Community
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Community and Contributions News Round-Up (Issue 96)
Merrill Lynch wins a community award and Barclays announces a worldwide community investment strategy in this edition's round-up of community news.
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Great endings
So much is written about how partnerships can be started up and what they achieve, but so little focuses on what happens when partnerships come to an end. Francesca Wakefield talks to Steve Ballantyne at Help the Hospices and Lorna Liggett at Home Retail Group, Argos’ parent company, about what they learned from their partnership.
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Community and
Contributions News Round-Up (Issue 95)
Contribution, strategies and forming parnerships are all part of corporate community involvement.
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Private investment for
public good?
Michelle Dow, of The Corporate Citizenship Company, asks what the UK can learn from the American experience of regeneration.
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The rise of the social
entrepreneur
Are social enterprises in the US gearing up to overtake non-profits in meeting social needs? The Corporate Citizenship Company’s Jen Peckman examines the expanding role of the social entrepreneur.
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An opportunity for all
Well-managed regeneration projects – in the socio-economic as well as built environment – can be beneficial for local stakeholders as well as business itself.
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Rhetoric versus reality –
managing the Olympic ideal
All the talk surrounding the ethical and sustainability credentials of the London Olympics must now become action according to Leo Martin of GoodCorporation.
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Be a brave business
Camila Batmanghelidjh, founder of the charity Kids Company, calls for companies to partner with organisations such as her own in order to help children and thereby build stronger communities.
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What role for corporate
foundations?
Is the integration of corporate responsibility into business strategy changing the traditional role of corporate foundations?
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Building a world
community
Can online networking inspire a global movement for social good? Tommy Hutchinson, founder of networking site i-genius, thinks so and tells Mienke Retief how.
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Community News Round-Up
(Issue 94)
ICT and social enterprises are providing services for communities in the UK and abroad.
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