Corporate social responsibility
We are proud that our five offices have a
thriving CSR programme.
- Partnering local charities, to fundraise and
promote their plight.
- Work with young people of all ages in our
communities to enhance their vocational and personal
development.
- Support our staff who wish to support other
worthy causes.
Charity partnership
Our five partner charities
are Clatterbridge Hospital near Liverpool,
Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Mediquip4kids, Manchester,
Laura Centre bereavement counselling in Leicester and London’s
Great Ormond St Hospital (GOSH).
Our Birmingham staff took part in the ‘Great
Trade Up Game’, raising over £5,000 from just a paperclip towards
the £35,000 generated by the competition towards the purchase of a
new renal unit.
In London we have set ourselves a target to
raise £6,500 over the past eight months for GOSH through a
special fundraising project. Each of the 8 teams which make
up our London office were given one day to host a ‘fundraising and
GOSH profile-raising’ day, with everything from a casino night to a
‘Weightmans by the Sea’ office funfair day. So far this has
raised over £7,000.
Liverpool’s ‘Weightmans’ Apprentice’
competition between September 2009 and January 2010 saw nine teams
of four challenged to raise as much money as possible for Claire
House whilst promoting its cause within the Liverpool
community. The initiative raised over £12,000 for the
charity. With the addition of dress down days, book sales, a
charity skydive, golf day, silver status payroll giving, raffles,
Liverpool triathlon and various sponsored marathons, overall in the
year 2009/2010, the Liverpool office donated approximately £21,000
to Claire House. The office was recognised in the 2010
Regional Business Award, being shortlisted for its CSR work.
The Liverpool office have nominated a new charity Clatterbridge
Cancer Research.
Young and disadvantaged people
Our Manchester office sponsors the Broughton
Park Rugby Club Outreach Project, which aims to give disadvantaged
children focus and team skills through learning rugby.
Staff from each of our offices regularly visit
both primary and secondary schools in some of the most
disadvantaged areas, whether to undertake the right to read
initiative, (assisting primary school children with basic reading
skills) or holding mock careers interviews and cv assistance.
In May 2009 our work with the unemployed was
profiled by Liverpool Cares – Karl Hughes who had started with the
firm under the Care’s Ready for Work programme had been so
successful that he was subsequently offered a full time role with
us, as Team Leader in our Commercial Recoveries team, handling over
£1million worth of transactions.
http://www.bitc.org.uk/resources/case_studies/weightmans_llp.html
Volunteering
Our policy of offering 2 days paid leave per
year per person has encouraged our staff to support a number of
their personal charities.