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I attended an excellent webinar with the Social Value Portal yesterday, to understand the impact of Covid-19 on Social Impact delivery. Just before the current government measures kicked in, the 2020 TOMs were published, and an additional 18 Covid-19 ‘C19’ measures have been developed in response to the current operating restrictions. It is highly likely […]

At this time, many businesses and individuals are keen to offer their support to the most vulnerable in society. At the same time, businesses are facing difficult operating conditions, with productivity reduced due to social distancing requirements, or staff placed on furlough unable to work. This may provide opportunity for staff members to give their

This article is a response to a recent thread on LinkedIn by a Fundraising and Marketing professional who commented about tired opening lines and bad grammar within Fundraising letters. I was interested by the views of a number of Creative and Copywriting professionals who joined the thread to agree how ‘lazy’ this was. I had

Last year I posted a short video discussing skills shortages in rural areas and how businesses might address this. The current situation of social distancing and home working throws a new perspective on this. My other half is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and works for a company which designs bespoke bits of kit for the

I’ve just attended a fascinating international webinar hosted by the Shared Value Initiative, with a no holds barred discussion around the role of Business in creating an equitable and just society. Speaker Prof Rebecca Henderson[1] suggested that corporations have “hijacked democracy”, with many commercial organisations now influencing the political process. The question was posed; as

Businesses are under increasing pressure and responsibility to work towards Net Zero Carbon emissions. This isn’t just the remit of the multi-nationals – any business should be considering its impact. Carbon offset schemes can be complicated and come under much scrutiny. In fact, the idea of becoming a net zero carbon business is daunting for

In the past few weeks, there will be few of us with young children who have not held a certain anxiety during any video call that family will come visiting. Having been zoom bombed by my son no fewer than 3 times whilst delivering a business presentation (no locks on doors in our house, and

The Local Government Association (LGA) has recently issued some excellent guidance for councils on how to connect with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The document is very practical and provides some useful case studies. In a nutshell, this document encourages Local Authorities to embrace the SDGs, made even more urgent by the current Covid-19

In April 2020, MPs on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee launched an enquiry into Covid-19 and food supply. This report has been made public, and whilst there are examples of resilience, the pandemic has laid bare existing inequalities in our society when it comes to that most basic of needs – to eat.