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ZURICH COMMUNITY TRUST AWARDS 2009

12 May 2009, London:  Tuesday 12 May 2009 at 12.30 prompt was the time and the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn was the place! The Zurich Community Trust Awards Ceremony and Lunch 2009 had finally arrived. Over 80 guests, comprising finalists, judges, guests from the voluntary sector and senior representatives from across the Zurich businesses in the UK joined forces to celebrate the achievements of the finalists and announce the winners.

This was the fourth awards scheme run by Zurich to recognise the tremendous volunteering and fundraising efforts of Zurich’s employees, Openwork's employees and members, plus Capita employees working on the Zurich contract. 

Hosted by Chris Gillies, Chair, Zurich Community Trust and Head of Growth & Strategic Marketing, Global Life, the event set out to place firmly in the spotlight those individuals and teams that have made a real difference to people's lives.  To share in the celebrations, David Sims, CEO UK Life congratulated finalists at the pre-lunch reception and the trophies were given out by Guy Munnoch, CEO, UKGI & Shared Services, David Hall, CEO, GCUK and Keith Carby, CEO, Openwork.  

The winners of each category received a £1000 cash award to donate to a charity of their choice with the runners-up each receiving £500 to donate to a selected cause. 

Corporate Citizenship, a leading corporate social responsibility consultancy, was appointed by Zurich Community Trust to act as independent external assurers to ensure that the application and judging process was both transparent and impartial. While the final external judging panel consisted of representatives from the voluntary sector and senior Zurich employees - with Corporate Citizenship in attendance to observe. 

Chosen from over 80 nominations, the winners of the six award categories were:

Most effective charity co-ordinator
• Karen Sims, London (winner)
• Liz Hudson, Capita, Cheltenham (Finalist)
• Sam Tesch, Openwork, Swindon  (Finalist)


Most effective individual volunteer
• Paul Radley, Openwork Support Centre, Swindon (winner)
• Laurence Andrews, Openwork, Northern Ireland (Finalist)
• Paul Eames, Openwork, Newbury (Finalist)


Most effective volunteering team
• WRVS Trolley Dollies, Swindon (winner)
• Corporate Real Estate and Facilities Management Team (Finalist)
• Zurich Cares Cheltenham Grants Committee (Finalist)


 Most effective individual fundraiser
• Mohammed Rasool, Openwork, Belfast (winner)
• Laurence Andrews, Openwork, Northern Ireland (Finalist)
• Tim Green, Fareham (Finalist)
• Lynn Ready, Openwork, Tyne & Wear (Finalist)


 Most effective fundraising team
• Leeds Charity Committee (winner)
• Foundation Kerala Cycle Team (Finalist)
• Zurich Cares Swindon Fundraising Committee (Finalist)


Most Supportive Manager
• Gary Wainwright, Director, Commercial Middle Market and Specialities - UKGI (winner)
• Matthew Hartigan, Branch Manager, Bristol Commercial (Finalist)
• Jason Cripps, Corporate Operations Director of Corporate Risk & Zurich Corporate Pensions (Finalist)


Special Achievement Award
• Tim Culling, Operations Director, UK Life Business

Ends

About Zurich’s Community Trust
• Zurich’s Community Trust, a registered charity funded by pre-tax profits and donations from Zurich’s staff, provides an umbrella for all Zurich’s community involvement in the UK.
• Zurich Community Trust manages and matches Zurich employees' and financial advisers' £1 million donations, 22,000 hours of business volunteering time, including 170 annual team challenge activities involving around 1,700 staff.
• Zurich's Community Trust programmes create sustainable change through long-term funding and active employee involvement.  Zurich works closely with innovative partners to significantly impact the lives of disadvantaged people in the UK and overseas.  These programmes have helped nearly 500 vulnerable older people through a telephone support service, 200 families where a parent misuses drugs and around 6,000 children who have a mental health issue.  In addition, there is a programme in southern India with personal development opportunities for employees.
• Zurich Community Trust has donated around £60 million since inception and celebrated its 35th Anniversary last year.