COMMUNITY SPIRIT

I am impressed by the commitment of the Briscoe Group Limited to give back to the local community. 

The Briscoe Group pride themselves on being a responsible and socially aware corporate citizen and actively support a wide variety of local community based charities, sports clubs and other initiatives by donating product to support fundraising efforts.

As part of the recent 150 year celebrations and to recognise that every great organisation is dependent on its great people, they announced that Briscoe Group would be establishing an Education Foundation to provide scholarships to eligible selected Briscoe Group employees or their children. The purpose of the scholarships is to encourage tertiary level study predominantly in New Zealand among deserving employees of the Company or their children, in a field that is important or complementary to a core function of the Group’s business.

In addition to these community ventures, The Briscoe Group is a Key Partner of Cure Kids since 2004, was a foundation partner of the “Add a Dollar to Cure Kids” campaign and enters teams in the “Accor Hotels $10 Queenstown Challenge to Cure Kids” and the “Great Adventure Race to Cure Kids”.  Since the partnership began, Briscoe Group has raised $2.85 million, including by way of the annual Briscoe’s Golf Day, which has contributed $1.3 million over the last nine years.

Cure Kids find the cures for life-threatening illnesses that affect children.  They focus on raising funds so vital medical research can continue until their researches find the cures needed.  Put simply, they fund the cures, the researchers find the cures.