CITIZENSHIP

Strategic community
impact programmes that
align with business purpose

We devise tailored projects, programmes and partnerships that are strategically relevant to business and that create social impact.

We believe that Citizenship is much more than a strand of a Corporate Responsibility strategy – it is a way to understand, engage in and act upon social and environmental issues, for the benefit of the business and society.

It is about bringing the purpose of the business to life through embracing big societal issues and local community themes.

Those are the considerations we have front of mind when supporting businesses with their Citizenship agendas, whether in a consultative or delivery role. Our work includes:

Designing and implementing flagship programmes, helping businesses to maximise their impact on a particular social or environmental theme.
Setting up and supporting high impact business-charity partnerships, ensuring there are benefits for both organisations and bridging any cultural differences.
Devising and running bespoke, skilled volunteering projects, often for senior teams, that tap into their business knowledge and experience and engage them in the social impact agenda.
Organising large scale business volunteering days, with a focus on skilled projects and building the capacity and skills of the volunteers.
Measuring and evaluating impact, including acting as an independent reviewer for existing projects, programmes and partnerships.

Across all elements of our citizenship work, we connect businesses and their people with partners and issues that align to business strategy and priorities.

“Three Hands worked with us to bring expert social insight, knowledge and challenge to land on a theme that has resonated across the business.”

Nadia Al Yafai, Group Head of Social Impact and Responsibility, Royal London

Citizenship Case Studies

A Community Day with a Difference

12th February 2020

Meeting business objectives while bringing real value for communities and charities

Employee volunteering has gone from strength to strength at British Land in recent years with pride and motivation in the company reported as top outcomes every year.

BUILDING A HIGH IMPACT PARTNERSHIP

30th July 2019

Bringing together two very different organisations to build a transformational partnership

Centrica’s new partnership with Carers UK seeks to transform the lives of carers across the country. We were brought in to help both organisations build strong foundations for the partnership and to develop innovative, skilled volunteering opportunities that will maximise its impact.

Executive Committee Volunteering

22nd October 2018

Senior leaders and a tough social issue

"I deliberately spoilt a loan application form in the hope that the bank would notice that I was being coerced into filling it in." So said a survivor of domestic and economic abuse to the Community Banking Executive Committee at Lloyds Banking Group.

Employability Programme

20th October 2016

Gearing up the next generation of talent.

Education and employability are major features of the ‘Thriving Communities’ agenda at RSA, one of the UK's leading insurers. Youth unemployment and the need to better prepare students for the job market constitute both a moral concern and a material issue to the business.

Flagship Social Impact Programme

20th October 2016

Connecting Royal London to a social issue of relevance to the business, its customers and society

Our remit was to help develop a new flagship social impact programme, to work alongside Royal London’s existing social impact commitments, and to engage customers, colleagues and wider stakeholders in society.

Sustainable Living Plan

20th October 2016

A toolkit for team sustainability projects

The Global Partnerships team at Unilever was keen to capture the best practice that had arisen from the Unilever Enterprise and Technology Solutions (ETS) team’s partnership with the Foodbanks movement.