Nomura hit the £1 million mark!

Nomura’s official opening of One Angel Lane took place on Monday 4 April at which CEO of EMEA, John Phizackerley, presented Simon Davies and ex-patient Sam Kennard with a cheque for £1 million.

We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone at Nomura for their support over the past couple of years and look forward to working with everyone during the final month of the partnership.

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Nomura sponsors Royal Albert Hall concerts for a second year

Following Nomura’s hugely successful sponsorship of the Royal Albert Hall concerts last year, we are delighted that they'll be supporting the shows again in March at an associate sponsor level. A number of Nomura employees have signed up to volunteer at the shows as well as purchasing tickets to see some of the great acts, we’re looking forward to seeing everyone at the Royal Albert Hall during the week.

Nomura wins award for community affairs programme

On Wednesday 20th October, Teenage Cancer Trust’s Corporate Partner, Nomura won the Lord Mayor’s Heart of the City Dragon Award for its community affairs programme.

Nomura was competing with 14 other companies that entered the category and was singled out for its outstanding achievements in the area including their partnership with Teenage Cancer Trust.

This is an outstanding achievement for Nomura and so congratulations to all involved. In 18 months, Nomura has raised £650,000 for Teenage Cancer Trust. We look forward to working with them throughout the rest of the partnership.

Recent Fundraising at Nomura

Fixed Income Virtual Challenge

Over 5 days from the 28th February to the 4th March, 130 Nomura employees from the Fixed Income division took on a virtual challenge. Teams of 10 employees ran 25km among them in a race to be the fastest team. Congratulations to Team CTU who took both the fastest team and highest fundraiser titles. The event raised an incredible £30,000 and so thank you to everyone involved.

Fixed Income Virtual Challenge Winners, Team CTU

Nomura host the Oscars

Nomura held a glamorous Oscars themed quiz night hosted by Gabby Logan on the 3rd February. 220 Nomura employees attended and over £16,000 was raised for Teenage Cancer Trust. Congratulations to ‘And the winner s are……’ who walked away with the winning team trophy and thank you to everyone who took part and made the event such a success!

The winning team ‘And the winners are…….’ collecting their prize

Nomura Literature Event

Kirsten O’Brien hosted a children’s reading of ‘The Grinch Who Stole Christmas’ in December for Nomura’s Investment Banking Division. With a special appearance from Santa, everyone involved had a fantastic time. The event helped Nomura surpass £735,000 in 20 months.

Nomura Charity Football Tournament

Nomura employees took part in a cross divisional football tournament for Teenage Cancer Trust on Tuesday 21st September. Congratulations to the overall winners, Team Titan who took the Nomura Cup and further congratulations to the Teenage Cancer Trust Player of the Tournament, Dwayne Bryant. The event raised a total of £2440 and so thank you to everyone involved.

10th Anniversary Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall

The shows in 2010 were described as the best ever, and Nomura’s headline sponsorship of this prestigious event was a great success. This was the first time that Teenage Cancer Trust secured a week long sponsor for these events and we were delighted with how integrated the partnership was.

Over 50 Nomura employees volunteered at the events, which helped to raise awareness of the partnership as well as much needed funds. It was great to see an additional 700 employees attending the events across the 9 nights, bringing in a further £35,000 in ticket income to the charity. A high profile auction raised £27,500 during the week where Roger Daltrey performed a live acoustic set to Nomura’s key clients and senior staff. We are incredibly proud to have shared this experience with them.

2010 JP Morgan Corporate Challenge

Over 360 Nomura employees took part in the JP Morgan Corporate Challenge on Tuesday 6th July. The event was a great success with over £20k being raised for Teenage Cancer Trust. Thanks and congratulations to all of Nomura’s employees who took part!

Three Peaks Challenge

Nomura climbers raise over £125,000 for Teenage Cancer Trust

April 2010: 50 employees from Global Investment Bank, Nomura completed the Three Peaks Challenge in under 24 hours, raising over £125,000 for Teenage Cancer Trust. The fastest team ‘Speedy Peaks’ finished the challenge in an incredible 21 hours and 45 minutes. This was the largest corporate challenge Teenage Cancer Trust has undertaken and the charity is delighted to have trekked with such enthusiastic and inspiring people. This takes Nomura’s grand total to over £600,000 for Teenage Cancer Trust to date.

Anthony Harte, Head of Community Affairs at Nomura and a participant in the challenge said “The Three Peaks was a tremendous success. Team Nomura raised an unbelievable amount of money which will make a difference to young people with cancer. In addition to the money raised, what really impressed me was the incredibly positive way every participant approached the weekend. The humour, camaraderie and encouragement we gave to our fellow team members was really impressive and illustrated what a fantastic teambuilding exercise the event was. I’m sure it will be remembered as one of the best corporate events we have done.”

Funds raised will go towards the construction of a Teenage Cancer Trust unit within the new Day Care Cancer Centre at University College London. This pioneering facility is due to open in 2012.