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Oganisations to contact The organisations listed below can all offer information, expertise and advice on different aspects of business investment in the community. Business and voluntary sector agencies Action Match Action Match is a specialist voluntary agency promoting business sponsorship of social causes. It provides training, advice and consultancy on social sponsorship and acts as a broker between companies and community organisations looking for sponsorship opportunities. Mandy Wilson, Director, Action Match, Aizlewoods Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG Telephone: 0742-823163 Action Resource Centre (ARC) ARC is the leading agency specialising in secondments to voluntary organisations. ARC provides advice and consultancy to companies and the public sector on secondment practice and a brokerage service to manage secondee placements. Secondments may be full-time or part-time, and short-term assignments are also offered, designed to enhance secondees management skills as well as provide benefit to community organisations. John Uden, Development Director, Action Resource Centre, First Floor, 102 Park Village East, London NW1 3SP Telephone: 071-383 2200 Association of British Chambers of Commerce (ABCC) Chambers of Commerce are representative bodies for local business and are active in many areas in promoting business involvement in the community. Chambers frequently work in partnership with other private 164
and public sector organisations in fields such as business-education links, training initiatives, enterprise support and urban renewal initiatives. Association of British Chambers of Commerce, Sovereign House, 212 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8EW Telephone: 071-240 5831 British Urban Regeneration Association (BURA) BURA, founded in 1990, is an association of organisations in the private, public and voluntary sectors involved in urban renewal and development. It aims to provide a forum for policy debate, information exchange and dissemination of good practice in urban renewal projects. BURA, 33 Great Sutton Street, London EC1V 0DX Telephone: 071-253 5054 Business in the Community (BitC) BitC was founded in 1981 by industry in partnership with government, the voluntary sector and the trade unions in order to promote community involvement by business. BitC is supported by over 400 of the UK s leading companies and its members also include representatives of government departments, voluntary agencies and trade unions. Business in the Community promotes the benefits to all parties of business involvement in community initiatives and offers advice and consultancy on corporate policy to companies seeking to develop strategies for practical action. BitC is the coordinating body for the national network of enterprise agencies; it oversees the development of Business Leadership Teams, partnerships between local business leaders and public sector and community agencies; and it coordinates the national and local Per Cent Clubs, which aim to encourage higher levels of community contributions by business. Chief Executive, Business in the Community, 227a City Road, London EC1V 1LX Telephone: 071-253 3716 Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) CAF acts as a channel for tax-efficient charitable giving by companies and individuals, and promotes company giving through publications, policy 165
Profitable partnerships advice and the GIVE AS YOU EARN payroll giving scheme, which it oversees. : Charities Aid Foundation, 48 Pembury Road, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 2JD Telephone: 0732-771333 Common Purpose Common Purpose develops training programmes designed to bring together leading representatives of private, public and voluntary sector organisations in particular cities. The aim of Common Purpose programmes is to promote increased mutual understanding among leaders from different walks of life and help to develop effective networks and partnerships between them. Common Purpose schemes were piloted in the UK in Newcastle and Coventry, and many other towns and cities are now involved in the initiative. Julia Middleton, Chief Executive, Common Purpose, 12-18 Hoxton Street, London N1 6NG Telephone: 071-729 5979 Community Development Foundation (CDF) CDF is an agency working in partnership with local authorities and business on a wide variety of community regeneration projects. It offers consultancy and training on community development projects and business involvement in the community. It has devised a Community Investment Charter, launched in Spring 1991 with the support of leading companies. Chief Executive, Community Development Foundation, 60 Highbury Grove, London N5 2AG Telephone: 071-226 5375 Confederation of British Industry (CBI) The CBI works with Business in the Community and the Phoenix Initiative in promoting the involvement of companies in the economic and social regeneration of Britain s cities. It also promotes education-industry links. Director General, Confederation of British Industry, Centre Point, 103 New Oxford Street, London WC1A 1DU Telephone: 071-379 7400 166
