It’s Toy Appeal time!
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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It`s International Volunteer Day! A thank you always to our wide pool of volunteers who support ELBA`s work every day.
The Connect Team had volunteers working with us all day with a Website Review workshop this morning and a celebration event for our Digital Compass 2023 this afternoon! It was great to hear how each community organisation benefitted from their volunteers and what the volunteers have learned about the community sector during the process.
Introducing our second Annual Impact Digest 2022-2023, showcasing key achievements, evaluation methods, and in-depth impact analysis in east London and Islington, including our refined Theory of Change for continued community development and resilience: https://bit.ly/3Net7Or
Exploring the `Careers of the Future` workshop was eye-opening! We delved into emerging trends, mastered valuable skills, and explored endless opportunities. From tech advancements to industry demands, I felt armed with the keys to stay ahead. It wasn`t just theory; we applied insights to real-world scenarios, shaping our professional trajectories. The future holds limitless possibilities, inspiring us to carve unique paths. Ready for your own `Professional Adventure`? 🚀 #FutureCareers #CareerExploration #ProactiveSuccess
This Disability History Month, we`re spotlighting @HeadwayEastLondon, a local charity championing Advancing Access and Equity. 🧠💙 Supporting survivors of brain injury and their families with specialised services.
Head here to read their profile - https://elba-1.org.uk/news/disability-history-month-our-work-with-headway-east-london/
Very happy to play a part in the @britishlandplc event ‘Broadgate Connect: The importance of partnerships for employment` – alongside a brilliant lineup of co-panellists – where we discussed the role of businesses, the learnings from the last decade of the employment programme, as well as how we can collaborate in the future to further support local talent.
Learn more of the programme`s impact in British Land and ELBA’s latest report `A decade of Broadgate Connect` here: https://bit.ly/3Gfrv3d
A big thank you to British Land and the other panellists, including:
Anna Devlet (British Land), Carole Williams (@hackneycouncil), Julie Hutchinson (ELBA), Kenneila Quashie (@JLL), moderated by Nick Bowes (@ldncomms)
#Sustainability #Partnership #ThrivingPlaces #BL2030 #BroadgateConnect
It’s all hands on deck today with Eden Girls School 🙌🏽! From office tours and career talks to challenges and coding, the year 8s and 9s have had a fantastic time working with our corporate volunteers. Massive thanks to all the companies who helped to make this happen 💫
#voluteering #edcuation #careers #youngpeople
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Corporate Testimonials
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“As a long-standing supporter of ELBA, London City Airport has been keen to engage with ELBA to deliver our shared vision for local recruitment. The Airport employs 70% of its 2000 staff from the East London Boroughs and working in partnership with ELBA and the Local Authorities, we aim to increase this further. Local employees should benefit from living close to many international businesses and London City Airport is proud to work closely with the ELBA Employment Team and Newham Workplace to deliver the Take off into Work training programme for unemployed Newham residents.”
Director, London City Airport
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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
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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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“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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“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
Community Testimonials
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“For the end of year Christmas Party, we have been able to give the children toys donated through ELBA’s Toy Appeal. Many of the children would normally go without, and we would not have been able to provide such wonderful presents if it were not for the hard work of the ELBA team and the generous support from their corporate and other partners. The toys have always been of such high quality and of an educational value. Many of the parents thank us, as they truly appreciate their worth.”
Home Start Newham
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“The contact with my mentor has been great in that it is personalised and very high level. I trust that he understands the issues I am talking about and their importance, in the context of our wider organisational priorities. This is hard to replicate with training courses or group activities, because it has been so well targeted to our needs at a particular point.”
Director, Hackney Pirates
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“Working on interesting challenges, problem solving, and helping to develop the charity’s strategy is extremely interesting and a great learning experience, which has provided benefits that transfer into my day-to-day work.”
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“I loved the open dialogue and learning about such an interesting charity, and discussing with such passionate people.”
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“The Career Capital Business Club run by ELBA is fantastic, particularly if you’re interested in a career in Investment Banking. I am currently working in the City as an Investment Banking intern, which would not have been possible if I had not taken the time to apply for the business club scheme and made a point of networking with professionals in a variety of areas within an Investment Bank. I would strongly recommend the programme to undergraduates irrespective of whether or not you know what career path you are looking to pursue.”
Career Capital Business Club participant
