CommunityMatters

PwC and the Wider World
We’re determined that in the work we do as a firm, we have a positive impact on our environment and the wider community. After all, PwC people take a broader view of business issues for their clients, so it’s only natural we also take a broader view on issues that concern us all. Here are just some examples of the activities and causes we support:

• IMI Cultural Diversity Toolkit
  
  

  The IMI BizLab on Cultural Diversity was formed in 2008 with the aim of senior IMI academics working in partnership with senior management from selected member organisations to develop a toolkit to provide practical guidance on the management of cultural diversity in Ireland’s workplaces.

  Commenting on the launch of the report Ann Hogan, Senior HR Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers and a member of the Cultural Diversity BizLab said “The Toolkit provides important support to companies to adapt their workplace policies, procedures and practices to meet the challenges posed by a culturally diverse workforce. It is a manual outlining a set of codes and practices that can be put in place to offer every worker an inclusive and dynamic environment in which to work. The toolkit spans six main areas: recruitment and selection; retention and development; workplace environment; integrating & mainstreaming; external /customer orientation and implementation. The manual is geared for organisations regardless of size and capability, with the emphasis throughout on common sense and practicality.”
  

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• Localise
  
  

  The firm is delighted to have the opportunity to work with a Youth and Development community project team called Localise. Localise will assist PwC in working with the 6th class students of St Laurence O'Toole National School located in Sheriff Street, Dublin 1. A number of volunteers from PwC will work with the local 6th class once a week for ten weeks to agree and lead a "Care for the Community" project that will have a positive impact on the community.  During the ten weeks through a variety of games and exercises the young people are engaged in examining and assessing community needs, selecting a community action, planning this action, carrying out the community work together, reviewing the action and the learning experiences, celebrating their achievement and then planning for the future.
  

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• Bus Tickets for Charity
  
  

  We provide collection boxes at Spencer Dock where our people can place used bus tickets with change outstanding. The tickets are then donated to the Temple Street Children’s Hospital.
  

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• Annual PwC Half Marathon
  
  

  PwC Europe comes together through a running event organised in a different European location each year. 2007 saw 50 runners from the Irish office tackle the Marseilles, France half marathon to raise funds for St Vincent de Paul.
  

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• Junior Achievement
  
  

  The firm supports our people who take time out of their working day over a period of six to twelve weeks, to deliver Junior Achievement educational programmes targeted at inner city schools. These programmes focus on the delivery of a business related topic to students between the ages of 5 to 15 years. As a business volunteer the PwC person brings work experience to the students by teaching them programmes designed to help them appreciate the value of work and enterprise. Many of our people who have been Junior Achievement volunteers retain links with the schools and provide a vital mentoring role to the students.
  

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• Sponsor Your Charity
  
  

  As a firm, we offer sponsorship of €250 to any PwC person who participates in a charity or fundraising event. Some of the more recent causes to benefit include:

  • Cystic Fibrosis Ireland
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin
  • The Alzheimer's Association of Ireland
  • Temple Street Children's Hospital
  • National Council for the Blind
  • Irish Cancer Society
  • Dublin Rape Crisis Centre
  • Focus Ireland.

  
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• People Giving Scheme
  
  

  We have developed a scheme which allows our people to make tax-free monthly contributions through payroll deductions, to a selected number of charities voted by our people. This scheme is known as the PwC People Giving Scheme.
  

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• Jobcare
  
  

  Jobcare Ltd is a registered charity whose aim is to help people in the community to find jobs by providing training resources, expertise and opportunities for personal development. Our firm's HR team assists Jobcare in running practice interviews with their people who were returning to work or starting work.
  

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• Santa Letters
  
  

  Every year the firm distributes Santa Letters from a variety of schools in the inner city area, from children that would not be guaranteed to receive presents from Santa. On receipt of a letter from your assigned child, you purchase and wrap a present and return it to the school. Over 700 children receive presents annually through this initiative.
  

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• The Life Centre
  
  

  The Life Centre caters for boys and girls, aged between 12 and 16 years who have not made the transition from primary to secondary school, have dropped out, been expelled from school or have been unable to cope with the mainstream school system. The environment and atmosphere at the Life Centre is like a family home than a school, and the innovative approach to education seems to be working for teenagers who otherwise would have long given up on the education system. PwC supports The Life Centre, under a scheme organised by the Dublin Docklands Development Authority. PwC people give their time to the centre to conduct self awareness sessions and assist the pupils in CV and interview preparation.
  

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• Aids Partnership Africa
  
  

  Aids Partnership with Africa (APA) is a charity focused on those affected by AIDS in Africa. APA aims to promote a broad-spectrum response to AIDS, integrating prevention and care as top priorities. The firm supports this charity through events and volunteers.