It’s a year since the Foundation café (‘Foundation’) first fired up its espresso machines in PwC’s Melbourne office and began serving refreshments and providing a lively hub for the firm’s employees. 51,000 coffees later we are proud to say that it’s already a Foundation institution.
| "It’s really taken off. Regulars - and there are hundreds of them on a daily basis - tell me they can’t imagine a workplace without it now," says manager Bill Apostolou, who has enjoyed watching the café grow. |
Foundation has been working hard to raise funds for our charity partners, with 40 cents from every hot drink sold going to charity. In February 2006, Foundation made its first donation - presenting $10,000 to Urban Seed, which provides daily lunches, assistance and referral services to people facing issues of homelessness, unemployment and substance misuse.
Urban Seed, which runs its own charity café, Credo, is using the funds to make an educational video on homelessness issues for use in schools. The video will complement the educational text Homelessness - Searching for Home in Australia, which the PwC Foundation and The Age partially funded.
Foundation plays a vital role in raising awareness of our charity partners, as well as demonstrating PwC’s own strong commitment to helping our communities become more sustainable. Foundation’s ‘coffee connoisseur’ event during Foundation Week not only helped many of our people learn how to brew like a barista, but it also gave them a chance to hear about the work of Urban Seed and share in the cheque presentation.
