Social impact: from employee engagement to meaningful change Business Social impact is a subject close to City AM’s heart, and if the number of nominations we received for this year’s Dragon Awards for Social Impact is anything to go by, it’s something that’s taken seriously by an impressive number of businesses of all sizes. We’ve come a long way over the last 10 or 15 [...]
Hope Rehab Thailand: journey to recovery Sponsored At Hope, the aim is to provide affordable and quality care to people struggling with addiction.
Over 100 Businesses Attend City Giving Day Breakfast Sponsored The Lord Mayor of the City of London Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli joined over 100 City business representatives at Mansion House on 12 June to mark the three-month rundown to City Giving Day at the City Giving Day Engagement Breakfast. Taking place in September, City Giving Day is the City’s chance to showcase their charitable [...]
City Companies Celebrate National Volunteers Week June 3, 2024 | Sponsored To celebrate National Volunteers Week taking place from 3-9th June, The Lord Mayor’s Appeal asked City Giving Day participants to share their inspiring volunteering stories. Sally Yiallouros, UK Corporate Responsibility Lead at EY “Volunteering is one of the ways we live by our EY purpose of building a better working world, and my role as [...]
This is Me celebrates Mental Health Awareness Week May 13, 2024 | Sponsored To celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week from 13 to 19 May, The Lord Mayor’s Appeal’s This is Me initiative is recognising this year's theme of Movement.
Champions Cup sponsors Investec team up with School of Hard Knocks charity April 11, 2024 Investec, the leading financial services group and title sponsor of the Investec Champions Cup, has today announced a three-year partnership with School of Hard Knocks (SOHK), a social inclusion charity that uses sport to teach valuable skills to underprivileged people. Through the partnership, Investec will provide participating children with career insights and development days. It [...]
50 City Businesses Gather to Discuss Breaking Down Bias in the Workplace March 20, 2024 | Sponsored Over 50 businesses joined The Lord Mayor Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli and The Lady Mayoress Elisabeth Mainelli last week to break down socioeconomic bias in the City. At the first Power of Inclusion workshop of 2024 hosted by Howden Insurance UK, senior leaders and City representatives shared personal experiences of tackling bias and discussed what [...]
Businesses Host 280 Female Students To Shine a Light on Careers in The City March 12, 2024 | Sponsored Last week the Square Mile hosted 280 young people for We Can Be 2024, allowing them to gain an exclusive glimpse into some of The City’s most prominent businesses. Part of The Lord Mayor’s Appeal’s aim to create A Better City For All, the annual initiative matches 18 schools from London and Suffolk with 18 [...]
London-based Neurodiversity in Business charity boss to deliver UN speech inspired by son March 8, 2024 "Now to be asked to actually give a speech is such a massive honour….. I simply can’t waste this unique opportunity so I’m going BIG and BOLD!"
City Leaders Gather to Discuss Mental Health and Long-Term Physical Conditions in the Workplace February 22, 2024 | Sponsored The Lord Mayor of the City of London, Alderman Michael Mainelli and The Lord Mayor’s Appeal hosted an event at Mansion House this week, where City leaders explored the intersection of mental health challenges and long-term physical conditions in the workplace. Part of The Appeal’s This is Me programme, dedicated to reducing stigma around mental [...]