Community Engagement

Question of Sport 

Question of Sport sponsored by PwC Isle of Man brings sporting brains together for an evening of competition, entertainment and networking, all whilst raising funds for local charities. We have sponsored the dinner, organised by the Isle of Man Sporting and Dining Club, since it began in 2012.

An array of local charities have been supported throughout the years and in 2023 the dinner raised £5,400, which was split between our charity of choice Crossroads Manx Workshop and the RNLI.

Family Library Summer Reading Scheme

The Summer Reading Scheme encourages reading, writing and creativity skills during the school summer holidays. Run by the Family Library, a Manx charity, providing a specialist centre for all young people, and an important social and literary resource for schools, adults and the wider Island community.

The challenge is great fun each year, alongside reading at least one book a week for six weeks, there is a points-scoring game, with prizes at the end. Each week there are different things to do in the library, including crafts, puzzles, games and activities, there’s lots of fun things to do at home too.

We are proud to have supported the Family Library since 2017 to offer this scheme for free to young members and families in the community. The children of PwC staff particularly like the party at the end!

Love Tech is a local charity made up of business community volunteers who organise educational activities to inspire and empower children, especially girls and young women, to explore science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) opportunities on the island. 

PwC Isle of Man is pleased to sponsor their STEM SPARK initiative which sees volunteers and mentors offer to run assemblies and workshops at each of the island's primary schools, exploring STEM topics for two school years until early 2026.  The schools each receive a donation of eight STEM books across age groups.

This builds on Love Tech's first book programme, also supported by PwC Isle of Man, which ran in a similar way and saw the charity deliver STEM assemblies and donate books to all thirty-three of the island's primary schools. School interest and positive feedback from this trial initative became the foundation for STEM SPARK.

Charity challenges

Every year our staff are encouraged to take part in many sporting activities and events on offer within the community as part of our ‘PwC Summer of Sport’. These include events such as the Parish Walk, Race the Sun, our 10,000 step challenge and the three peaks challenge all while raising money for charity, often ones that are close to our hearts.

Members of staff walk the Parish Walk in memory of a much-admired colleague Mark Freeman, who tragically lost his battle with Leukaemia aged 50 on 10 August 2010. Mark loved life and particularly sports, having taken part in the Parish Walk for 11 consecutive years: finishing in 2004 and 2007. Each year we sponsor a feeding table during the walk, providing the walkers with much-needed refreshments and support.

"The Mark Freeman trophy" was donated by his widow Carina and is awarded annually to the member of staff who takes part in the event and best demonstrates the values that Mark aspired to, being personal achievement, teamwork and having fun.