Deloitte - The Deloitte Employability Initiative

The firm's flagship and award-winning community programme helps give young people the skills, attitudes and behaviours they need to secure and sustain employment. The Deloitte employability course is delivered by Deloitte-trained teachers at more than 70 further education colleges.

Company investment:

Cash £195,000 and employee time £128,166 in 2007. Combined input to 2011 is £2m cash and £700k employee time.

Programme achievements:

In 2007/08 more than 1,200 students attended Deloitte employability courses. 147 FE College teachers were trained and, together with the existing 64 teachers, they will deliver courses to up to 6,000 young people. More than 200 Deloitte people volunteered during the year, with more than 90% stating an increase in business skills and 99% stating they would recommend volunteering on the initiative to colleagues. £600,600 was leveraged from other sources as a result of Deloitte’s investment. It is expected that by 2011 more than 40,000 young people will have completed courses delivered by 800 trained teachers and that more than 1,500 Deloitte employees will have taken part.

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Next Event

What: Getting Started Workshop 18/08/2010

When: 18 August, 2010

Location: Corporate Citizenship, Holborn Gate, 330 High Holborn, London. WC1V 7QG

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LBG : Membership : The membership package : Additional services available for members

Additional services available for members

The services and benefits provided to members focus on the use and practical application of the LBG model. However, many also ask for assistance with related issues or with specific needs that fall outside the scope of the membership package. These services are available for an additional fee:

  • Assurance on CCI and CSR reports – reviewing and writing assurance statements for community and CSR reports
  • Management reports – analysing LBG report data and developing custom charts and comments for use with internal management, employees and other audiences Commenting on community reporting – reviewing how effectively the community strategy is presented for a range of stakeholder groups
  • Outsourcing data collection – providing assistance with collection of the data necessary for annual LBG reporting
  • Advice on developing a community strategy
  • Customised training for external partners, e.g. flagship charity partner
  • Help with selecting a charity of the year partner
  • Broader benchmarking studies, e.g. aspects of CCI or CSR

Consulting support is available to LBG members at daily rates dependent on the nature of the work.