Give & Gain 2017: Action Days around the UK Proudly sponsored by Date Location Topic focus For further information about this event please contact 25 April 2017 Edinburgh: Food for Thought/Enterprise Workshop with Royal London volunteers, Children will have an interactive session and learn how to work together, identify their own strengths and develop problem-solving skills, communication skills, negotiation skills and business acumen. These are skills required within the food and drink industry in developing the young workforce but also highly transferable to other sectors. 26 April 2017 Edinburgh Business in the Community Scotland, Enterprise Rent-A-Car and Rabbie s invite you to join us for a networking session where you can meet the experts who have led the way in developing sustainable travel practices within their companies. 26 April 2017 Dundee: This purpose of this event, is to recognise the achievement of those young people and contribution of those businesses who have participated in our Business Class pre-employability programme in Dundee. The programme, supported by local businesses, Michelin, Boots, Fujitsu, Dundee Rep Theatre, Robertsons Tayside and D.C. Thomson, have provided those young people, some from the more challenging economic areas within Dundee, with an introduction to some of the essential skills and attributes employers require and value. The experience gained by our young people is critical to the success of them achieving and sustaining a positive destination on leaving school. 137 Shepherdess Walk London N1 7RQ I T: +44 (0)20 7566 8650 I www.bitc.org.uk @BITC President HRH The Prince of Wales I Chairman Antony Jenkins I Chief Executive Amanda Mackenzie OBE Business in the Community is registered in England and Wales (297716) and Scotland (SC046226). Company limited by guarantee No 1619253.
27 April 2017 Paisley Food for Thought Healthy Breakfast Challenge with Hamlyn s of Scotland, Morrisons and Jamie s Italian 28 April 2017 Edinburgh: Enterprise Team Challenge, Castleview Primary School, Edinburgh, This team-based skilled volunteering challenge will run throughout the morning and is an excellent opportunity to try out this proven and successful model. In the afternoon, there will be a follow-up session Improving volunteer support for Primary Stage curriculum. This session will consider what we are doing already to support early stage understanding of the workplace, skills for life, and the delivery of core curriculum outcomes; considering the barriers to doing more and how to overcome them. It is also an opportunity to find out from BITC about industry best practice on school partnership working Responsible Business Week 24 th - 28 th April London: Waltham Forest Business networking/skills exchange events all week Sandi.Cooper@bitcconnect.org 10 Manchester Velodrome Fit 4 Fun event at Manchester Velodrome. Teams of business volunteers led fun physical activities with school children to promote healthy lifestyles. gemma.obeng@bitc.org.uk/ gaynor.anthony@bitc.org.uk 11 Cardiff: 12 West Midlands: 12 Newport Supporting YR 5 +6 pupils at Baden Powell Primary School Cardiff to try coding and learn to problem solve and develop digital skills. The Fit 4 Fun event in the Black Country will be held at a local sports venue and teams of business volunteers will be leading fun physical activities with school children to promote healthy lifestyles. Healthy eating workshop for primary school children to encourage them to develop healthy eating habits. kelly.stackhouse@bitc.org.uk /frances.kenwrick@bitc.org.uk 12 Leeds: Parklands Primary School Groups of volunteers will be painting the perimeter fence at Parklands Primary School, Leeds, plus skills based activities at lunchtime including Right to Read among other classroom work michael.harvey@bitc.org.uk The Prince s Responsible Business Network www.bitc.org.uk I 2
Jarrow: Bede Burn Primary School Including classroom painting, revitalising allotments, creating reading spaces, clearing pathways, designing and creating murals and developing a nature trail. michael.harvey@bitc.org.uk We will be bringing the East Midlands alive with literacy! Our aim is to bring together a number of companies across the region and partner them with Schools and Academies (Primary and Secondary) to celebrate Give & Gain through a 'Readathon'. Nottingham: Venue TBC We will be using our Community Conversation on 27 April to present the need and the impact of reading with a young person and using inspiring speakers from the Education and Literacy worlds to engage and excite. We will then mobilise our companies and encourage teams of business volunteers to participate in an exciting programme of city-wide reading activity specific to the need of the individual school. We are looking to create magical reading spaces in our 2 large City Shopping Centres which will also be supported by our business volunteers. kerri.pomeroy@bitc.org.uk/ laura.browne@bitc.org.uk Antrim, Northern Ireland Weeding, planting, building new raised beds, filling raised beds with soil and compost ljones@amh.org.uk Ballymena, Planting bedding plants, wildflower planting Alison.Diver@midandeastantrim.gov.uk Carrickfergus, Maintaining farm site, animal care, polytunnel activities, painting, craft activities. angela@kilcreggan.org.uk Derry/ Londonderry, Creggan Nature Hub Litter pick, weed and plant raised beds, balsam bash - removal of Himalayan balsam karen.healy@creggancountrypa rk.com Downpatrick, Clearing and tidying on the trails, pulling scrub in the fields. Litter picking, cleaning storage areas and visitor areas kim.mcmonagle@nationaltrust.o rg.uk The Prince s Responsible Business Network www.bitc.org.uk I 3
