Reflecting on My First 6 Months at BIG Alliance: A Community Journey
Head of BIG Alliance, Kerry Peters-Taylor, reflects on her first 6 months in her role
BIG Alliance: ‘People Power’ continues to grow in Islington
It’s been a record start to 2023-24 for the Team Challenge programme.
Entering the new digital world… BIG Alliance welcomes EVI
BIG Alliance welcomes their new volunteering platform interface. Read this article to find out more and sign up!
Providing charities with digital support
This year we ran a new volunteering programme with the focus on digital support. Read more about the Build Tomorrow Community Programme, in partnership with checkout.com, here.
The celebration of the end of Fusion Mentoring!
Another cohort of Macquarie’s Fusion Network have successfully mentored 13 young adults from ethnic minority backgrounds for the past 6 months. Read more about the fantastic impact.
The results are in! BIG Alliance’s impact on Islington community partners in 2022
2022 Community Survey results and published by the BIG Alliance.
A 10-year milestone of impactful change in Islington
Through a long-standing strategic partnership with Islington Giving, Macquarie has helped to make an impact on the local community of its London office – providing over £1m in the last 10 years with a commitment to future funding for the non-profit.
CoRe Report 2022 published!
BIG Alliance is proud to publish the CoRe 2022 Programme Impact Report!
UK Disability History Month - The Baluji Music Foundation
BIG Alliance celebrate UK Disability History Awareness month and speak to Baluji Shrivastav OBE, the founder and artistic director of the Baluji Music Foundation.
Fusion Mentoring Launch 2022
BIG Alliance launched the second Fusion Mentoring Programme, in collaboration with Macquarie Group’s Fusion Network – an employee network group which seeks to empower colleagues of different races, ethnicities, cultures, and faiths.
Problem Solved! Macquarie Interns Shine Again
BIG Alliance partnered with Macquarie Group and their summer interns for a second year to offer solutions to strategic challenges put forward by Islington's community organisations.
Importance of Careers Education and National Apprenticeships Week
“The support young people received during the Mentoring Works programme has helped them broaden their horizon on careers and consider more potential options after they leave school, such as apprenticeships.”
Samuel Rhodes Mentoring - Could mentoring have a positive impact on young people with special education needs and their mental health?
“Our pupils benefit massively from the mentoring for their mental health and well-being”.