# South East businesses recognised for corporate social responsilibity

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2003/05/19/south-east-businesses-recognised-corporate-social-responsilibity/
- Published: 2003-05-19T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Sussex, Kent and Berkshire businesses have won awards at the South East Business
in the Community Awards for Excellence, recognising best practice in corporate social
responsibility programmes.
Slough was the source of two winners, with Masterfoods
winning the Business in the Community South East Special Recognition Award for business
leadership leading to community impact in Slough, and the Slough Business Community
Partnership winning the Collaborative Action Award for community impact through 
companies working together.

Brighton-based Lime Marketing won the Small Business Award, and five Brighton & 
Hove companies – Desktop Display Ltd, Juicy Books Ltd, Lime Marketing, Southern 
FM and Zap Productions – were awarded Business in the Community’s CommunityMark,
a kitemark for excellent practice in business community programmes, which was pioneered
in the city.

Swiss Life (UK) plc won the Innovation Award, sponsored by Proctor and Gamble in
association with Demos, and will go on to the next stage of the national Business
in the Community Awards for Excellence.

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Winners were given their awards by television presenter and newsreader Carol Barnes
at a ceremony in Brighton with guest speakers including Martin Perry, Chief Executive
of the Brighton & Hove Albion FC, Peter Field and Peter Davies, Deputy Chief Executive
of Business in the Community (BITC).

Peter Davies said: “Activities can range from employee volunteering to providing
services and equipment free of charge to straightforward financial help. As well
as benefiting the community, a well-managed programme can help with staff training
and motivation, generate positive publicity, enhance customer loyalty and aid business
planning.”

This year for the first time companies have been given the opportunity to submit
programmes demonstrating their impact at regional level. The expansion of the Awards
for Excellence has been sponsored by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister’s Neighbourhood
Renewal Unit and energy company Powergen, to ensure that businesses operating on
a local level will be recognised alongside the larger multi-nationals.

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