Why work with the BIG Alliance?

1. We will understand your requirements

• We will focus on your unique community investment goals, interests, and preferences

• We use our experience as an established community investment broker and key partner in Islington of 8 years to help you explore and develop your ideas into a programme that will have a genuine impact

• We will tailor our messaging and evaluations to compliment your business and employee priorities, skills and needs (including Learning and Development priorities)

• We will schedule review meetings at your request to ensure the partnership continues to adapt to your changing needs

2. There will be countless opportunities to enhance your community investment

• You will receive regular live community opportunities built from our weekly contact with our community partners

• We take a needs-led approach to the opportunities we share, so you know your investment will be worthwhile 

• We conduct due diligence checks on all community partners so you know your donation of money or staff time is safe

• Whenever you are ready, we will work together to develop your own flagship community projects

• Plus, by joining our Alliance, you will have access to our suite of successful annual programmes, including:

  • Our annual Christmas Toy Appeal

  • 3 x trustee and non-exec director training and placement events per year

  • Our Time to Talk mental health campaign

  • Leaders in Partnership mentoring/coaching

3. You will join a network of businesses learning from each other to do good

• We provide excellent opportunities to connect with CSR professionals and other businesses who share your goal of making a difference in the community while developing their reputation and staff

• Through BIG Alliance your business and staff can:

  • Volunteer alongside employees from our other business partners

  • Deliver a formalised programme in partnership with another business - see our CoRe programme with Macquarie and Slaughter and May

  • Be part of our campaigns - including our anti-racism SHIFT25 movement

  • Attend our BIG Alliance forum events on key issues facing business and the community

4. We will share your successes and enjoyment in the process

• We will profile your business and its community investment through your own dedicated page on our website

• After each volunteering engagement we will evaluate the impact on your staff and the community so we can continually upgrade your impact and staff development

• We put together an annual report for you, collating all of your activity over the year and the difference it’s made

• We regularly promote your business’s giving through news stories on our website and spreading the word through social media