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RBS International breaks records for Red Nose Day Staff across RBS International group, including NatWest and RBS Coutts, raised a record breaking £9,005 from a charity dress down day for Red Nose Day.
In our community
In addition to the popular cake sales, quizzes and sweepstakes, staff organised a three-legged football match at Springfield, a Bikeathon between RBS International, NatWest and Lloyds TSB, and record breaker challenges involving jelly beans and cream crackers.
Andy Morton, Senior Bank Manager, Jersey Branches, RBS International
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Walkers launches mentoring service with Le Rocquier
International law firm Walkers has launched a mentoring service with Le Rocquier School, which will provide students with the opportunity to work on a one-to-one basis with mentors from Walkers every half term.
Each mentor will endeavour to encourage the young person to reflect on their ideas and experiences and to set personal goals. Meetings will be held on a regular basis in order to recognise and celebrate progress. The mentoring service will complement the school’s own pastoral support and mentoring programme.
Nigel Weston, Partner with Walkers, commented: “Walkers is delighted to be participating in this mentoring programme. It underlines our commitment to support the local community and young people in particular in Jersey.”
Fairbairn Private Bank sponsors Junior Triathlon Club
Fairbairn Private Bank has entered into a one-year sponsorship agreement with the Jersey Junior Triathlon Club, which encourages children under 16 to get outdoors and enjoy sport. Triathlon, an extremely demanding activity that includes swimming, cycling and running, was created in the island of Hawaii and the first race consisted of a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile cycle followed by a 26.2 mile run!
David Stearn, head of business development at Fairbairn Private Bank, commented: “We are delighted to support the Jersey Junior Triathlon Club. As well as promoting sporting excellence, the club is recognised for the quality of its coaching, training and participation in the community.”
Gearing up for motoring event Some of the most prestigious and exciting classic cars in the world will be coming to Jersey for this year’s Credit Suisse Jersey International Motoring Festival, held from 3rd to 5th June. Once again there will be sprints, hill climbs and static displays. It is the fourth consecutive year that Credit Suisse has sponsored the event, which this year will make a welcome return to Victoria Avenue for the traditional Friday evening Moonlight Sprint.
Mourant Ozannes sponsors finance industry exhibition
2011 marks the 50th anniversary of Jersey’s modern financial services industry. This year, as in previous years, the industry is working hard to make a very positive contribution to Island life.
A great deal of activity 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.
Their efforts will make a difference to lives in both the UK and Africa. £1,000 could pay for 10 street children living in Tanzania to attend secondary school for a year, for example, whilst £8,000 could pay for 10,000 children in Uganda to have a rapid diagnostic test for malaria.
News in brief...
A new exhibition sponsored by Mourant Ozannes was launched at Jersey Airport recently to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jersey’s modern finance industry.
DCG staff make a pledge for World Earth Day Staff from Dominion Corporate Group (DCG) marked World Earth Day on 22nd April by pledging to make a difference to benefit the local community. Employees pledged to travel to work on foot, bike or bus in a bid to help the business reduce its carbon footprint. Christopher Bennett, Director of DCG, explained: “DCG is an accredited Eco-Active company and we are committed to minimising the environmental impacts of our activity”. In keeping with the green theme, employees who made a pledge on World Earth Day were given locally sourced herb and vegetable seeds to take home and grow.
Little Green Fingers Children in Jersey are to benefit from a joint project between Jersey Farmers’ Union and Bedell Group to sponsor and encourage gardening initiatives in schools.
The exhibition will travel to different events and locations throughout the year including Jersey Tourism, Jersey General Hospital, Social Security and Careers Jersey, Jersey Museum and some of the Island’s secondary schools. It charts how the finance industry has developed over the last 50 years, from the evolving physical landscape of St Helier to the key influential characters who have shaped how the finance industry looks and operates today. Jersey Finance worked in partnership with the Jersey Evening Post to find and collate the photographs featuring in the display. To find out where the exhibition will be and when, visit www.jerseyfinance.je/50.
Investec gives Islanders a sporting chance
Inter Island Yacht Race
The partnership with Le Tournoi fits perfectly with Investec’s ethos of supporting the community through sport and Investec is delighted that it can play a small part in an enduring community-based legacy in the Channel Islands.
