Here are
some examples of what the Nike Group as a whole does for the
community:
In 2000 the Nike Group regeneration at Amen Corner in Binfield
was awarded a Tidy Britain Group Millennium Marque Award in
recognition of environmental excellence;
The Nike Group is a founder member of the Berkshire Community
Foundation that considers applications for funding from local
community and charity groups;
As a Gold Shield Project Sponsor of the Duke of Edinburgh
Award Scheme, the Nike Group helps the development of many
young people;
The Group is a major sponsor of the Rhos y Ghalian Outdoor
Education Centre in Wales. Run by a non-profit making organisation,
this centre is predominantly for the use of school children
and young people from Berkshire and the surrounding counties.
It is also occasionally used for leadership and business courses;
In recognition of a Nike Group contribution to Reading University
for the new Agricultural building, a lecture theatre has been
named after John Nike;
The Age Concern Big Band Concert; held every year at Bracknell's
Wilde Theatre, is sponsored by the Nike Group;
An annual CARE (Community Action for the Retired and Elderly) event is
held at the Coppid Beech Hotel each year on the first Monday in December.
Three hundred elderly Bracknell Forest Residents are invited to the Hotel
and are entertained for the day. CBH work in conjunction with Thames Valley
Police and Age Concern. The theme of the day is Crime Prevention and Safety
in the home and in amongst the Bingo, Choir, Raffle and Lunch the police
do give a talk about bogus callers.
Ice skating vouchers are constantly being sent to local schools by all
JNLL centres as prizes for raffles and fetes;
Ice skating for the members of the Bracknell Ice Skating
Club, and the Junior Ice Hockey development teams is heavily
subsidised; and
John Nike himself has raised thousands of pounds for charity
by running in three London Marathons and taking part in other
fund raising activities over the past few years.
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