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.
Lord Mayor's Dragon Awards
The Lord Mayor's Dragon Awards celebrates Corporate Community Involvement in London. Since they were founded in 1987, the Dragon Awards have attracted high quality applications from a variety of companies and public bodies throughout Greater London. Dragon Award winners recognise both the social and business benefits of being good corporate citizens.
All applicants are invited to an annual awards ceremony hosted by the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House. This prestigious event presents a chance for applicants to share experiences and innovative practices in Corporate Community Involvement. It is an opportunity to find out more about ways in which London-based businesses are actively helping to fight social exclusion and build stronger communities.
Heart of the City
Heart of the City provides FREE support for businesses wanting to develop or expand their existing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme. Regardless of your company's size, sector or CSR experience we can support and advise you on:
- What CSR actually involves (community, environment, diversity, employee wellbeing, responsible procurement)
- Developing and implementing a CSR Programme
- Maintaining the momentum of your existing CSR activities
- How to measure and communicate success
iT4Communities
iT4C is the national IT volunteering programme introducing IT professionals who want to volunteer their skills to charities needing IT help. Charities can register their requirements online with iT4C and IT professionals can search for suitable volunteering opportunities by location, project details and type of charity.
LawWorks
LawWorks is an independent charity and is the working name of the Solicitor’s Pro Bono Group. The charity exists to encourage and support solicitors to carry out pro bono work (for free), and runs several projects to encourage solicitors to do this, and to provide free legal support to individuals, communities and small voluntary organisations who are unable to afford or access legal advice.
Trustees Unlimited
Trustees unlimited is a joint venture between Bates, Wells & Braithwaite, NCVO and Russam GMS and it is a solution to the problem many not for profit organisations face - trying to recruit high quality trustees in a rigorous and yet cost effective way. Whether volunteers are looking to serve on a Board, or whether community organisations are looking to strengthen their board, Trustees Unlimited can help. All partners are committed to good governance in the sector and believe that brokering the relationship between high quality trustee candidates and organisations is an essential part of developing a vibrant, dynamic and diverse sector that is ready to meet the challenges ahead.
UnLtd
UnLtd’s mission is to reach out and unleash the energies of people who can transform the world in which they live. UnLtd has an 8 year track record in identifying and supporting a wide variety of innovative social entrepreneurs throughout the UK. We support people with vision, drive, commitment and passion who want to change the world for the better – from a local perspective to world changing. We do this by putting social entrepreneurs at the heart of everything we do – by providing the cash, support, the tools and the means necessary to help passionate people turn great ideas into sustainable projects.
Volunteering England
Volunteering England’s vision is of a society where the potential and passion of people to transform lives and communities through volunteering is fully realised. We are proud to partner City Action in our shared pursuit of this vision.
Help to empower victims of cyberbullying
Peter Jones is the Digital Volunteers Manager at Beatbullying: Bullying is a malaise that affects us all. Practically everyone has had some experience of it, whether at school or work, as the victim, the witness or even as a bully. It is especially widespread amongst young people. Our research repeatedly indicates that 1 in 3 children [...]
read moreMy experience as a Corporate Responsibility Trainee
Shenelle spent nine weeks within the Corporate Responsibility team as a City Business Trainee, a scheme funded by the City of London and facilitated by local charity, the Brokerage Citylink. The scheme offers many talented young people from the City-fringe boroughs a unique opportunity to undertake a paid work placement after their A’levels within a City business. This is [...]
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