Here are some examples of how they have got involved in the
past, demonstrating the active role which businesses play in their
local communities.
• Lloyds TSB staff from the north got their hands
dirty on a two day project at Monteney Primary School in Sheffield.
They created a community garden, complete with a sensory space,
study area, mini beast patch and pond.
• Staff from Disney created a whole new garden
for a resident with the Notting Hill Housing Association. Employee
volunteers cleared brambles and weeds and then laid down a new
path, created a number of flower beds and laid gravel in order to
make the garden a pleasant and safe environment.
• A team from Tridos Bank in Bristol helped out
at a project with Yatton & Congresbury Wildlife Action Group,
The Living Churchyard and Hooray for Hedges. They assisted in a
conservation activity at St Marys Churchard helping maintain
essential hedges across two sites.
• Employees from Vertex got involved in a large
number of activities in a number of their offices across the UK.
Volunteers collected and donated items for local homeless shelters,
donated blood, made and donated cakes to local community groups,
and assisted at a project with Riding for the Disabled Association
in Cheltenham.
• Volunteers from Yorkshire Water undertook a
number of activities in their local area. These included developing
the play area at a local primary school and rejuvinating a woodland
area, planting a blue bell wood and a wildflower meadow.
• At KPMG staff were involved internationally
too! In Switzerland employees spent the day mentoring vulnerable
young people. They delivered workshops on how to write a CV, how to
speak and preparing to a job interview and coached young people on
valuable skills relating to working life.
If these ideas have inspired you and you'd like to take part
in this year's campaign why not get in touch? Contact the team at
difference@csv.org.uk or
by calling freephone 0800 284 533.