Our community support programme is focused on the local communities where our businesses operate. Examples include:

  • WFI supports the Kondinin group, a leading not for-profit farm improvement group. The support enabled a research report on rural health covering accidents, depression, general health and a range of safety issues specific to farming. The report content was published online
    and in regional press.

  • LI supports a range of social causes and community groups. It is a corporate sponsor of the Create Foundation which supports young
    people in foster care. LI also provides substantial sponsorship to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and is a supporter of the
    Lumley Exchange Research Fellowship of Surgeons.

  • Crombie Lockwood donated goods valued at over NZ$16,000 to Queenstown (New Zealand) schools. In addition to this staff raised
    NZ$10,000 for the Child Cancer Foundation.

  • OAMPS again supported the Australian Youth Sailing Championships which enabled many young sailors to compete for the Australian championship, with the winners
    earning the right to compete in the World Championships in Brazil. OAMPS also supported the Ballarat Cancer Research Centre,Street Swags (a programme to provide shelter for homeless people in Australia) and the Inspire Foundation, an Australian organisation focused on reducing youth suicide rates.

  • Lumley General New Zealand supported the 2008 Shave for a Cure which supports the Leukaemia Foundation.

Photo: Lumley, WFI and OAMPS assisted clients and the community after the Victorian bushfires. In addition to
the community support, we expect to contribute about $86 million in insurance claims by the time our clients have rebuilt.