PwC Scotland in the community - Force for Good
Force for Good is the name given to our Scottish community affairs programme
and sits alongside our PwC community affairs UK strategy.
The Force for Good programme has two clear objectives:
- Putting something back into our community;
- Developing our people.
Through an active year-round calendar of events, including team volunteering
days, fundraising activity, blood giving days, environmental action and
mentoring programmes, our staff can connect with and make a difference to our
local communities. Our main areas of focus are education for children and young
people, particularly in disadvantaged areas and the environment. Last year, 255
members of staff across our three Scottish offices volunteered their time,
during the working day, to get involved in their community, working a total of
3,096 hours. We have worked alongside a number of organisations over the last
year, including the National Trust for Scotland, Barnardo’s, Save the Children,
Capability Scotland, Scottish Wildlife Trust, Smithfield Primary School
(Aberdeen), Marine Conservation Society, East Lothian Rangers Service, Children
1st and Cycling Scotland.
A pantomime horse race around Glasgow’s George Square on Thursday 15 May
raised an incredible £12,000 for the local ‘Cash for Kids’ charity.
Come and take part in the funniest event of the year, compered by George
Bowie from Clyde 1 FM, on 15th May in George Square, Glasgow.
On Saturday 2 February, a group of 24 staff, friends and family from the
Edinburgh office spent two hours collecting litter from Yellowcraigs beach and
conducting a survey of everything picked up.
Glasgow and Edinburgh staff teamed up for a joint volunteering challenge
over two days, held at Scottish Wildlife Trust's Jupiter Urban Wildlife Garden
in Grangemouth.
Edinburgh office staff raised over £3,000 after organising their annual Pink
Day fundraising on 26
th October for Breast Cancer
campaign.
PwC Edinburgh staff recently joined forces with Pinsent Masons and Bank of
Scotland to provide both financial and voluntary contributions to refurbish of
the Save the Children shop at Dalry Road, Edinburgh.
Staff from the Aberdeen office took part in the ‘Walk For Life’ on Sunday 16
September, raising funds for diabetes.
Store Wars took place this week involving our offices in Aberdeen,
Edinburgh, Manchester and Glasgow who turned into Santa's little helpers for
Barnardo's and went head-to-head in an Apprentice-style Store Wars
challenge.
The Force for Good team in Scotland is organising a one-off event where
staff from our three Scottish offices compete in an apprentice-style team
challenge in partnership with Barnardo's.
20 volunteers from our Edinburgh office visited Yellowcraig beach on
Thursday 10 May to conduct a beach clean, litter survey and build a boardwalk
over a ditch.
A group of 11 PwC Aberdeen employees rolled back the years at Smithfield
Primary School on Friday 27 April. Although not attending any classes,
they did spend a lengthy period of time in the school playground.
In the run up to Christmas 2006, staff in our Glasgow office organised a
Christmas Appeal to raise money for Scottish International Relief’s Mary’s
Meals campaign.
Staff in our Edinburgh office organised their annual office fundraising day
for Children 1st recently, raising an impressive £2,068.49.
A team of 13 volunteers from our Glasgow office spent the day painting back
in March to brighten up rooms at a Capability Scotland-run residential school
near Glasgow.
Our Edinburgh office has recently won the Cycle Friendly Employer Award from
Cycling Scotland. PwC is the first commercial organisation in Scotland to
have been awarded this.
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