City of London Corporation Links
The City of London is proud to promote and enable Corporate Responsibility and Economic Regeneration. Below is a list of the free programmes offered by the City of London Corporation.
For a full description of our programmes, please download the Corporate Community Involvement Guide.
Heart of the City
Heart of the City is a free support programme for businesses in the City and City fringes that are interested in developing a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme.
The City Procurement Project is a free advice service to City-based businesses looking to adopt a local purchasing strategy.
The Lord Mayor's Dragon Awards is an awards programme for businesses and public bodies in Greater London with exemplary Corporate Community Involvement activities.
Partnerships
As part of a broader programme contributing to the economic regeneration of the City fringes, the Partnerships team assists City businesses looking to engage young people through introducing them to City-type careers; and works with City businesses to maximise access to employment opportunities for City fringe residents.
The City Bridge Trust makes grants to charitable projects working to benefit the inhabitants of Greater London.
Employee Volunteering Links
CSV
CSV works with companies nationwide to set up volunteering projects that give the benefit of voluntary action for employers, employees and the community as a whole.
Volunteering England
Volunteering England is an independent charity and membership organisation, committed to supporting, enabling and celebrating volunteering in all its diversity. The good practice bank on the Volunteering England website contains employee volunteering tools and resources for businesses and community organisations.
ELBA
ELBA is a volunteering, employment and legacy brokerage programmes in boroughs of Hackney, Newham and Tower Hamlets.
Time & Talents for Westminster
Time & Talents for Westminster is an employee volunteering brokerage service which operates as part of the Volunteer Centre Westminster enabling private, public and voluntary sector organisations to work together to deliver effective Employer Supported Volunteering (ESV) and local corporate community involvement (CCI).
CSR
Corporate Social Responsibility Links
BITC
Business in the Community (BITC) stands for responsibile business. BITC is a business-led charity with a growing membership of 850 companies, from large multinational household names to small local businesses and public sector organisations. BITC advises, supports and challenges its members to create a sustainable future for people and the planet and to improve business performance.
LBG
LBG is the internationally recognised standard for measuring corporate community investment. More than 300 companies around the world use the LBG framework to measure, manage and report the value, and the achievements, of the contributions they make to charitable and community causes.
Other Links
CITY.COMM
CITY.COMM provides information, support and networking opportunities for voluntary and community groups in the City of London, to help them achieve their aims and objectives; share ideas, skills and experience; and influence local policy-making and planning.
Astbury Marsden and City Gateway
Astbury Marsden were looking to revive their community programme and encourage employee volunteering. Specialising in recruitment, the firm led employability sessions directed at young people alongside the community organisation City Gateway.
Liquidnet & Sotheby Mews Day Centre
Liquidnet Europe Limited, a small asset management business, joined City Action following attendance on a Community Tour to Islington in June 2010. One of the community organisations visited was Age Concern Islington’s Sotheby Mews Day Centre, with whom Liquidnet have chosen to support a variety of social events for local older people.
