We’ve kicked off our Healthy, Mind, Body and Spirit initiative with our International Globetrot event, a step challenge involving over 1,300 employees. In three weeks, our keen steppers covered 120,000 miles, about equivalent to walking the Great Wall of China nine times! They took on climbing, dog walks, cross country skiing and other activities all in the spirit of wellbeing. Alongside the challenge, we were pleased to host Jennifer Pharr Davis, long-distance hiker and adventurer, for an inspiring talk about trekking and mental wellness.
Here’s how our teams have donated their 8 hours of paid volunteering leave this week: 🏠At Lazarus House, an emergency assistance shelter for those facing poverty in Lawrence, US, a team from our Andover office helped stock and distribute food parcels to over 1,800 families in need. 🌳Our team in Wroclaw, Poland got digging at a tree planting event with the One More Tree Foundation. As part of this charity partnership, we’ll be donating seedlings and lending a hand on the ground to support reforestation action. 👷 In North Memphis, several team members donned their hard hats and got to work helping to build four houses with Habitat For Humanity, a charity that constructs affordable homes to tackle housing poverty.
When the future is full of opportunity, having someone to talk to about options can be helpful! Continuing our collaboration with local universities, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, University of Wroclaw and Uniwersytet WSB Merito Wrocław, a number of our team in Wroclaw are acting as mentors for eight local students. We were pleased to welcome mentees to our Wroclaw offices recently as they joined training sessions, a networking event with our team and received CV support from our recruiters. We’re looking forward to seeing these talented students move ahead with their careers!
Lending a hand on Hari Raya 🎊 The festival of Hari Raya signifies the end of Ramadan and, alongside cheer and merriment, it’s considered a time for giving back and making a difference. To mark the occasion, over 100 team members from Penang, Malaysia came together to organise donations of groceries, home appliances and goodie bags for Rumah Amal, a local care center for adults and children with special needs.
Spring has sprung for us at Smith+Nephew! This April, we’re focused on wellness and challenging our colleagues to embrace healthy habits and get moving with our global Globetrot Step Challenge and on-site activities like our Italian team’s pilates session this week!
Bowlin’ on the River in support of Junior Achievement (JA) Memphis 🎳 30 of our Memphis team, hit the lanes to support JA’s most recent Bowl-A-Thon. Hosted at a local bowling alley, the event raises funds for education programs that serve the city’s elementary, middle and high schools. We’ve been working with JA Memphis since 2003, supporting initiatives such as interactive exhibits and career speaker events that give young people the tools they needs to plan for their futures.
Check out our new office in Hamburg! Our Germany team has a new home in the Docklands of Hamburg. With views of the River Elbe that inspire a sense of wellbeing and connection with the city, as well as lots of open office space to support our collaborative culture, our new workspace is a hive of teamwork and togetherness.
Working together to support local communities. Our team in Tokyo have been putting their volunteering hours to good use as part in the Shiba Area Clean Campaign: A town with zero street-smoking. The team joined residents, companies and government organisations to collect litter and help make the Minato Ward in Tokyo a safer and cleaner place for everyone.
89 joint replacements in four days? Our Canadian teams recently supported a charity mission in Guatemala that achieved just this. Operation Walk Canada is an all-volunteer medical humanitarian organization that provides life-changing joint replacement surgeries at no cost for those in need globally. We’re pleased to donate hip and knee implants for the operations, as well as provide on-site technical support from our team members, helping patients in disadvantaged communities live a Life Unlimited.
Thanks to their work with the frontline healthcare community, our Trauma team understands the critical value of blood transfusions. When members of our German Trauma Sales and Marketing teams met in Munich for a conference recently, they made time during the trip to take part in a local blood drive organized by the German Red Cross. A busy schedule never stops us finding ways to give back, especially if it helps save a life.
