HAMILTON, Today: Waikato public relations agency HMC has announced that it has become a social enterprise and is now donating 100% of its profits to charity.
HMC director Heather Claycomb says HMC’s charity of choice is NZ-registered All Good Ventures.
“My husband Rod and I started All Good Ventures last year,” she said (in a widely distributed PR release, naturally!).
“Through that charity we fund and mentor emerging social entrepreneurs who want to start a business and use that business’s profits to help people living in deprivation both in New Zealand and overseas,” Claycomb said.
“We hope HMC clients will be excited about this change in our business structure and purpose.”
“All Good Ventures first two supported projects this year are Morningside Urban Market Garden in Auckland and One Day Health in Uganda. Through the market garden business, refugee women learn new skills and amalgamate into the community. One Day Health builds health centres in rural Uganda, freeing people from a lack of accessible healthcare.”
“We hope HMC clients will be excited about this change in HMC’s business structure and purpose. It means not only do they receive great communications support, clients also get to partner with us, in a sense, to do some good in the world.”
HMC celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. In 2018, the agency was named PRINZ PR Consultancy of the Year (Small category). The agency won the international Global Alliance Comm Prix Award in 2016.
Today HMC is home to a team of seven, including both full-time staff and contractors, servicing clients in sectors ranging from agriculture, energy and skin care, to real estate, medicinal cannabis and education.
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