Dublin marathon, in appalling conditions, bringing the grand total to £9,124. Starlight has already granted a wish to a child in the Channel Islands with some of the money raised by Basel and will use the remaining funds to grant further wishes.
MUSIC Young Musician of the Year Paul Masterton, Chief Executive of Durrell, award winners Rhianna Donaldson and Matthew Chapman, and Joe Moynihan, Chief Executive of AIB Jersey
ARTS ‘Community Art Works’ project Deutsche Bank has launched a community arts initiative to mark its 40th anniversary in Jersey.
The final of one of Jersey’s most prestigious music competitions is fast approaching. The PwC Jersey Young Musician of the Year takes place next month as the competition celebrates its 20th anniversary. The winners of the Strings, Woodwind, Brass and Piano sectional heats, which took place in January, will compete in the final at the Jersey Opera House on Saturday 3rd March.
The ‘Community Art Works’ project features a competition for schools, with once-in-a-lifetime prizes for winners including having their work exhibited in the Saatchi Gallery and a week-long internship at the Deutsche Bank Guggenheim Museum. Primary school groups will also be asked for their ideas for designing a garden for a local charity, to be completed with the assistance of staff at the Bank. Charitable organisations interested in the garden project should e-mail sari.cuming@db.com. Toby Huelin, last year’s winner
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SPORTS Sponsorship for Jersey Hockey Brewin Dolphin is supporting the Jersey Hockey Association for the next three years. The firm is sponsoring the Men’s and Ladies’ Island XI, the hockey leagues and the cups. Nick Browning of Brewin Dolphin said, “We are delighted to be supporting hockey in Jersey and to be associated with such a successful sport. It is played to highly competitive levels, where players have a healthy respect for their opponents and for the rules of the game.”
CHARITY chosen by JTC Group
CHARITY Making wishes come true
Awards were presented to the AIB Tigers Swimming Club and the Jersey Surfboard Club at AIB Jersey’s recent Sponsor Reception.
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The finance industry in Jersey continues to make a very positive contribution to Island life.
EDUCATION De La Salle victorious in competition
ARTS Children add colour to residential homes State Street and the Parish of St Helier ran a children’s colouring competition recently. The entries were displayed in the Town Hall during an event organised by the State Street Channel Islands Working Parents Network and were judged by Constable Simon Crowcroft, local artist and teacher Adele Dark and State Street’s Simon Vardon. The winners received prizes and their pictures, with other entries, were exhibited at the Town Hall and at various nursing and residential homes in St Helier.
CHARITY Party for young families Staff at Bedell hosted a special party at their offices for more than 200 parents and children involved in the Brighter Futures charity. Children were treated to party games, arts and crafts and face painting – and the youngsters and their parents received presents, adding to the festive atmosphere. Brighter Futures is a local charity that offers help with relationships within the family and encourages personal development and self-confidence, through counselling and general support.
JTC Group has announced that the Jersey Kidney Patients Association is its chosen charity for 2012. Hats off to the Hawksford volunteers
ENVIRONMENT Kerbside glass collection trial Moore Stephens Jersey sponsors pilot of monthly kerbside glass collection service across 1,000 households. Working in partnership with the Parish of St Helier, the firm will be providing participants with blue Moore Stephens branded plastic boxes. Clive Barton at Moore Stephens Jersey said, “Moore Stephens Jersey is delighted to be supporting the scheme, which we hope will encourage the community to be more conscious about re-cycling and make a concerted effort to do so. In our offices we promote re-cycling by having dedicated bins on each floor and, since 2011, we have become a paperless office to reduce our impact on the environment.”
ARTS Aztec 10 photo competition
Staff are now planning innovative fundraising events for the year. 2011 saw over £8,000 being raised for Eve’s Fund, which was set up in support of Jersey Hospice by Group Managing Director Nigel Le Quesne to honour his late wife, who described Hospice as the ‘first step to heaven’.
SPORTS Fairbairn Private Bank renews sponsorship Fairbairn Private Bank has renewed its sponsorship of the Jersey Junior Triathlon Club. The club encourages children of up to 16 years of age to get outdoors and enjoy sport. As well as promoting sporting excellence, the club is recognised for the quality of its coaching, training and participation in the community. The junior section of the club has a varied programme of events planned for the year and junior duathlons will be held at Les Quennevais Cycle Track on 25th February and 31st March.
Tomorrow is the closing date for Aztec 10. Aztec 10 is a photographic competition being organised by Aztec Group to celebrate its ten years in Jersey. Photographers have been challenged to capture striking photographic images incorporating one or a combination of the following themes: Bright, Alternative and Ten. Prizes include a four day photography course in Scotland, cash prizes of up to £250 and cash prizes for schools. An exhibition of the best 150 entries will take place next month, where funds will be raised through image sales for Help a Jersey Child, Jersey Hospice Care and Jersey Animals’ Shelter.
Lots of smiles at the Bedell Brighter Futures party
ARTS ’Wild at Art’ charity auction Santander Private Banking sponsored the ‘Wild at Art’ charity auction in aid of Durrell recently. The event was held at BAFTA in London and raised nearly £25,000. A range of lots were on offer, including sculptures and paintings, with brisk bidding driving up the price of a bronze piece by Mark Coreth to £6,200. Ivo Le Maistre Smith, Head of Business Development at Durrell said, “The auction at BAFTA is one of our most important fund raising events of the year and we could not have put on such a varied and professional event without the support of Santander Private Banking.”
DID YOU KNOW? Last year marked the 50th anniversary of Jersey’s modern financial services industry Two club members sprint for the finish
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