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RESPONSIBLE BUSINESSES SHINE AT LORD MAYOR AWARDS
THE LORD Mayor of the City of London, Alderman Dr Andrew Parmley, was delighted to oversee the 30th anniversary of the Dragon Awards, held at Mansion House, which celebrates the success of responsible businesses in the capital. “It is more important than ever that businesses take responsibility and step up to contribute to building a fairer and more prosperous society,” he said. “I applaud all the valuable and innovative work taking place across the capital which is truly making a difference to our communities, as well as benefiting those employees involved. We want to encourage more businesses to follow the example set by our winners, and see what they achieve by going that extra mile to benefit society.” The annual awards, run by the
City of London Corporation, revealed that last year’s applicants supported nearly 700,000 Londoners, created over 13,000 jobs and invested over £10 million in their communities and local enterprises. The firms mobilised 5,880 business volunteers who gave over 190,000 hours benefiting communities, charities and local enterprises across London.
The Lord Mayor and the winners of the 30th Lord Mayor's Dragon Awards And the winners are...
• Lord Mayor’s award Arsenal FC for Arsenal in the Community, chosen for its programme across Islington, Camden and Hackney, where coaches work with over 5,000 people across 150 venues each week. Through a range of footballing, educational, employment, health and social inclusion activities, the initiative offers support and a sense of belonging and connection to those who need it most.
• InnovatIon award SME Keytree for Plan Zheroes for designing a digital platform which provides an easy way for companies to donate their surplus food to charities instead of sending it to landfill. The platform has now reached over 700 charities, businesses and volunteers, primarily based in London, with around two tonnes of food per month being distributed to people in need.
• CoMMunIty PartnershIP award Bromley by Bow Centre for its partnership with Investec. The Bromley by Bow Centre works with Investec to empower people living in some of the UK’s most disadvantaged communities to create sustainable, profit making businesses – creating jobs, supporting the community and benefiting the environment.
• regIonaL IMPaCt award PwC for PwC Social Entrepreneurs Club is a network of over 250 social entrepreneurs across the UK. Operating across 10 UK
cities, the network has supported 446 social enterprises since 2011. PwC uses the skills of its people and its wider resources to provide a wide programme of support for network members including mentoring, coaching, masterclasses, online learning and networking.
• InCLusIve eMPLoyMent award Mayer Brown for its Refugee Employment Academy is a partnership project with refugee charity Breaking Barriers. The initiative offers paid work placements, employability skills workshops, language classes, a mentoring programme and support and advice for refugees looking for work.
• aCCeLerator award UBS for its Community Affairs programme in Hackney and East London which has been addressing economic and social disadvantage in Hackney for 30 years. Over the past three years UBS has helped social entrepreneurs to set up new social enterprises and grow existing ones to support the most disadvantaged people in the borough.
• heart of the CIty award SME Impact Creative Recruitment for Future Proofing Talent Through Diversity. The Initiative works to diversify the creative and media industries such as media, fashion, TV and advertising, by connecting industry opportunities with a pool of untapped talent in Hackney.
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