News

Charity begins at the office (Financial Times, 15/12/11)

Jan was (mis)quoted in this great FT article exploring the increasingly clever ways in which businesses and charities are working together. > Read more..

After the riots, what next for community engagement?

In his latest HR Magazine column, Jan asks whether companies’ efforts to engage in communities have been in vain and argues that the overlap between the leadership needed in business and the leadership needed in communities has never been greater. > Read more..

Newsletter, June 2011

Here is one of our occasional updates to let you know what we’ve been up to at Three Hands. We feature, amongst other projects, our leadership development work with Sky, Centrica Energy and British Gas and the support we have given to the Guardian on their biggest ever volunteering event. > Read more..

Three Hands Forum in Edinburgh, March 2011

Three Hands is partnering with Drummond International, experts in personal and professional development, to host this half-day ‘mini conference’ to explore, discuss and debate the latest thinking in developing businesses and their people through engaging with communities and issues in society. > Read more..

Newsletter, February 2011

Our very occasional newsletter lets you know what we’ve been up to and what’s new at Three Hands. We’ve been packing it in these last few months – here’s a quick summary... > Read more..

Less than a month to go until Guardian Volunteering Week!

We’ve been working with Guardian News and Media to research and design twenty one-day projects that will see staff from across the business come together to carry out meaningful projects for community partners. > Read more..

Jan’s latest HR Magazine column, February 2011

Community engagement has for too long been seen as the soft side of CSR. Now smart managers are finding a new use for community engagement - winning business. > Read more..

Developing Teams through Community Projects, February 2011

Three Hands specialises in tailored learning & development and community projects. That said, our regular contact with our community partners means that we are continually made aware of projects that are raring to go and that will meet a genuine community need. > Read more..

Newsletter, November 2010

Our very occasional newsletter lets you know what we’ve been up to and what’s new at Three Hands. We’ve been packing it in these last few months – here’s a quick summary... > Read more..

Our useful new flyer, October 2010

We have put together a 2-sided flyer summarising what we get up to at Three Hands. This will be particularly handy if you have not come across us before. > Read more..

New Responsibilities, New Opportunities - Three Hands forum, October 2010

The Three Hands annual forum is a half-day ‘mini conference’ to explore, discuss and debate the latest thinking in developing businesses and their people through engaging with communities and issues in society. > Read more..

The future of community involvement

Is community involvement set to be the poor cousin of CSR or critical to the future of sustainability? We set out to find out. > Read more..

Social Enterpise: The key to big society?

Scaling up social enterprises to deliver public services. > Read more..

Jan’s latest HR Magazine column, June 2010

Beyond the basics: taking business charity partnerships to the next level. While business charity partnerships often revolve around fundraising and volunteering, any partnership worth its salt nowadays needs to go way beyond these basics. > Read more..

Newsletter, May 2010

A quick note to keep you updated with what’s been keeping us busy and, we hope, to inspire you about the potential to combine CSR, HR and L&D for everyone’s benefit. > Read more..

Open Programme with IntoUniversity launched

'Into Success' - our one-day Open Programme on July 8th with education charity Into University - will be an opportunity to sample community-based learning & development. > Read more..

Jan’s latest HR Magazine column, March 2010

HR needs to make sure the company practises what it preaches on CSR.

'Build it in, don't bolt it on.' That's the oft used but absolutely legitimate advice regularly doled out to companies about CSR. No one department should own CSR; it should be initiated by everybody in the business. Indeed, a CSR manager's aim should be to do himself/ herself (actually, usually 'herself' in this world) out of a job, because CSR is 'part of the DNA' (another good cliché) of the organisation. > Read more..

Jan’s latest HR Magazine column, January 2010

In his second column for HR Magazine, Jan Levy of Three Hands argues that while business-charity partnerships are supposed to be based on mutual benefit, there are too many examples around of companies treating charity partners like suppliers. They do so at their peril. > Read more..

Newsletter, January 2010

A short piece to keep you informed and inspired about how businesses have been developing their people through community projects and building their CSR credentials with our help. We also give a quick plug for our column in HR Magazine and announce our Open Programmes taking place in March. > Read more..

Jan Levy's HR Magazine column launched

Jan's monthly column in HR Magazine will explore why so many businesses have come round to engaging with communities for reasons that go way beyond philanthropy, challenge businesses to do it properly and look at what can go wrong when they don't, examine it from the charities' point of view and challenge HR directors to ensure that this 'enlightened self-interest' is no fad. > Read more..

A new home for Three Hands

As of Monday 9th November 2009 we have a new office and new contact details. > Read more..

Hand in Hand forum, September 2009

Our latest forum, ‘Hand in Hand’, explored why it’s more relevant than ever for businesses and communities to work together for mutual benefit. You can read and download a short report here. > Read more..

HR Magazine reports from our latest forum

HR Magazine covered our recent Hand in Hand forum, reporting on the panel discussion 'Developing People and Developing Communities'. > Read more..

A new website for Three Hands

Welcome to our new website! Please take a look around and let us know what you think. > Read more..

Three Hands in India

We comment on a vital societal issue in India and report on the community-based employee reward programme we ran for Standard Chartered Bank in Delhi. > Read more..

Three Hands forum – A New Sense of Purpose

In September 2008 we held a half day forum for business people which explored how community engagement is becoming more sophisticated and strategic and how linking it with learning increases its relevance to core business issues. > Read more..

Newsletter, January 2009

Our occasional newsletter, including an observation about ‘values-led capitalism’ in the wake of recent traumatic events in the economy, some highlights of our programmes in 2008, a note on our first societal learning programmes, a short report on the half-day forum we ran in September 2008 and a warm welcome to our new Project Manager. > Read more..

Newsletter, June 2009

A brief update on what's been keeping us busy in 2009, some thoughts on why developing people and connecting with non-profit organisations and social issues is more important than ever and a plug for the Guardian Public Service Awards 2009. > Read more..

Sky and YourStory

Pace and energy

Young people and senior managers from Sky working together for mutual learning and development.
 

Featured case study

Pfizer and Action for Sick Children

Three Hands’ first ever community-based learning programme was a 5-day skills development project which won a National Training Award. > Read more...
 

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