Community
MITIE’s community investment strategy is not simply about making financial donations to causes and charities. We pride ourselves on committing our time, resources, and specialist skills to supporting the communities we serve. In return we create long-term relationships with future MITIE clients, suppliers and employees.
There are so many demands on businesses from charities and community groups for financial and in-kind support and MITIE prioritises these demands by implementing a community strategy that:
- Principally provides financial and in-kind support for six employee nominated charities over a two/three year partnership;
- Supports our seven MITIE Construction Skills Centre schools;
- Supports other charities that are local or relevant to our business operations;
- Internationally, supports the Bansang Hospital Appeal Charity in Gambia;
- Operates an employee volunteer programme to provide pro-bono expertise for ‘World of Work’, ‘Community Challenge’ and ‘Environmental Action’ events; and
- Supports organisations, including Prince’s Trust and Business in the Community that promote employability opportunities for disadvantaged communities.
What is our objective?
To provide support to the communities where we live and work.
How are we going to achieve it?
- We will maintain our support of, and develop MITIE’s Construction Skills Centres;
- We will continue our financial and in-kind support for MITIE’s elected six UK Regional Charities;
- We will carry out four employee volunteering team projects in the community by April 2010;
- We will deliver ‘World of Work’ events in at least six schools by April 2010.
We’ve always got dozens of charitable and community initiatives going on around MITIE and across the UK at any time, but there are a few that we’ve all been working on for some time that are particularly special to us, including our network of construction Skill Centres and our Real Apprentice scheme.