Ashridge Centre for Business and Society is the leading UK business school for CCI and runs twice yearly residential courses on CCI management - www.acbas.org
Business in the Community is one of the largest and longest established corporate social responsibility organisations in the world, based in the UK. It runs the Percent Club of companies that commit to dedicating at least 1% of pre-tax profits to the community. Go to www.bitc.org.uk for the main website.
Business for Social Responsibility is the leading US NGO website with comprehensive information on all aspects of CCI and CSR - www.bsr.org
Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) is a non-governmental organisation that helps donors make the most of their giving, and non profit organisations make the most of their resources. CAF can help companies to maximise the impact of their generosity. www.cafonline.org and www.ccinet.org
The Corporate Citizenship Company provides consultancy on the management of corporate citizenship at local, national, regional and international levels and produces publications including the highly recommended Community Affairs Briefing. Specialisms include issues research, evaluation through measurement (including the London Benchmarking Group), and reporting - www.corporate-citizenship.co.uk
ENGAGE is an international business-led campaign that aims to increase the quality and extent of employee engagement in the development of healthy and sustainable communities.
Run by the IBLF and Business in the Community, ENGAGE helps to build business competitiveness and to meet community needs through the time, talents, energies and resources of employees. ENGAGE is delivered by a network of expert national partner organisations able to facilitate quality employee community engagement opportunities in countries across the world.
Previously called the CECILE network, this group is now called ENGAGE and comprises members of the CSR Europe Network as well as specialists in the development of community partnerships. www.iblf.org/activities/engage
A guide to tax incentives for corporate giving provides an overview of the range of tax incentives available for corporate community involvement. Aimed primarily at the business community, but also of interest to fundraising organisations and charities.
www.treasury.gov.uk
The Heart of the City is a joint initiative launched by the Bank of England, the Corporation of London and the Financial Services Authority. The aim is to make it easy for companies and individuals in the City, City Fringe and Docklands to get more involved in their local communities. www.theheartofthecity.com
The International Business Leaders Forum is running the Engage initiative to promote employee involvement in the community, in partnership with Business in the Community (see above) – www.iblf.org
The London Benchmarking Group was formed to meet the need for accurate and comparable information about how companies define, fund and manage their community involvement initiatives www.lbg-online.net
With grateful thanks to the above organisations for the information on these web pages.
