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Whitbread Foundation announces support for the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. We have chosen to support the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre’s Innovation Hub as its purpose is to focus on education and training pathways for newly arrived immigrants. The charter of the Whitbread Foundation is to support education programs that break the cycle of poverty. Education…

Huge congratulations to Adam Luscombe, who this morning made good on his promise to provide Anglicare Victoria with a new fridge for their kitchen. With the help of Whitbread employees, Adam raised $243.50 and this morning delivered a brand new fridge to Louise Lang, who was very grateful for the assistance. Well done Adam and…

It’s so wonderful to see our employees living and breathing the Whitbread values of Corporate Conscience. Congratulations to commercial broker, Adam Luscombe, who has taken the initiative upon himself to raise funds for Anglicare Victoria. Find out more about Adam’s pledge here. http://www.whitbread.com.au/corporate-conscience-comes-to-life-at-whitbread/

International Women’s Day theme for 2014 is Inspiring Change. Studies have shown that when women are empowered, all of society benefits. The Hunger Project, a charity the Whitbread Foundation has supported for the past 2 years, believes that empowering women as equal partners in their communities is essential for achieving the end of hunger and…

The resilience of the human spirit and the compassion of others was celebrated at the Melbourne City Mission annual wrap up tonight. Three courageous women shared how Melbourne City Mission has assisted them to triumph over adversity. The Whitbread Foundation is very proud to support this organisation. For more information visit https://www.facebook.com/MelbourneCitymission

The Whitbread Foundation is very proud to announce a donation to Zimele in support of their Education For Life Ministry in Eldoret, Kenya. Do you know what the word Zimele means? Answer in comments. To learn more about their work in Africa visit http://www.zimele.org/

What girl can resist a lolly buffet? Whitbread Insurance Brokers and Melbourne Building Management sponsored the lolly buffet at the 13th Annual Mad Foundation Ball held last night. Proceeds of the evening will fund specific cases identified by the Department of Developmental Medicine at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne. Thanks to Macca for the photo…

Whitbread Insurance Brokers took to the green for the Scope Whitbread Golf Challenge. Whilst our teams did not find themselves in the Gold Jacket they had a ball with some of our golf enthusiast clients. Whitbread have supported the Hole in 1 challenge for the last eight years and have been Principle Partner of the…

We took the message of Anti-Poverty week to a conference we attended last week. We reduced our usual spend on corporate gifts and instead for every business card dropped at our stand we made a donation to The Victorian Homeless Fund. At Whitbread Insurance Brokers we are deeply committed to leading the way in corporate…

Don’t be surprised if this week you see Whitbread people carrying jocks and socks and the odd tin of baked beans to work. The clothing and food will all be donated to Melbourne City Mission and Anglicare Vic. This is just one way Whitbread are recognising Anti-Poverty Week in Australia.Anti Poverty week runs from 13-19…