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AXA Community Investment At AXA, we believe we have a responsibility to support the local communities in which we conduct business and where our employees live and work. AXA’s core business around the world is financial protection and helping people to cope with life’s unforeseen and sometimes unfortunate events. AXA believes that whilst you can’t plan for every eventuality in life, you can plan for living. Therefore, AXA’s community investment activities within Australia and New Zealand aims to assist families and children who are experiencing difficulties due to illness or are disadvantaged due to circumstances beyond their control, through sustainable solutions. Strategic relationships have been developed with a number of community partners across the region including:
New Zealand:
Asia – Hong Kong Red Cross, Hong Kong Health Education and Health Promotion Foundation Limited, Hong Kong Physically Handicapped and Able-Bodied Association, Gawad Kalinga, World Vision, Singapore Red Cross and the Down Syndrome Association. In recognition of AXA Hong Kong’s strong commitment to the community, we have been awarded the ‘Caring Company Logo’ by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service every year since 2002.
AXA has recently partnered with the following strategic community organisations to deliver the following initiatives: The Brotherhood of St Laurence - ‘Home Interaction Program for parents and Youngsters (HIPPY) AUD$180,000 per annum for three years, to enable HIPPY to develop their capacity to effectively prepare for the expansion of the programme. AXA employees further contribute through participation in the HIPPY advisory committee, attendance of HIPPY graduation ceremonies and fundraising events. AXA’s support has directly enabled HIPPY to be successful in receiving a Federal grant for $36.2m over the next five years to roll out the programme to 50 sites nationally. Reach – Crew Program Champions AUD$150,000 per annum for three years to fund the Reach Crew Program Champions. Reach programs aim to build young people’s confidence and self esteem, in order to prevent negative emotions and destructive behaviours that can leads to problems such as alcohol, drug abuse, delinquency and suicide. In 2009, AXA supported Reach to deliver a positive impact on over 58,000 young Australians nationally The Salvation Army - AXA 614 Bus programme Approx AUD$75,000 per annum for three years to fund the operational costs of an interactive bus, which aims to connect with young homeless people. This innovative bus has gained wide media exposure and well recognised in the streets of Melbourne. AXA employees volunteer on the bus by serving meals and interacting with these young people. The Salvation Army – Refurbishment of Life Centre AUD$100,000 per annum for five years to fund the refurbishment of their Life Centre, Bourke Street, Melbourne in order to expand and improve the service delivery to meet increasing needs of the homelessness and disadvantaged people in Melbourne. The Smith Family – Applied Research Project AUD$100,000 per annum for three years to fund a research project to assist disadvantaged children to develop more effective behaviours towards money and the ability to integrate this into the pursuit of a productive and happy life. AXA employees will further contribute through the provision of project and research support. Starlight Children’s Foundation - National Starlight Escapes programme AUD$100,000 to implement a 12 month national roll-out for the Escapes Programme to bring Starlight families together, as a break from the stress of repeated hospitalisation. AXA employees volunteer at these Escapes to ensure that the children get the most out these special events. STREAT – Food Cart Micro Business AUD$50,000 to purchase two mobile vending units with annexes, located in the Melbourne CBD, which will provide Melbourne’s homeless youth with access to education and employment pathways through the William Angliss Catering College and on the job training Very Special Kids – Very Special Link Programme AUD$150,000 per annum for two years to provide a range of services to 30 families each year. AXA employees volunteer at the hospice during VSK school holiday programmes and assist with fundraising during the annual VSK Piggy Bank Appeal Mission Australia - NSW Triple R Services Volunteer Program AUD$46,000 to fund the recruitment and training of skilled and non-skilled volunteers, for the NSW Triple R Service which provides financial counselling and targets individuals and families who have problems such as bankruptcy, housing and asset repossession, mortgage and loan defaults and creditor negotiations. Victorian Bushfire Relief When bushfires devastated the Victorian countryside in February 2009, killing 173 people, The Salvation Army (TSA) were immediately deployed to all disaster areas to assist the victims. Within a day, AXA had made its first donation of AUD$100,000. Over the following weeks, AXA employees from around Australia donated a further $38,000 to TSA through individual and team fundraisers. AXA matched all donations, bringing our donation total to $177,000 Sailability Wellington Trust NZ$12,500 to fund the sailing regatta at the inaugural National Paralympic Games, held in Wellington in November 2009 Emerge Supported Employment Trust – Young Adult Transition Programme NZ$15,000 to assist five young disabled people to gain the skills needed to attain their first job and become active members of the community. Skylight NZ$21,151 used to develop a board game, which will be used as a tool for children |
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