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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Last week was Mental Health Awareness Week and WELBA (the well-being committee at ELBA), organised a variety of activities to engage staff. In line with this year’s theme COMMUNITY, staff were able to socialise with colleagues in different ways whilst having the opportunity to learn something new, get active and take some time away from the screens. Scroll to see some of the things we got involved in!
#MHAW #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #ThisIsMyCommunity 💚
CMS volunteers gave their time and effort supporting Mile End Park, a charity that maintains a vital green space to ensure it is safe and welcoming to all local residents and visitors all year round.
CMS volunteers supported Gasworks Dock Partnership (GDP), a charity based in Newham, focusing on the regeneration of Cody Dock in Canning Town. Volunteers are crucial to supporting GDP’s aims to inspire and enable the local community to grow and create a sense of place, and to provide opportunities to engage with the transformation of the Lower Lee Valley.
Today @cmslaw.careers volunteers supported a local community centre in Newham - CMS team members helped with food bank activities, weeding, painting, sweeping and sprucing up the centre to ensure it is a safe and welcoming space for all beneficiaries who use the centre daily.
@tokiomarine volunteers helped support a children’s adventure playground by offering their time and hands, ensuring the play areas remain safe and inviting for all the beneficiaries who visit the playground. The team relocated the greenhouse, laid wood chips, revamped a pathway and applied a new lick of paint to the play areas - what an impact! #volunteer #esg #communitysupport
SMBC hosted a VE Day celebration for members of the East London Pensioners Group in collaboration with ELBA.
Brought to life by SMBC volunteers who decorated the room, served tea and cakes, and addressed social isolation for those who depend on the weekly meeting to combat loneliness.
“Certainly a highlight of my time at SMBC and such a joyous event to be involved with!” - SMBC volunteer.
#ourelba #volunteer
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Corporate Testimonials
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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
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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
