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Charity of the Year in Cambridge
One of the ways in which we support the local community is through our Cambridge Charity of the Year programme. We chose Jimmy’s Cambridge as our 2023 Charity of the Year following an employee nomination process and charity review panel comprising employee representatives.
Jimmy’s opened in 1995 as Cambridge’s first all year round night shelter and now offers a much wider range of support. It remains one of the most prominent organisations within the community supporting people who have been rough sleeping in the city.
We are delighted to have chosen Jimmy’s Cambridge for our 2023 Charity of the Year and look forward to working with them on a range of fundraising activities. We hope to make a significant impact on those in our community who rely on the support by Jimmy’s, who provide options, tools and skills to support people on their journey, developing a tailored pathway to independence.
We are really excited to have been chosen by AstraZeneca as their charity of the year. People who have been rough sleeping often feel like no-one cares about them so sharing stories of how local communities and businesses support Jimmy's can give everyone a real boost. To keep our doors open every day of the year we rely on the kindness of people from Cambridge and beyond to donate money, things, time or expertise so we are really looking forward to helping you fundraise for us in any way we can.
STEM
STEM in Cambridge
We want to inspire the next generation of scientists through our STEM outreach programme, and by our student apprenticeship and graduate placement programmes. In Cambridge we are in partnership with many organisations as well as shaping and delivering science activities and programmes to local schools and colleges
STEM Ambassadors:
Over 100 of our employees are STEM volunteers in Cambridge, cultivating and inspiring talent for the future. Our volunteers are involved in some exciting initiatives in the city and the surrounding areas:
The Cambridge Science Centre, helping 60,000 children and young adults a year discover life sciences.
The Cambridge Festival, public engagement through outreach activities, talks and sponsorship.
The Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology, through an annual challenge for 14-18-year-olds and joint outreach.
The Cambridge United Community Trust – Active Science programme – ‘meet a scientist’ sessions in primary schools.
Enthuse Partnerships – High impact programmes working in partnership with selected schools, combining teacher development with engaging and inspirational activities for students.
Shaping and delivering science activities and supporting our employees in their local schools meeting the national curriculum and Gatsby benchmarks.
From connecting entrepreneurs with dedicated business mentors, organising guest lectures to offering internship, we have more than 75 business mentors in Cambridge. To date around 90 start-ups have benefited from their advice so far.
Judge Business School
As part of our relationship with the Cambridge Judge Business School, we support a number of programmes run by the Business School’s Entrepreneurship Centre. This includes Accelerate Cambridge, which is an initiative designed to further engage, train and mentor fledgling life science businesses. Over 60 colleagues from AstraZeneca are now involved in the programme and over 75 start-ups have benefitted so far.
Lucy Cavendish College
Our strategic collaboration with the Lucy Cavendish College, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, supports our common goals of advancing women in science and business leadership. We provide one-to-one mentoring to students, supporting their scientific projects as well as career and personal development, and offer work placement opportunities in the life sciences sector, including at our global hub in Cambridge.
Accelerate@Babraham
We support the new bio-incubator and life science accelerator at the Babraham Research Campus in Cambridge by offering new life-science ventures, one-to-one mentoring and entrepreneurial guidance.
Panacea Stars
Panacea Stars is a life and health sciences accelerator programme by Panacea Innovation that aims to enable bio-entrepreneurs turn their scientific ideas into marketable products. We support the scheme providing business mentors who are coupled with a team for eight weeks to help develop their business plan. The programme culminates in a final pitching competition in Oxford where a winner of the programme will be chosen.
Veeva ID: Z4-52141
Date of preparation: February 2023