Introduction to Community Investment

The course is suitable for community investment and CR professionals from companies of all sectors and sizes.

It is particularly relevant to delegates from companies who are either at the beginning of their community investment journey, or who have a less mature community investment programme.

If you represent an SME with less than 250 employees a discounted rate may be available. Please email Muhsen Ahmedor phone on 020 7566 8794.

What will I get out of attending?

Course groups will be small and the sessions interactive, enabling companies to benefit from 1:1 support from facilitators and engagement with their peers.

Attendees will gain the skills needed to design and deliver an effective community investment strategy and programmes. By the end of the session, attendees will understand:

• How to identify social issues that are most relevant to your business and most pressing to the communities in which you work

• How to work in partnership with your communities

• How to plan and manage your community investment

• How to inspire and engage your employees, customers and suppliers

• How to measure and evaluate the difference your community activity has made for your business and for your communities.

Course outline

• Setting the context – the face of community investment now

• The Community Investment journey, from beginner to advanced and beyond

• The 5 principles of community investment, an interactive exploration of each principle supported with case studies

• A brief introduction to the CommunityMark