Resources
Links
Heart of the CityHeart of the City provides free support to City companies who want to get more involved in the community, whether locally or further afield. An initiative of the City of London, it was launched in 2000 in conjunction with the Bank of England and the Financial Services Authority.www.theheartofthecity.com |
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Volunteering EnglandVolunteering England is an independent voluntary agency committed to supporting, enabling and celebrating volunteering in all its diversity. It links research, policy innovation, good practice and grant making in the involvement of volunteers. It also provides businesses with free information on how they can develop an employee volunteering programme and has developed a bank of resources via their website.www.volunteering.org.uk/esv |
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The BrokerageThe Brokerage partners with city employers to raise the ambition and employability of young people and unemployed adults from the inner city and to open up a new source of talent to City employers.www.thebrokerage.org.uk |
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LawworksLawWorks (the operating name of the Solicitors Pro Bono Group) is a national, legal charity with a mission to increase the delivery of free legal services to individuals and communities in need. They do this through encouraging, supporting and facilitating lawyers to do ‘pro bono’ legal work.www.lawworks.org.uk |
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iT4CommunitiesiT4C 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.www.it4communities.org.uk |
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InspireInspire is the Education Business Partnership for Hackney that supports the education, training and development of young people by linking businesses and their employees with schools and colleges.www.inspire-ebp.org.uk |
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Tower Hamlets Education Business PartnershipTower Hamlets EBP encourages City companies to get involved with schools in Tower Hamlets on a range of projects to help raise the aspirations and achievements of local young people.www.thebp.org.uk |
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The Media TrustThe Media Trust works to bring the media industry and charities together, helping charities to communicate better.www.mediatrust.org |
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Community RePaintCommunity RePaint is an award-winning UK network of over 65 community-based paint reuse schemes.www.community repaint.org.uk |
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CITY.COMMCITY.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.www.citycomm.org.uk |
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School Governors’ One-Stop ShopThe School Governors' One-Stop Shop (SGOSS) is a small, highly successful charity which recruits volunteers to become governors in schools across England. Working with major employers across the public, private and voluntary sectors the School Governors' One-Stop Shop has helped encourage more than 10,000 talented volunteers to apply to join the governing bodies of schools across England.www.sgoss.org.uk |
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