East Belfast, Cleaning and clearing school grounds lmatchett572@c2kni.net Enniskillen, Maintenance of walled garden area barbara.corkey@gmail.com Helens Bay, Building raised beds, clearing raised beds, digging a small pond area sarah.greenaway@hotmail.co.u k Holywood, Making a spiral bank to plant strawberries, making pits to plant figs and herbs and weeding around trees, bushes and raking and collecting grass for the cows vincent.reynolds@glencraig.org. uk Larne, Removal of invasive grass, cutting back hedging, preparing ground and wildflower planting Alison.Diver@midandeastantrim.gov.uk Maghera, Conservation / environmental maintenance Kelley.Hann@ancarn.org Newry, Garden work and possible painting Eileen.Doak@southerntrust.hsc ni.net Newtownards, Follow up care of young tree replants toby.edwards@nationaltrust.org. uk North Belfast, Working in the school gardens g-todd@hotmail.co.uk Whitehead, Tree maintenance to include weeding and mulching young fruit trees and wildflower planting Alison.Diver@midandeastantrim.gov.uk South Belfast, Some garden work fmccotter964@scoilandroichid.b elfast.ni.sch.uk The Prince s Responsible Business Network www.bitc.org.uk I 4
Dunganon, Gardening, painting, weeding, general tidy up of yard info@speedweell-trust.com Derry/ Londonderry, Planting and plotting for a local community centre ClaireJ.Larkin@westerntrust.hsc ni.net Portaferry, Hedge weeding tomasz.ciesielski@nationaltrust. org.uk Torfaen, Wales Torfaen Carers Trust would like volunteer support to upskill their 5 regular volunteers. The centre generates little income and is reliant on money from a trust. The centre manager would like strategic support to make the centre sustainable. The barrier that they have is that the current volunteers lack the confidence to organise and plan fundraising events. The centre would like employee volunteers to offer the centre s volunteers some guidance on organising an event. The volunteers are either carers or excarers and would also benefit from some IT training. The centre has a few Android tablet pc s and would like to be in a position where they can Skype carers in their own homes when they are unable to make it to the centre. It would also benefit the centre if volunteers were able to update their website. Torfaen, Wales Torfaen Carers Trust would like volunteer support to upskill their 5 regular volunteers. The centre generates little income and is reliant on money from a trust. The centre manager would like strategic support to make the centre sustainable. The barrier that they have is that the current volunteers lack the confidence to organise and plan fundraising events. The centre would like employee volunteers to offer the centre s volunteers some guidance on organising an event. The volunteers would also benefit from some IT training. The centre has a few Android tablet pc s and would like to be in a position where they can Skype carers in their own homes when they The Prince s Responsible Business Network www.bitc.org.uk I 5
are unable to make it to the centre. It would also benefit the centre if volunteers were able to update their website. Caerleon, Newport This Care home is a residence for up to 34 adults with physical disabilities. Volunteers could deliver sessions/events which could include sports themes, games activities, quizzes, horse racing videos gambling (not money) etc. It is also the 100th anniversary of the birth of the founder of Leonard Cheshire and a vintage tea party would also be welcome. Bridgend, Wales With nearly a third of 10-11 year olds and over a fifth of 4-5 year olds in the UK overweight or obese food education has never been more important. This primary school would like a volunteer team to deliver a healthy eating workshop activities where children can learn about food through fun games, activities and quizzes to help pupils become food smart. The overall goal is getting kids excited about food and introducing them to new foods and healthy eating habits. Business volunteers will be provided with some ideas and suggestions to help plan activities. A meeting with the school will also be facilitated to help volunteer team leaders learn what the pupils have done in the past and how to pitch the workshop. The Prince s Responsible Business Network www.bitc.org.uk I 6