Www.sbcscot.com Scottish Charity SC007195 Jane Wood Chief Executive Scottish Business in the Community.

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Jane WoodChief Executive

Scottish Business in the Community

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Scottish Business in the Community

A Prince's Charity Membership organisation Membership covers businesses of all sizes Challenge members and partners to

improve their impacts on:

society, the economy, and the environment

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How do businesses currently engage?

Improving literacy and numeracy Breakfast/homework clubs Financial literacy Raising aspirations Finding out about jobs Classroom projects

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What businesses can offer

Financial insight and knowledge

Mentors/role models Career advice Literacy & Numeracy Income maximisation IT Skills and access to

equipment

Cooking and nutrition advice

Understanding of fuel tariffs

Health & wellbeing support

Employability Understanding of the

“World of Work”

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Benefits of Business Engagement

• Businesses involved are “household names” • No reporting or sanctions• Delivered by volunteers• Specialists in their field, successful

companies• Make it fun to engage the whole family

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Welfare Reform & Tackling In-work Poverty

Access to IT and skills

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Why do businesses want to get involved?

seen as responsible business

engages and develops their employees

develops new skills and contacts

raises their profile

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Businesses are made of people who want to work together for the

common good

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