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28 May 2026
Barclays LifeSkills Supports Over 24,000 Young People Across Northern Ireland
Business in the Community Northern Ireland (BITC NI) is celebrating the impact of the Barclays LifeSkills programme, which continues to equip young people with the skills, confidence and ambition they need for life after school. BITC NI is the facilitation partner for delivery of the programme in Northern Ireland.
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08 May 2026
Work Inspiration: Why Northern Ireland needs a new approach to early career and work experiences
By Ruth Moore, Work Inspiration Programme Manager, Business in the Community
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28 Apr 2026
The Bridge to a Second Chance: Inclusive Hiring Starts with Banning the Box
by Dr Lisa McIlvenna, Managing Director, Business in the Community Northern Ireland
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17 Apr 2026
The Bridge to Opportunity: Why Business Must Be Part of the Solution
By Lorna McAdoo, Group Director ESG, Version 1
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16 Apr 2026
Inspiring the Next Generation to Step into Green Careers
By Keelin McCone, Head of Environment, Business in the Community Northern Ireland
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13 Apr 2026
Responsible Driving and the Fatal Five – the impact on me and SSE
by Declan Collins, SHE Manager, SSE
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02 Apr 2026
The Jobs You Can’t See (Yet): Opening Young Eyes to the Green Economy
By Megan McCamley, Climate Education & Advisory Lead, Business in the Community
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10 Mar 2026
Building Bridges: Why Second Chances Matter in Northern Ireland’s Workforce
By Trevor Annon, Chairman, Mount Charles
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06 Mar 2026
National Careers Week 2026: What Teachers Want Future Employers to Know
by Mhairi Sim, Barclays LifeSkills Facilitator
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05 Mar 2026
A World Book Day Worth Celebrating – Especially in the National Year of Reading 2026
By Ciara Mulgrew, Time to Programme Manager, Business in the Community
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16 Jan 2026
Celebrating CORE Success
By Mark Graham, Chief Executive, Co-Ownership
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22 Dec 2025
Driving Change: Reflecting on the impact of our Responsible Driving and the Fatal Five campaign
By Helen Bowman, Head of Partnerships and Public Affairs, Business in the Community
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05 Nov 2025
A Strong Start—and an Even Brighter Year Ahead
By Ciara Mulgrew, Time to Programme Manager, Business in the Community
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26 Mar 2025
Step Into Spring . . . Step into Action
By Gavin Megaw, Head of Place, Business in the Community
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18 Feb 2025
We are in the people market – where every person matters and every individual can thrive, no matter what their background
By Cara Marks, Senior Business Director, Hays
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04 Feb 2025
Fujitsu champions a diverse workforce through Ban the Box
by Claire McBride, Social Value Manager (NI), Fujitsu
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09 Oct 2024
Biodiversity Protection: A Business Imperative for the Future
by Traci Adams, Environmental Advisor, Business in the Community
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30 Sep 2024
Employability is never a ‘tick box’ at AMS
by Paul Modley, Managing Director, Diversity, Equity Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB), AMS
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24 Jul 2024
Championing Responsible Business: My Journey at SHS Group
by Kellie-Ann Hoey, Head of Group Communications and Responsible Business, SHS Group
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11 Jul 2024
Unlocking Potential: Empowering the 50+ Workforce with the Age at Work Resources Hub
By Natalie Anderson, Inclusion Manager
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30 Apr 2024
Breaking down barriers and making the workplace more inclusive
by Chloe Gillard, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Manager, Version 1
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26 Apr 2024
Ban the Box: If you’re given an opportunity – take it!
Discover what our Employability Manager Ryan Stockard has to say about challenging perceptions of removing barriers for work for people. He shares is own story, expectations and what he has learned from working on our #BantheBox campaign.
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13 Apr 2024
Good Relations: Northern Ireland businesses have ‘skin in the game’
We understand the need for Good Relations and the need to address it, however, many are reluctant to openly discuss it or encourage dialogue on the issue as it is challenging.
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15 Dec 2023
Social value and employing people with convictions – do they add up for business?
by Kieran Harding, Managing Director, Business in the Community
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04 Oct 2023
Supporting Education and Empowering Communities: Business in the Community Northern Ireland’s Volunteering Initiatives
By Ciara Mulgrew, Programme Executive, Time to Programmes
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23 Aug 2023
Join us for Sustainable September – a volunteering challenge for everyone in your business
by Lauren Cunningham, Community Engagement Manager
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02 Mar 2023
We have to do better to ensure young people have enough to eat
By Kieran Harding, Managing Director, Business in the Community
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29 Nov 2022
LifeSkills providing a fun and engaging resource for students
Barclays LifeSkills, aims to help young people by providing the skills, knowledge and confidence needed to succeed, sharing tools, tips and resources in an interactive learning environment.
