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: Financial Services Sub-group Meeting 24/03/2010

When: 24 March, 2010

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

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LBG : Membership : The membership package

The membership package

LBG members are entitled to the following range of services and benefits:

  • Individual support and assistance to apply the LBG model*
  • Circulation of members’ benchmark data to see what others contribute, understand how they value their contributions and learn from case studies
  • Regular members’ newsletter, with news on measurement topics, company reports and forthcoming events
  • Two plenary meetings per year, with agendas based on topics suggested by the group
  • Specialist industry sector subgroup meetings each year on specific measurement issues.
  • Access to members-only section of the LBG website with advice on implementing the model
  • Use of the LBG logo and the right to cite membership in external publications
  • Workshops focusing on making the most of the LBG model and measuring what your programmes achieve, for example:
    • Cost-benefit; measuring the full value of business benefits achieved through CCI programmes and comparing this against programme costs
    • Whole-programme indicators; compiling a basket of simple measures, to assess achievements at a summary level to reflect all community projects
    • Social return on investment; measuring the monetary value of CCI programmes to the community
    • Using the LBG as a management tool; ideas and best practices on how to use the model to improve your company’s CCI programme and your own professional performance.

LBG membership is currently £3,750 per annum (+VAT)

*members are entitled to up to one day's support from a named consultant to use as necessary to help apply the model (out of London travel expenses will need to be reimbursed)

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: