This document provides information on how non-profit organizations can find corporate partners. It discusses why companies should engage in corporate social responsibility programs, noting that employees who are aware of and involved in such programs are more likely to speak highly of their employer. Most businesses in the UK are small-to-medium enterprises, but they remain an untapped resource for non-profits due to barriers such as prioritizing employees' time over skills and expertise. The document advocates for non-profits to engage small businesses through skills-based volunteering that leverages workers' professional abilities.

1. FACILITATOR:
RICHARD WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR OF
ENTERPRISE, NCVO
P5: HOW TO FIND A CORPORATE
PARTNER

2. HOW TO FIND A
CORPORATE PARTNER
DAME JULIA CLEVERDON
VICE PRESIDENT
BUSINESS IN THE COMMUNITY
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3. Partnering with
Company Citizens
Tom Levitt
Sector 4 Focus
Author and Consultant on Cross-Sector Working
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4. Why should companies engage?
Employees’
views / status
I would speak
highly of my
employer
I would be
critical of my
employer
Not aware of
CSR
programmes
50% 23%
Aware, not
involved 65% 19%
Involved 82% 13%
Employees’
views / status
I would speak
highly of my
employer
I would be critical
of my employer
Not aware of community
engagement
programmes
50% 23%
Aware of them but not
involved 65% 19%
Aware and involved 82% 13%
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5. The UK Private Sector is
5 million businesses
SMEs are:
99% of all
private sector
businesses
50% of all
private sector
wealth
60% of all
private sector
employees
...but SMEs are a virtually untapped resource for the voluntary sector
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6. Time vs Skills Volunteering
Company size (employees)
Pink line - time volunteering Blue line - skills volunteering
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0
15
30
45
60
Under 5 5 to 10 11 to 20 21 to 50 Over 50
Incidence in
SMEs in
Bradford and
York
(Levitt, 2012)

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8. 86
The Company Citizen
Engaging small businesses with the community
Tom Levitt

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Thank you
Tom Levitt
‘The Company Citizen’ S4F 2015
‘Welcome to GoodCo’, Gower 2014
www.sector4focus.co.uk
sector4focus@gmail.com
@sector4focus