Council for Industry and Higher Education (CIHE) CIHE is an independent body which brings together heads of major companies and heads of universities, polytechnics and higher education colleges. Its aim is to promote partnership between industry and higher education and represent their joint thinking to government. Patrick Coldstream, Director, Council for Industry and Higher Education, 100 Park Village East, London NW1 3SR Telephone: 071-387 2171 Directory of Social Change (DSC) An independent charity providing advice, information and training to the voluntary sector and consultancy and information to business on developing policies for community involvement. DSC publishes the biannual Guide to Company Giving and the Corporate Donor s Handbook. Directory of Social Change, Radius Works, Back Lane, London NW3 1HL Telephone: 071-435 8171 Fullemploy Group Formerly known as Project Fullemploy, the Fullemploy Group is a voluntary sector agency working on initiatives to improve training and employment opportunities for ethnic minority communities in the UK. Fullemploy works in partnership with other voluntary bodies, with public agencies and with businesses. Fullemploy Group, County House, 190 Great Dover Street, London SE1 4YB Telephone: 071-378 1774 Groundwork Foundation The Groundwork Foundation was established as a national charity in 1985 following the success of the network of local Groundwork Trusts, through which business, public agencies and voluntary bodies work in partnership on environmental improvement projects in and around urban areas. The Foundation coordinates the work of the local trusts and promotes business sponsorship of environmental projects. 167
Profitable partnerships Groundwork Foundation, Bennetts Court, 6 Bennetts Hill, Birmingham B2 5ST Telephone: 021-236 8565 Industrial Society The Industrial Society provides advice and training on personnel and other management issues and is involved in many partnership initiatives in areas such as targeted training, education-industry links and training for the voluntary sector. It has a specialist Inner Cities Unit working on the development of community initiatives in urban areas. Jeremy Thorn, Divisional Director, The Industrial Society, Robert Hyde House, 48 Bryanston Square, London W1H 7LN Telephone: 071-262 2401 Institute of Personnel Management (IPM) The IPM is the professional personnel management organisation in the UK, with a membership of over 40,000. It is involved in promoting partnership initiatives between business, the public sector and the community in relation to targeted employment, education links and customised training in the inner cities. Organisation & Human Resource Planning Manager, Institute of Personnel Management, IPM House, 35 Camp Road, London SW19 4UX Telephone: 081-946 9100 National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) NCVO is the national agency representing and promoting the voluntary sector, and can provide information and advice on working with charities and other community organisations. National Council for Voluntary Organisations, 26 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3HJ Telephone: 071-636 4066 National Youth Agency The National Youth Agency was set up as a national youth service body in April 1991, bringing together existing national bodies, to work with both the voluntary and local authority sectors of the Youth Service. The Agency undertakes a range of education-related functions, particularly in the areas 168
of accrediting and validating youth worker and management training. It also gives direct support to government initiatives in these areas. Janet Paraskeva, Director, 17-23 Albion Street, Leicester LE1 6GC Telephone: 0533-471200 The Per Cent Club The Per Cent Club is a group of leading companies that have committed themselves to contributing up to 1 per cent of pre-tax profits to the community in the form of cash donations, gifts in kind and other types of support such as secondments. Local Per Cent Clubs have been set up in Newcastle and Sheffield. Information on the Clubs is available from Business in the Community, which provides the secretariat for the Per Cent Club. The Per Cent Club, c/o Business in the Community, 227a City Road, London EC1V 1LX Telephone: 071-253 3716 Phoenix Initiative The Phoenix Initiative is a non-profit organisation specialising in urban regeneration. It provides advice and information on aspects of urban renewal, and also works as a catalyst within inner cities, bringing representatives of organisations from business and other sectors into partnership ventures. Chief Executive, The Phoenix Initiative, 26 Store Street, London WC1E 7BT Telephone: 071-436 1561 UK 2000 UK 2000 is an environmental initiative bringing together the six main national voluntary organisations concerned with environmental improvement in partnership with government and the private sector. The six member organisations carry out projects, foster business awareness, secure sponsorship and provide training opportunities for the unemployed. The six members are: British Trust for Conservation Volunteers, Civic Trust, Community Service Volunteers, Friends of the Earth, Groundwork Foundation and Royal Society for Nature Conservation. 169
