Results for Community
Social inclusion for learners
May 18, 2007 Bruce Learner of Kellogg’s UK underlines the importance of working with young people, or more precisely ‘equipping them to make the right choices’, in order to overcome the crippling effects of social exclusion. Read more >
Measuring social impact
May 18, 2007 Programmes encouraging social inclusion are all well and good but it is only through measurement and target-setting that the real impacts can be assessed. Read more >
Helping lone parents succeed
May 18, 2007 For over three years, Marks & Start– a community programme sponsored by Marks & Spencer – has been helping people get back into employment through a number of partnerships. Sumi Ejiri talks to Marks & Spencer and One Parent Families, one of the retailer’s community partners, about what they gain from working together. Read more >
Meeting society’s needs
May 18, 2007 A daunting new series of challenges to social inclusion, far more serious than in the 1980s, demand urgent corporate action, argues David Grayson. Read more >
Contributions news round-up (Issue 92)
March 29, 2007 Lloyds announces a change in its Foundation's structure, while Vodafone Group Foundation donates extra money to those suffering from flooding in Indonesia. Read more >
Toxic corporate responsibility
February 01, 2007 Camila Batmanghelidjh, director of Kids Company on why corporate social responsibility should be selfless and not self-serving, and how companies should take heed and listen to what the voluntary sector really needs. Read more >
Street Children
January 30, 2007 HSBC launches a global $10m initiative in partnership with SOS Children’s Villages - the world’s largest NGO for orphans. Briefing talks to the international bank and its community partner about the aims of the project. Read more >
The inspi(RED) new face of cause-related marketing
January 30, 2007 The Corporate Citizenship Company's Michelle Dow talks to Dan Henkle, Gap’s senior vice president of corporate responsibility, on joining the (RED) campaign and the overlap between social responsibility and business strategy. Read more >
Economic empowerment through mobile
January 30, 2007 Vodafone director of corporate responsibility, Charlotte Grezo, argues that providing people in developing countries with banking services through their mobile phones is a significant driver of economic growth. Read more >