MSc students take part in Zurich Community Challenges to help local disadvantaged people
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Zurich and the School of Management joined forces recently to give MSc students the opportunity to volunteer and make a difference to local disadvantaged people and the organisations that support them.
Zurich, a Corporate Partner of the School, developed ten team projects exclusively for our MSc students. These included fundraising, collecting clothing for the homeless, making a three-course meal from donated surplus food, planning a garden for people with learning difficulties, marketing and awareness-raising. Each team was assigned a Zurich Mentor to provide advice and guidance.
The winning team organised a trip to Longleat Safari Park for 30 disabled and disadvantaged adults, raising more than £600 to fund the event. Zurich awarded the winners £200 to donate to their charity ‘Bath Gateway Out and About’. The team were: Rashesh Seth, Miloni Shah, Anupi Chiniwala, Brinda Singh, Pooja Penna, Jade Brindley, Atif Raja, and Suveer Bhatia.
Two runner-up prizes of £100 were also awarded to a team who organised a show in the style of Glee with participants from Three Ways School, and to a team who organised and hosted a Jubilee Tea Party for older people, working with ‘Contact the Elderly’.
The student projects form part of the work carried out by the Zurich Community Trust, Zurich’s award-winning UK community involvement programme. As a registered charity, it works to support a range of local, national and overseas charities, many selected by Zurich employees. One of their major successes comes from their team-build Challenge programme, encouraging 2,000 staff every year to volunteer their time carrying out practical projects that make a real difference in their local communities.
The students presented their challenges to Senior Managers and members of the Zurich Graduate recruitment team at a special event on 3rd December.
Zurich’s Mark Heasman, who helped judge the winning team, said:
“To see ten challenges that have been completed in such a short amount of time, with so much creativity and passion, and to see ten presentations with music, videos, hand-outs and samples, was just fantastic. The students’ enthusiasm, hard work and dedication to succeed really proved to be testament to them - they were an absolute credit to the University of Bath.’
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