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Values into Community Action | 2007-2008 JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challenge This is an annual event in Singapore for the staff. This year more than a dozen A&O runners completed the 5.6 km JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challenge. The theme of the event was ʼTeaming Up For A Greener Tomorrow” and, in support of the green initiative, the team walked to the starting point from the office instead of taking transportation. The race helped support the new ImaginAsia programme at the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore, designed to provide an educational, confidence-inspiring day for at-risk children. John Richards, a partner in the Singapore office who was a member of the team, said, “It was great fun to run with such a large A&O team in support of what has now become a well established and supported event amongst the Singapore corporate community.” CHARItABLe GIVInG AnD FUnDRAIsInG Charitable donations We made donations to a family service centre to pay for Christmas presents for 250 children and to a home for the elderly to purchase food and daily necessities for the residents. In addition, we helped fund activities that raise funds for charities that support those with Down’s syndrome, learning disabilities and autism. Donation of computer equipment We have also donated computer equipment to a number of charitable organisations. sLOVAK RePUBLIC Partners Jane townsend and Hugh Owen oversee the pro bono and community activities of the Bratislava office, which are co-ordinated by Eva Sedničková. COMMUnItY ACtIVItes the Young Roma Artist education Fund (YRAeF) Allen & Overy Bratislava continues to support YRAEF, a project which started in 2005 in co-operation with Association for Culture, Education and Communication (ACEC). The YRAEF selects gifted Roma children, who then attend ACEC educational centres for help with their studies. The children learn how to play musical instruments, read music and sing. The more talented of them also learn other specialised skills needed to be accepted into music conservatories in Bratislava and Košice. In the past year two new educational centres have opened in the eastern region and a leader of a famous Roma band, Sendrejʼs, has become a teacher in one of these centres. enGAGe Allen & Overy Bratislava continues to be an active member of the ENGAGE group. ENGAGE is an international network of businesses and community organisations which collaborate to bring together employees and their communities around the globe. Here are some of the projects organised by ENGAGE in which A&O has participated in the past year. Calvary in Banská Štiavnica This project gave us an opportunity to join a volunteering initiative which aimed to help to renovate a UNESCO heritage site – the Calvary in Banská Štiavnica (Middle Slovakia). In July 2007, ten A&O volunteers spent an active weekend in Banská Štiavnica where they mowed, cleaned and repaired wooden benches and wooden steps. This project has been very successful and popular among all the volunteers who are looking forward taking part again this year. 38 © Allen & Overy LLP 2008
Improving Bratislava 2007-2008 I Values into Community Action In September 2007, A&O Bratislava took part in a number of community activities in the city. The scheme was organised by the group of companies who are part of ENGAGE in co-operation with the Pontis Foundation. A&O Bratislava joined with more than 400 volunteers and 20 other organisations to take part in a number of social and environmental projects. Some volunteers from A&O Bratislava provided help to an animal sanctuary which had just been built, by cleaning and providing general maintenance support. An analyst from our IT department provided the Fair Play Alliance (a Slovakian non-governmental organisation that monitors political party finance and promotes transparency in party financing and procurement) with help on computer usage and local IT issues. Another team built a natural barrier to prevent erosion in one of the city parks and to ensure that forest vegetation can grow. The purpose of these activities was to “make the city of Bratislava more beautiful and enhance the environment in which we live,” says Eva Sedničková, Slovakia Business Services secretary with A&O, “but it also gave us the opportunity to meet people from other organisations including past and present clients. Working together on projects which we all had an interest in was a really novel way to meet.” Club for Childrenʼs Hope At the end of 2007, some of our staff members approached the Club for Children's Hope to offer their help. That brought them into contact with the Childrenʼs Hospital in Bratislava. They now regularly visit the hospital, spending time with the children, who are cancer sufferers, reading to them and playing with them. They have also organised trips for the children to concerts and camping trips. We hope that this will become a principal project involving Allen & Overy Bratislava. CHARItABLe GIVInG AnD FUnDRAIsInG Baden-Powell Foundation We donated €1,700 to the Baden-Powell Foundation in relation to one of the ENGAGE projects – the renovation of the Calvary in Banská Štiavnica. the American Chamber of Commerce We donated €900 to the American Chamber of Commerce in the Slovak Republic, which organised its 13th Annual AmCham Thanksgiving Charity Drive. Continuing this Thanksgiving tradition, AmCham has identified the following organisations, located throughout Slovakia, as worthy recipients of the donated funds: Civil Association Cardo, Children’s Hospital in Košice, Association Dživipen Život, Crisis Centre Dúha, J. Murgaš Foundation, Krista Veľkňaza Institute, Civil Association Medzi nami, Memory Foundation, Mother Theresa Missionaries of Charity, House of Social Services Slatinka, House of Social Services Svetluška. Club for Childrenʼs Hope We donated €300 to the Club for Children's Hope to support their activities with the children suffering from cancer. They regularly organise camps and other various trips and activities. UnICeF The office raised funds for UNICEF to support orphans in Uganda. Staff donated €257 from their own pockets. The money raised will go towards helping 6,206 orphaned children in the Kamwenge and Kitgum districts. enGAGe As members of ENGAGE, we pay a membership fee of €900, which money is used to support general activities by ENGAGE. © Allen & Overy LLP 2008 39
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