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UBS supports local Financial Services Degree UBS AG Jersey Branch has become one of the first financial institutions to provide a work placement programme to a student on the new Financial Services Degree at Highlands. One of their Senior Managers, Franz Notter, is also lecturing on the programme.
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Jo Gorrod with Surfers’ Surfer Alex Vibert, Swimmers’ Swimmer Sophie Bashforth and Joe Moynihan, CEO of AIB Jersey
Swimmer and Surfer crowned at AIB House
The Finance Industry in Jersey is committed to making a positive contribution to Island life
In December 2008, AIB Jersey crowned the Swimmers’ Swimmer and Surfers’ Surfer of the Year at their annual sponsor lunch. Jo Gorrod, winner of the Jersey Marathon 2008 and Associate Director of AIBJerseytrust, presented the awards. The winners were chosen by their peers at the AIB Tigers Swimming Club and the AIB Junior Surfboard Academy. The awards are not performance based but focus on likability and personality projected within the respective clubs, contributing towards the overall team spirit and club environment.
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.
Through its long-term commitment to the two clubs, AIB Jersey hopes to inspire and equip Jersey youngsters to pursue successful future careers in their chosen fields, by applying some of the principles crucial to team sports.
For further information, please visit our website at www.jerseyfinance.je/community or contact Jenny Acton-Phillips on 836000.
Young musicians prepare for prestigious competition heats
The Island Music Woodwind Heat, Georgetown Methodist Church, Thursday 5th February, 6.30pm Johnny Begley Trust Brass Heat, St Luke’s Church, Thursday 5th February, 6.30pm The Dennis Hacquoil Percussion Heat and Wendy Falla Piano Heat, Don Theatre, Fort Regent, Friday 6th February, 6.30pm Each sectional heat winner, selected by a panel of adjudicators, will receive a cheque for £100 and proceed to the final, which will this year be held on Saturday 7th March at 7.30pm, for the first time at the Jersey Opera House.
The Financial Services Degree was launched in September 2008. A major part of it involves a study-related work placement. Students will spend 40 weeks in their first two years gaining on-the-job knowledge. For further information about the degree, please contact Michelle Gosling on 608672 or michelle.gosling@highlands.ac.uk.
RBC Wealth Management has supported the Swimarathon over the last three years and is committed to working collaboratively with the Lions Club to promote the Island’s longest-running charity event.
The scheme is the next stage in the major ‘Schools Travel Plan’ project, a partnership between Eco-Active, HSBC and the Gerard Le Claire Environmental Trust, and supported by a number of States of Jersey departments. The ultimate objective of the ‘Schools Travel Plan’ project is to develop and introduce individual, tailor-made travel plans to schools right across the Island.
The Island Music Strings Heat, Georgetown Methodist Church, Wednesday 4th February, 6.30pm
Student Tasha Whipp completed her first placement with UBS in December. Summing up her experience she explains, “I really enjoyed the placement. It was challenging, but it enabled me to learn a lot of new information in a short space of time. I settled in well and felt a part of the team, gaining hands-on experience rather than simply watching and listening.”
With just four weeks to go, entries for this year’s Swimarathon are flooding in. The Lions Club of Jersey and corporate sponsor RBC Wealth Management are hoping this will be another outstanding year.
Schools are being encouraged to sign up for a pilot scheme starting in March that aims to make it safer, healthier and more environmentally friendly for pupils to travel to school.
The heats take place this week, beginning this evening, and are open to the public, free of charge:
“I feel strongly that the Island should do all it can to develop home-grown talent. The Foundation Degree provides an excellent mix of academic study and practical work experience and should produce a future generation of potential financial services managers with a broad knowledge of all the different sectors within the local Industry.”
RBC counts down to the Swimarathon
Schools encouraged to sign up for ‘Travel Plan’ pilot scheme
Jersey’s most talented young musicians are preparing for the heat stages of the prestigious PricewaterhouseCoopers Jersey Young Musician of the Year 2009 competition.
Hans Baerlocher, Managing Director of UBS AG Jersey Branch, explains why he supports the Foundation Degree.
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Standard Chartered reaches ‘Leader’ status in Eco-Active initiative December 2008 saw the Environment Champions Committee of Standard Chartered (Jersey) Limited successfully achieve Level 3, Leader status, in the Eco-Active initiative by reducing use of electricity and water by 10% and paper by 20%. Launched in February 2008, the scheme provides a simple framework for organisations to demonstrate their commitment to environmental improvement, and to take positive actions to reduce the impact of their business on the environment. Initiatives have included replacing 50 watt downlights for LED equivalents that consume only 2.3 watts; the introduction of separate bins for cans, plastic bottles and newspapers; the removal of bins from under desks; and replacing separate hot and cold taps with mixer taps.
This year it takes place at Les Quennevais Pool from the 4th March – 8th March. Registration forms can be obtained by calling 878078 or e-mailing: swimarathon@jerseymail.co.uk.
Although only a small office, Basel Trust in Jersey provides a high level of support to charities, predominantly local causes. Every December, the staff raises money for a particular ‘Wish’ for a local child through the Starlight Foundation. For 2008, they supported Georgina, an 11 year old from Guernsey, who suffers from Niemann-Pick Disease. Georgina’s dearest wish was to go to Lapland to see Father Christmas with her family.
For the past few years, Europlan Financial Services Limited has sponsored the Boxing Day Cavalcade, organised by the Jersey Old Motor Club. The 2008 Cavalcade was the club’s 40th with 94 pre-1950 cars joining in the two-hour event, which took in all 12 Island parishes before returning to St Helier.
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Team golf competition Standard Bank is sponsoring a team golf competition at the Royal Jersey Golf Club in aid of the Island Games Golf Team on Saturday April 18th. For further information, please contact: bobandkarenare@hotmail.com.
‘A Bag is for Life not just for Lunch’ campaign Last December, Delish and Optimus Recruitment launched their ‘A Bag is for Life not just for Lunch’ campaign, taking inspiration from local supermarkets, from information about the harm plastic bags are having on the environment and from the importance of recycling.
1,500 Christmas trees recycled into Hospice funds More than 1,500 Christmas trees are being recycled following the Jersey Hospice Care Christmas Tree Collection, sponsored for the second year running by Brewin Dolphin, the private client investment manager. Funds are still being collected but the project has already netted £18,000 to help Jersey Hospice in its vital work for the community.
Georgina (bottom right) with her parents and sister in Lapland
Picture Left: Jennah Smart, last year’s winner
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2008 Boxing Day Cavalcade
Over 1,000 re-usable bags were handed out with Delish lunches in the first two weeks of distribution alone and customers are now re-using their bags on a regular basis.
Basel Trust grant a wish for Georgina
The team at Basel Trust got to work organising events including raffles, auctions, dress down days and muffin sales, and through everybody’s kind efforts managed to raise £1,500. They then pooled resources with Leila Wroe-Johnson’s Progressive School of Music and were able to grant Georgina her wish of visiting Lapland this Christmas. Georgina and her family had a fantastic time meeting Father Christmas and thoroughly enjoyed the whole Lapland experience.
News in brief...
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