In The Community
Santa Dash 2012
The Isle of Man Bank Santa Dash has become somewhat of a tradition over the last few years.This year over 130 'Santas' took part in the race around Douglas town centre in a bid to win a cash prize for the charity of their choice. PDMS' very own Santa, Lead Developer Tim Loton took part in ...
PDMS Sponsor Junior Achievement Awards Ceremony
With the slogan 'Your answer to handy candy' and their themed sweet and party bags Ballakermeen High School's team Rejuven8 became Junior Achievement Isle of Man's 2012 Company of the Year. The students, Katie Banks, Tegan Dixon, Noura Gomaa, Joe Hillard, Sophie Kermode and Chloë Shimmin, ...
Save the Children - Festival of Trees 2011
PDMS are pleased to be continuing tradition and exhibiting a tree at this year's Festival of Trees at the Isle of Man Airport in support of the charity Save the Children. This year PDMS's tree is aptly named 'Recycling is for life and not just for Christmas'. With plenty of creative heads ...
PDMS support Age Concern 'Jail Break'
The 2011 event took place over the 15th and 16th of July and this year Age Concern's biggest annual fundraiser took a different direction - northwards to Jurby and the Isle of Man Prison, from where the 'criminals' organised a mass break out. Had they known what the weather ...
PDMS Sponsor Adventure Team Challenge 2011
PDMS are pleased to be continuing their sponsorship of the Children's Centre Adventure Team Challenge 2011 - The Next Generation. The ATC: The Next Generation is the Island's leading team development event that puts teams of 5 to the test strategically, mentally and physically in a series ...
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PDMS Swimmers take to the pool in aid of Swimathon 2011
Congratulations to a team of PDMS swimmers who took part in a Swimathon over the weekend to raise vital funds for Marie Curie Cancer Care. The team made up of Kerry Lindsay, Kurt Malcolm, Bruce McGregor and Alice Thomas swam a total of 5km's between them. Swimathon started in 1986 and ...
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Movember
Perhaps you have noticed the sudden comeback of the moustache, in the last couple of weeks as you have been out and about and felt slightly bemused wondering what it was all about. I certainly had quite a shock but also a small chuckle when I walked into the office on the 1st of ...
Save the Children - Festival of Trees
PDMS are pleased to be exhibiting a tree at this year's Festival of Trees at the Isle of Man airport in support of the charity Save the Children. This year PDMS's tree is aptly named 'I wish it code be Christmas every day'. With plenty of creative developers in our midst we were able to ...
PDMS renews sponsorship deal with local rugby team
PDMS are delighted to announce the renewal of their sponsorship deal with the Southern Nomads Rugby Team. The Nomads are an amateur rugby team based in the South of the Island. Formed in 1982 the Nomads play competitively both on and off the island. The team had a great season last ...
Cancer Research Relay for Life
On Sunday August 29th the 'IT Crowd' made up of ten PDMS staff members took part in the Isle of Man's first ever 'Relay for Life'. The event is in aid of Cancer Research and takes place in various locations across the UK. The event was held at the National Sports Centre in Douglas ...
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PDMS support Kilimanjaro challenge
Project leader at the Isle of Man Governement's ISD, Chris Swales, is embarking on a once in a lifetime charity challenge in support of Breakthrough Breast Cancer later this year, when he is to join a group of fourteen others from the Isle of Man on a challenge to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. ...
PDMS Sponsor Successful Junior Achievement Awards Night
For the fourth year running, PDMS sponsored the Isle of Man's Junior Achievement annual prize giving evening, which was held at the Mount Murray hotel. Previously known as Young Enterprise, Junior Achievement's success on the Isle of Man has continued to increase year ...
Adventure Team Challenge
In April it was announced that PDMS are to be the primary sponsors for 'The Children's Centre Adventure Team Challenge for the next three years. "We've taken part in the Adventure Team Challenge for the past couple of years and have seen a lot of value from participating. It's not ...
PDMS Discover Diving
Staff at PDMS swapped software for cylinders to raise money for the Hyperbaric Chamber in Douglas during an evening introduction to scuba diving. PDMS organiser Kris McElhinney was looking for something a little bit different for a social event and contacted Discover Diving in Port St ...
Race the Sun 2010
In 2010 a team led by PDMS developer Lewis Veale finished in a fantastic second place out of eighteen, beating their time from the previous year by 1.5 hrs -finishing in 12 hours 31 minutes. Race the sun is a relay race like no other. The task is simple; starting at ...
