My organisation encourages charitable activities
Community forms part of NG Bailey’s responsible business strategy ‘One Approach’. Last year the company launched their first charity partnership with Macmillan. Chosen by their employees via a company-wide vote, the aim was to raise £50k within 12 months. Due to the passion, enthusiasm and team spirit, NG Bailey extended the partnership by a further six months to enable employees to continue with their fundraising. By doing this, the company raised almost double its target and enabled teams to break down silos, creating new working relationships within many of their divisions. They have also continued to match funds for other charitable activities that have amounted to £9,560 so far this year. For every person NG Bailey employ they will have helped another two young people to be more successful in their future careers. They’ve also launched Inspire, their award-winning STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) school engagement programme that aims to engage with over 5,000 young people by 2018. This year the company have engaged with 1,511 (3,007 in total) young people to encourage them to consider a career in engineering. Earlier this year, Cal Bailey the Sustainability Director was invited to join the Business in the Community (BITC) Yorkshire and Humber advisory board. As part of the board, Cal is working with businesses across the region to forge better relationships between business and society and looking at ways UK employers can create fairer opportunities for ex-offenders, disadvantaged young people, homeless and those recovering from addiction via a number of related programmes facilitated by BITC.