I promised to update you all of some of the awesome things Sysdoc people have been doing to help Christchurch.
Sysdoc / Orion Health Fundraiser: Our UK Executive Assistant organised a series of fund raisers in conjunction with Orion Health who recently moved into our building. A raffle and bake sale raised over £500 for Christchurch.
UK Schools for Christchurch Kids: My daughter started a UK Schools for Christchurch Kids fund raising initiative. She asked all schools which have a connection to New Zealand (kiwi kids, teachers, gap year students) to have a Red and Black Home Clothes (mufti) day for a Gold Coin donation. Several schools agreed to participate. Her own school raised £500, and with many more to follow suit, we hope that this will be a great way to connect kiwi expat kids to their roots back home.
Prime Minister’s London Breakfast: Sysdoc sponsored the Prime Ministers breakfast at the New Zealand House Penthouse on the 26th April. The breakfast with Right Honourable John Key as the main guest,aimed to raise further funds for Christchurch. As a principal sponsor, Sysdoc covered the costs of the event to enable all monies received from participants to be donated directly to the Christchurch Appeal.
City of London Festival: Sysdoc has agreed to become a Platinum Sponsor of the City of London Festival held in July in the City. The theme this year is Pacifica, with a focus on New Zealand and Australia. We feel that this is a really positive way to raise the profile of New Zealand at a time when overseas people are wondering whether it is safe to visit. http://www.colf.org/whats-on.cfm Some of the events are amazing, for example, there will be 14 living kiwi composers in one concert, family picnics, chamber choirs, and a waka journey down the Thames.
Step Up 4 Christchurch – Stairwell Marathon in One of London’s Iconic Modern Buildings: On 22 May, Sysdoc entered several running, walking, crawling and going up the lift teams to raise funds for Christchurch. Sysdoc raised over £3,000 and overall the event raised over £300,000.
Next Women of the Year Team: We facilitated a session recently in Auckland with some of the finalists and winners from last year’s Next Women of the Year awards. The purpose was to define and launch a project that will use the combined skills and expertise of this group of amazing women to help targeted young people in Christchurch to get back on their feet.
That’s it for now however we are continually looking at how and where we can help, so watch this space for more ideas.
