VM Group President’s Awardee, VM Foundation launch the Foster A Child fundraising project
The VM Group 2021 President’s Awardee, Tiffany-Joy Smith, has collaborated with the VM Foundation, to launch a Foster A Child fundraising project, in partnership with the For the Child (FTC) Foster Care Programme, aimed at boosting the national foster care programme. The project seeks to raise approximately $300,000 annually, to offset costs associated with […]
VMIL increases stake in kingston properties
VM Investments Limited (VMIL) has today acquired 135,483,871 units of Kingston Properties (KPREIT) shares for a combined consideration of $1,050,000,000. This transaction increases VMIL’s stake in KPREIT to a total of twenty-three per cent (23%), making KPREIT an associate company of VMIL. This is in line with the VM Group Vision of being a leading […]
VM heralds restructured business, announces key leadership appointments
VM Group has announced the establishment of a new business structure, with the launch of The VM Group Limited, a mutual holding company and parent to the newly formed VM Financial Group Limited as well as VM Innovations Limited. The announcement follows VM Members’ overwhelming vote of support to restructure the organisation at a specially […]
Sprint Icon Veronica Campbell-Brown joins VM Foundation Board of Directors
Jamaica’s most decorated track and field athlete, Veronica Campbell-Brown, CD has joined the Board of Directors of the VM Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the VM Group. Campbell-Brown, who is an eight-time Olympic medalist has won more than 46 medals at international athletic events, earning the distinction of being the first athlete ever to win […]
VM Foundation, Women’s Centre of Jamaica provide personal development, financial literacy sessions for adolescent moms
The VM Foundation recently collaborated with the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) in support of a series of personal development and financial literacy sessions for adolescent mothers. This was part of activities to celebrate and empower the 2022 cohort of the WCJF’s Finishing School Programme for Adolescent Mothers. The programme, established in 1978, is […]
VM Foundation donates to efforts to find missing children
KINGSTON, Jamaica: The VM Foundation has made a $100,000 donation to support the Missing Children’s Support Programme, an initiative of Hear the Children’s Cry, a non-governmental organisation (NGO). Speaking at a recent handover ceremony at VM’s Corporate Offices in Kingston, CEO of the VM Foundation, Samantha Charles, commended the stellar work that has been done […]
VM Foundation empowers clinic users with Financial Wellness and Parenting Expo
The VM Foundation recently closed out its Parents’ Month celebrations with a Financial Wellness and Parenting Expo at the St. Jago Park Health Centre. The event, which saw users of the clinic benefitting from the expertise of VM’s financial services specialists and parenting professionals from various government agencies, was executed through the Adopt-a-Clinic programme, a […]
VM Group ramps up financial literacy thrust with new virtual hub
The VM Group has launched its Financial Education Hub as part of a steady push to strengthen the financial literacy of Members and the wider population. The hub is housed on the VM website (myvmgroup.com) and provides accessible and relatable financial content covering savings, investments, home ownership, debt and credit management, retirement, among other topics. […]
Prayers answered, spirits lifted as Nest Children’s Home gets timely donation from VM Group
When Captain Karen Haughton, administrator at the Salvation Army’s Nest Children’s Home in St Andrew checked her email on a Tuesday afternoon at the end of September, her eyes lit up. The prayerful woman, known as ‘Grandma’ by the children at the home, was overcome with relief and gratitude. She summoned her husband, Captain Keith […]
VM’s skillful sailors keep steady steer despite choppy global waters
Y any measure, COVID-19 has had a tremendous impact on the way many people across the world view and execute their work. With changing perspectives and interests has come what is known as ‘The Great Resignation’ or the ‘Big Quit’, an ongoing global trend in which employees have been resigning from their jobs en masse […]