Profitable partnerships Rebecca Rendle, Publicity Officer, UK2000/Community Service Volunteers, 237 Pentonville Road, London N1 9NJ Telephone: 071-278 6601 Volunteers Volunteers is for young people aged 16-24. It provides them with an opportunity for personal development by joining a team with others from different backgrounds/walks of life and undertaking a period of voluntary work in the community. The Director, Volunteers, 8 Jockeys Fields, London WC1R 4JT Telephone: 071-430 0378 Volunteer Centre UK The Volunteer Centre is the national agency coordinating the network of local volunteer bureaux and promoting volunteering in the community. The Volunteer Centre can offer advice and information on volunteering schemes for company employees and retirees. The Director, The Volunteer Centre UK, 29 Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted, Herts. HP4 2AB Telephone: 0442-873311 Government departments and public agencies Government measures for the development of urban renewal initiatives and partnerships between public and private sector organisations and community bodies are coordinated within the ACTION FOR CITIES initiative. This brings together different government departments and public agencies with a role in urban regeneration. The main contact points for companies wishing to find out more about Action For Cities are listed below. City Action Teams (CATs) CATs coordinate the action of different departments at local level in major urban areas and are a central contact point for businesses and for voluntary bodies and community organisations. 170
CAT secretaries or leaders on Birmingham 021-631 6042 Cleveland 0642-226166 Leeds/Bradford 0532-438232 Liverpool 051-227 4111 London 071-278 0363 Manchester/Salford 061-833 0251 Nottingham/Derby/Leicester 0602-506181 Tyne & Wear 091-232 4722 Department of the Environment (DoE) The DoE coordinates the government s inner city activities and runs several urban renewal initiatives aimed at attracting private sector investment to inner cities and developing local authority schemes for regeneration. DoE initiatives include Urban Development Corporations, City Grant, Derelict Land Grant, Enterprise Zones, Estate Action and the Urban Programme. DoE has eight regional offices. Action for Cities Coordinating Unit: 071-276-3053 Urban Development Corporations (UDCs) The eleven UDCs promote private sector investment for regeneration of designated urban areas. UDC contacts Black Country 021-552 4200 Bristol 0272-218804 Cardiff Bay 0222-471576 Central Manchester 061-236 1166 Leeds 0532-46273 London Docklands 071-512 3000 Merseyside 051-236 6090 Sheffield 0742-720100 Teeside 0642-230636 Trafford Park (Manchester) 061-648 8000 Tyne & Wear 091-222 1222 Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) The DTI runs the Inner City TASK FORCES, which work in localities with particularly severe problems. The Task Forces work with local businesses 171
Profitable partnerships and community groups to promote initiatives on training, employment and business start-ups. Task Forces currently in operation are listed below. s Birmingham (East) 021-326 7005 Bradford 0274-542222 Bristol 0272-550205 Coventry 0203-631855 Derby 0332-298800 Hartlepool 0429-860557 Leeds (Chapletown/Harehills) 0532-626202 Liverpool (Granby/Toxteth) 051-734 5289 Manchester (Moss Side/Hulme) 061-226 8899 Middlesbrough 0642-300420 Nottingham 0602-421565 Wirral 051-653 4515 London area Task Forces: Deptford 071-694 9276 W. London 071-960 8455 N. Peckham 081-358 9018 Spitalfields 071-375 1163 Inner Cities Central Unit: 1 Victoria Street London SW1H 0E 071-215 4557 Employment Department Group The Employment Department oversees all training and enterprise initiatives and school/industry Compact schemes which are now being managed by the local TRAINING AND ENTERPRISE COUNCILS (TECs) in England and Wales and by LOCAL ENTERPRISE COMPANIES (LECs) in Scotland. These initiatives include Employment Training, Youth Training, Enterprise Allowance and the Small Firms Service. The Department also oversees the EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, which operates the Jobcentre network and is involved in many local initiatives to promote training and job opportunities. for information on the national TEC network TEC Branch, Training, Enterprise & Education Directorate Employment Department Group, Moorfoot, Sheffield S1 4PQ Telephone: 0742-753275 172
For enquiries on urban regeneration outside England Scotland Urban Policy Division 2 Industry Department for Scotland New St Andrew s House, Edinburgh EH1 3TA Telephone: 031-244 2062 Wales Urban Affairs Welsh Office Cathays Park, Cardiff CF1 3NQ Telephone: 0222-823633 Northern Ireland Belfast Development Office DoE (Northern Ireland) Clarendon House, 9-21 Adelaide Street, Belfast BT2 8NR Telephone: 0232-244300 ext.2394 173