What are companies doing with regards to 'Giving Something Back'

Conversant promote sports, fitness and wellbeing by subsidising a football and tag rugby team, as well as offering yoga onsite. With a gym next door, the company contributes towards employees' membership so staff can use the facilities.

Conversant promote sports, fitness and wellbeing by subsidising a football and tag rugby team, as well as offering yoga onsite. With a gym next door, the company contributes towards employees' membership so staff can use the facilities.

Their focus is on their communities, and colleagues have been involved in the development of allotments, vegetable growing schemes, wild-life gardens and Britain in Bloom. They also launched their Cleaner Greener project with the aim of promoting wellbeing and healthy living for residents.

Their approach to improving team interaction and communication is to offer a wide range of opportunities, projects and teams that colleagues from across the organisation can get involved in. One example is Gateway Voice, which is their new employee forum to discuss employee-related matters.

Rather than put everyone through the same training, Cogeco Peer 1 takes a catalogue approach to address areas where an individual needs to develop. The company also focuses on providing new and potential managers with the help they need to make the transition.

All employees are empowered to make recommendations at any time. If an idea is developed and put into action, the employee will often be part of the team to implement this. A monthly “Captain's Table” lunch provides 10 employees with a confidential, open forum in which to speak with the General Manager.

Clearcast run a CSR programme called ‘Clearcast for Better', and, among other initiatives, they have partnered with Haverstock School in Camden, from whom they take on two interns each year as part of the Career Academy programme.

Clearcast are dedicated to creating a working environment that proactively supports staff who may become stressed and make it easier for staff to tell their manager if they are experiencing stress at the earliest opportunity, so this can be discussed, and an action plan put into place.

Chattertons raise money for their charity of the year through a variety of means. For example, some members of the team took part in the Viking Way Challenge in Lincolnshire, while others have supported local schools with their careers days.

Chattertons raise money for their charity of the year through a variety of means. For example, some members of the team took part in the Viking Way Challenge in Lincolnshire, while others have supported local schools with their careers days.

With employees commuting from as far as Huddersfield and Halifax, at peak times it can cause horrendous issues getting to work. Staff have the opportunity to work flexibly to avoid congestion, which has had a really positive impact on wellbeing.

The company support employees in all areas of their professional and personal development by providing an intensive and structured programme that covers all facets of the advice process. This includes sales/service initiatives, client-facing soft skills, technical knowledge and business quality.

Over the last 12 months, CCFS have rewarded employees for their efforts by providing food to celebrate key business achievements. At Christmas they provided a bottle of wine and a personalised company annual of 2018 for all staff, as well as a fully funded annual Christmas party.

The company aims to make a positive contribution to the community by bringing jobs to local people, supporting and encouraging employees to become involved in community activities and events, and identifying a local charitable cause to support each year.

Chairman James Ackrill hands out awards and personally recognises achievement - he recently visited every site across the business with his senior management team and personally handed out awards and cakes to the winners of the monthly recognition scheme.

The company has supported their chosen charity - Reconnected - in a number of amazing ways. Firstly, they donated a van, which was kitted out for a street homeless feeding programme, before paying for the refurbishment of the kitchen at Reconnected City Hub.

There is an on-site gym, which employees can use during their breaks, while the company also invests in team building events and other fun events in the workplace that help build great employee relationships.

Leader James interacts and engages with staff in many ways, including arranging and leading birthday singalongs in the office, involving team members in a range of exciting projects, joining the team for lunch in the kitchen area and also playing table football with different members of staff.

Anthony Duerden, their Chief Executive Officer, can often be seen across their sites chatting to staff about what they're doing and getting to know them. He meets all new staff on a one-to-one basis and undertakes six and 12-month listening groups with staff.

As part of their environmental initiatives, they are involved in an ongoing programme to install thermal insulation into a large number of our properties, helping customers to reduce heating costs.They also installed a more energy efficient air conditioning system in their head office.