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18 Oct 2022
Accountability, collaboration and listening to the next generation. How the responsible business network intends to stay fit for the future.
By Dr Lisa McIlvenna, Deputy Chief Executive, Business in the Community
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28 Sep 2022
Plant-based events – stepping up to the plate for sustainability, or biting off more than we can chew?
By Kieran Harding, Managing Director, Business in the Community
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20 Sep 2022
Jamie hopes Ban the Box can help more people with criminal convictions change their lives
By Andrew Maguire, Communications Officer, Business in the Community
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11 Jun 2022
Business Action on Climate
By Geraldine Noe, Head of Environment, Business in the Community
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14 Apr 2022
Putting volunteering at the heart of business
By Lauren Cunningham, Community Engagement Manager, Business in the Community
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12 Nov 2021
Climate change is the defining crisis of our time on a global and national scale
By Minister Edwin Poots, Department of Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs
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29 Oct 2021
Translink’s drive towards a cleaner greener future
By Chris Conway, Group Chief Executive, Translink
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20 Oct 2021
How do you turn climate anxiety into positive action – boosting inclusive growth and resilience for Northern Ireland?
By Diane Emerson, Belfast Office Leader, Arup
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18 Oct 2021
Maths – the marmite subject
Maths Week Ireland is taking place from 16-24 October 2021, and for a lot of us – adults and children alike – Maths is one of those marmite subjects: you love it, or you hate it.
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01 Oct 2021
Has your Business “COP”ped on yet? A Young Person’s Perspective
My name is Emer Rafferty, an 18-year-old environmentalist from Ballymacnab in County Armagh.
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02 Jul 2021
Rethinking Waste for a Zero-Carbon Society
A thought leadership article from our latest member – RiverRidge
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25 May 2021
Adapting our return to office to suit the future of work
There is no denying that this last year has been challenging for businesses, and in particular how we have had to revaluate the ways in which we work.
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24 May 2021
Digital trends are here to stay, but it’s important nobody is left behind
As lockdown gradually eases, many of us still dread the thought of sitting through another Zoom or Teams call or attending another webinar.
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13 Apr 2021
Recruit, retain and retrain – the need for business to support older employees
There are more people over 50 in employment in the UK than ever before, and the employment rate of older people is on the increase.
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04 Mar 2021
Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are
I’ve often read that quote, but never felt it would hit as close to home as it does right now.
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15 Dec 2020
My experience as an employability mentor for the #WorkItOut programme
My name is Carla Devine and I am the owner of Soul Coach and mentor for the #WorkItOut programme, a partnership between Business in the Community and First Housing.
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29 Oct 2020
Financial wellbeing is not about the size of your pot of money; it’s what you do with it
Financial Wellbeing is about making sure you can cover day-to-day expenses, plan for the future and cope with the unexpected, enabling you to do the most with what you have.
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27 Oct 2020
EX-offenders: a common label for former convicts (former being operative word)
So you may ask why I titled my blog as 'EX-offenders'...
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08 Oct 2020
Can we Build Back Better? Yes. But will your organisation Build Back Responsibly?
Building back responsibly won’t happen with just one person or one organisation, we need everyone, but it takes great leaders to inspire others into action.
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21 Aug 2020
From strategic to reactive? What has COVID-19 meant for businesses’ engagement with the community?
“Stick to your knitting!” The advice to stick to what I do best has been offered to me on several occasions in the past, often from much wiser people than I, who know when to adhere to ‘tried and tested’ and when to try something new.
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20 Aug 2020
Got your results? Now, what? #GSCEs and beyond
It’s results day. I’m going to take a guess that for many of you the day itself and time leading up to it is not what you expected and we have coronavirus to thank for that.
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17 Aug 2020
Education, Employment & COVID-19 – how responsible business can help the most vulnerable
Last month was exam results month and what a hot topic.
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05 Jun 2020
How business can use volunteering to build back better
Business needs resilient and prosperous communities to succeed and grow. The two are intrinsically linked – it is where our employees come from, where our customers live, and it is the backdrop to our working lives.
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11 Mar 2020
Ambitious Partnerships
Business in the Community held a Charity and Business Partnership event on 27 February 2020.
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04 Feb 2020
A gender-balanced workforce – how?
By Joe O'Neill, Business in the Community Board Member and Chief Executive, Belfast Harbour Commissioners
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10 Jan 2020
Ready and Waiting
By John Healy, Vice President and Managing Director, Allstate NI; The Prince;s Ambassador for Northern Ireland and Board Member of Business in the Community Northern Ireland