Pictured: One firm, one day - as part of the One Firm, One
Day volunteering event, five PwC volunteers carried out some
much-needed gardening improvements at St Vincent's Catholic Primary
School. Left-to-right - Kapil Patel, Robert Winkler, Emma Druckman
and Tom Puar
As part of a nationwide day of volunteering, over 310 employees
at PwC in the Midlands have been participating in a range of local
community projects and helping to share valuable employability
skills across the region.
The firm's Midlands-based volunteers spent the day providing
support to a wide range of individuals, from pupils at local
schools to those at risk of homelessness. They offered
specific support in areas like mentoring, CV writing and skills
sharing, with the aim of helping individuals to progress into
further education or employment.
In the West Midlands, 85 staff spent the day with young people
in community projects run at the Heartlands Academy and the
Hippodrome Theatre in Birmingham.
A further 120 PwC staff visited community centres such as
Comm:pact Hutton Hall in Washwood Heath, St Vincent's School, the
Alex Wing of Selly Oak Hospital and Lickey Hills Country Park. As
well as encouraging community cohesion, their support has led to
noticeable benefits as a result of repainting community centres,
digging flower beds and creating seating areas.
30 volunteers also spent the day delivering a Young Enterprise's
Project Business presentation for year 9 pupils at Trinity
School.
Mark Smith, regional chairman at PwC in the Midlands, said:
"Our efforts to support people in our communities go beyond a
single day of concentrated efforts. However, by running a
number of events focused on one day, a large majority of us have
had the opportunity to share some of our skills in a positive way
to make a difference to individuals' future prospects.
"I am sure that this day will act as a springboard to ongoing
engagement with community activities."