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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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06 Jun 2019
£2m National Lottery funding for older workers in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
The National Lottery Community Fund is investing more than £2 million of National Lottery funding on a project to support older people to remain in or return to work in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
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11 Dec 2018
Responsible Business Summit video
Highlights from this year's Summit
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25 Jul 2018
Inspiring the Green Entrepreneurs of the Future
For the last 3 years Business in the Community has been involved in an ERASMUS+ funded education project which aims to equip young people with the skills, knowledge and commitment to build a more competitive low-carbon economy that makes efficient and sustainable use of resources, protects the environment, reduces emissions and prevents biodiversity loss.
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06 Jul 2018
Plastic – is it always a problem?
At the time of writing, the latest news includes the story of an enterprising South Wales-based firm about to open a dedicated paper straw production line in preparation for a proposed ban on plastic straws. The prominence of such stories (and the ban itself) owes much to the celebrated Blue Planet II, broadcasted late last year.
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27 Apr 2018
The business case for volunteering
Today (27 April) is take-over day for the Big Shops’ Showdown, a volunteer challenge run in partnership with Cancer Focus which utilises the business acumen, fundraising guile and goodwill of businesses. The aim of the challenge is for companies to compete against each other in the running of charity shops and, in doing so, raise funds for the charity.