For the second year, Carey Olsen is sponsoring the biggest sailing event in the CI yachting calendar. The Carey Olsen Inter Island Yacht Race takes place on 18th June, starting in Jersey at 8am and finishing a few hours later in Guernsey.
Moore Stephens sponsors art exhibition
The exhibition is being held at the Jersey Museum until 31st December 2011.
HSBC staff complete innovative bat project
Tom Bombadil, the first Jersey yacht in 2010 and winner of the race in 2009
Volunteers from HSBC recently completed a five month-long project to create a new ‘bat tunnel’ at Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, the first sustainable building of its kind in Jersey. Durrell’s resident Livingstone’s fruit bats moved into their new home, ‘Island Bat Roost’, following a complete retrofitting of the existing tunnel, involving walls constructed from 800 locally-sourced used car tyres and windows made from bottles. A new, highly efficient heating system was also installed in the enclosure, funded by HSBC. More than 330 HSBC staff have been involved in the project since it began in November last year, accumulating a total of over 2,000 man-hours between them.
Members of the Jersey Junior Triathlon Team dive in at St Aubin’s Bay
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Jersey crews will be hoping to win trophies in the 23 different categories including: overall race winner; first Melges 24; first bilge keel; first family boat and first young skipper.
Moore Stephens Jersey is sponsoring the local art exhibition ‘Hidden Treasures – Modern Masters’.
Jersey Farmers’ Union has already made a significant contribution through its involvement in organising gardening competitions in primary and secondary schools in recent years. The new co-sponsored scheme will build on this by expanding the network of schools involved and by injecting more funds to improve existing facilities and equipment.
Through the programme participating schools receive, free of charge, a full term of 40 minute tennis classes taught by Lawn Tennis Association trained coaches, for pupils aged eight years and under. De La Salle and FCJ Primary Schools are currently enrolled in the programme. Jersey College for Girls and Victoria College are due to begin classes in September.
Jersey Trust Company has successfully kick started its 2011 ‘charity of choice’ campaign by collecting £2,000 so far for Jersey Hospice’s redevelopment project. As well as activities such as dress down days and cake sales, more innovative ideas have included a prize draw for the highly sought after iPad 2, as well as auctioning off Directors’ car parking spaces when available.
Investec is proud to have sponsored Le Tournoi since 2009. As the most diverse sports organisation in the Channel Islands, Le Tournoi has enabled people of all ages and abilities, who may not have had other opportunities, to participate in sports.
The exhibition, organised by Jersey Heritage, comprises of paintings and drawings from locally held private collections. It explores some of the key art movements and styles of the 20th century, from cubist-inspired pop art by Roy Lichtenstein and a semi-abstract still-life by Picasso, to the Impressionist Dégas and early Fauvist Henri Matisse.
Rawlinson & Hunter is supporting the Grainville Junior Tennis Academy by funding a new School Link Programme, which was launched this year by Joe Keany, Head Coach of Grainville Tennis Club.
Fund raising for Jersey Hospice
This year’s Le Tournoi will see hundreds of Islanders taking part in the soccer, sailing and golf challenges. The soccer challenge takes place on 18th and 19th June. The sailing and the golf challenges will take place later in the summer.
The project, ‘Little Green Fingers’, aims to give children the opportunity to experience the joy of growing vegetables and other plants. It will also raise awareness of where food comes from and of environmental issues, and encourage teamwork and community spirit through competition.
Rawlinson & Hunter School Link
Steve Eldred, Head of Credit Suisse’s Jersey Branch, and Nigel Blandin, President of the Classic & Vintage Motor Racing Club of Jersey
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Taxi Marshall scheme Ogier stepped in recently to sponsor the Q Safe Taxi Marshall scheme at Weighbridge Square, St Helier, which was about to be scrapped due to lack of funding. With Ogier’s support the valuable scheme will continue until the end of this month, whilst a long term agreement is put in place by local hospitality businesses, the Taxi Drivers Association, the Parish of St Helier with assistance from other parishes, and the Home Affairs Department.