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East London Business Alliance builds the connection between businesses and local communities, bringing the time, skills and resources of the private sector, to help build the capacity of local organisations, support young people in education and place people into employment in London. ELBA makes community investment easier, more effective and more rewarding, whether through face-to-face activity or online.
ELBA finds creative, ingenious and impactful ways to support local communities. Each year over 12,000 people from business give back to local communities through ELBA, using their skills, time, ideas and commitment to help in a very wide range of activities. Everything they do is needed in the local community and will have an impact.
Each year, ELBA places hundreds of people into work in London through our award-winning employment programme, delivers over 12,000 business volunteers into the community, and works with over 200 local organisations in east London and beyond.
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📸🎉 ELBA turns 35! For over three decades, we’ve been connecting businesses and communities, proving that corporate responsibility can be a force for good. What started as a small CSR mission has grown into a powerful model for social change, thanks to the dedication of our partners and the communities we serve. Here’s to 35 years of impact—and the many more ahead! 🌟 Check out the ELBA website for more reflections and celebrations! #ELBA35 #CommunityImpact #CSR #CorporateCitizenship #EastLondon #Anniversary
Team Connect got to work with over 60 graduates and interns from @UBS last week. The volunteers reviewed the social media accounts of nine east London community organisations. The insight and suggestions provided by the volunteers will allow the community organisations to strengthen their online presence, reach a larger audience, and better showcase the impact of their work. A big thank you to @UBS for hosting this social media review and for the time of each volunteer.
#gradchallenge #easlondon #skillsbased
🎉10 YEARS of the T. Rowe Price Apprenticeship Scheme! 🎉
Last night, we celebrated this amazing milestone with a dinner honouring just a few of the fantastic apprentices who completed the programme and are now flourishing in their amazing careers! 🙌 ✨
Huge well done to them and a massive thanks to @TRowePrice for their dedication to social mobility and supporting talent from diverse backgrounds. The impact of this programme is truly inspiring, and we can’t wait to see what the next 10 years will bring for our shining stars! 🚀
#Apprenticeships #SocialMobility #Careers #TRowePrice #CelebratingSuccess #ELBA
On Thursday evening ELBA & the BIG Alliance hosted BoardMatch25 at SMBC. Attendees from across our business partners heard from 12 amazing East London and Islington community organisations who are all recruiting trustees for their boards. Becoming a charity trustee is an incredibly impactful way to contribute to your community. The energy in the room was contagious and it was great to see so many individuals excited about the amazing work being done in their communities.
#eastlondon #trustee #skillsbased #boardmatch #boardbuilders
Our amazing employees have been busy taking on a day-long Cost of Living Challenge, collaborating with 35 of our incredible community partners. 🌍🤝
🚀 ELBA`s Speed Shop & Drop event—a pilot skills-based group volunteering activity—saw teams of employees race across supermarkets in Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Newham, Barking & Dagenham, Islington, and Southwark. 🏃♂️🏃♀️ Their mission? To purchase essential items for those in need.
The day was filled with excitement and teamwork, demonstrating the power of community spirit and collective action. 🙌
A huge THANK YOU to our corporate supporters for their generous contributions to the Cost of Living Appeal, as well as to the supermarket staff and community partners for their vital support. Together, we ensured essential supplies were shopped, dropped, and delivered to those who need them most. 💛🛒
#ELBA35 #CommunityImpact #CostOfLivingChallenge #Volunteering #Teamwork #SupportingCommunities #CorporateSocialResponsibility
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@societegenerale hosted @headwayeastlondon recently for a Business Planning workshop to discuss all areas of Headway East programming. The session was full of great discussion and sharing!
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Corporate Testimonials
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“ELBA has enabled us to connect in a more sustainable way to the local community in Tower Hamlets and their support has enabled us to really have a lasting effect on the community there.”
Corporate Responsibility Manager, Catlin
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“We look for individuals that are passionate about customer service and can demonstrate and understand our values. In addition, a proven background and excellent personal presentation for client facing roles is essential. If candidates can show that they really have researched and want to work for our organisation there is a fantastic career path waiting for them.”
ISS, Recruitment Manager
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“The BIG Alliance employment team has played an integral role in Macquarie’s successful support of the London Borough of Islington. Working across our business, the employment team have identified areas where Macquarie and its suppliers can offer employment and employability opportunities to local groups and individuals, connecting with the Islington community in a simple and effective way.”
Head of Business Services EMEA, Macquarie Group
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“Thank you for a very enjoyable day spent with volunteers, ELBA team, and the staff and students at Rokeby School. I thought the content of the day and my fellow presenter was excellent. ELBA's contribution to each session was also excellent and underlined key attributes and competencies that we, as employers, would be seeking from the students and to which we referred in our own presentations. I'd like to say a huge thanks to the school for the hospitality they provided. I was delighted to find three students keen to stay on after school hours to listen to a re-run of my presentation, which their schedule had not otherwise enabled them to attend. They asked some very good questions and added greatly to my enjoyment of the whole day.”
Technical Director, Tunnelling and Earth Engineering, CH2M
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“Through ELBA, we recently invited a client to join us on a volunteering activity, to great effect. Not only did we all emerge feeling rewarded having used our skills and experience to help develop others, but working together in such a different environment also improved our understanding of each other and strengthened our relationship.”
Senior Manager at KPMG
