Our responsibility

Engagement

We are committed to taking an active and responsible role in our local communities: helping to build trust, addressing social needs and giving support where we can. We sponsor, partner and encourage our people to get involved in their local communities. What follows are just some of the community groups we support:

Business in the Community (BITC)

We are members of BITC and partner with their voluntary arm Hull and Humber KC Cares, both these organisations help us to connect with our local communities by developing partnerships which allow employees to volunteer their expertise and skills to community projects and initiatives. For example, our relationship with Hull and Humber KC Cares has facilitated all of the following:

Shoebox appeal – Christmas Cares in a Box;
Toy donations for local playgroups;
Food collection for Hull HARP (Homeless & Rootless Project) & Hull Harbour Hostel Project;
Women’s toiletries collection for refugees in the Humber region;
Children’s Christmas party for deprived children in the local area.

Visit the Business in the Community website here (opens in new window)

Hull Children’s University

We sponsor the Hull Children’s University providing learning experiences for young people, supporting schools in their delivery of the national curriculum and the government’s aim as outlined in ‘Every Child Matters’.

Visit the Hull Children's University website here (opens in new window)

Sponsorship

We sponsor the Communications Technology category of the Hull Daily Mail Business Awards;
We support local amateur dramatic groups with the loan of telephone equipment for performances and are a corporate sponsor of Hull Truck Theatre;
Our Hull Colour Pages brand supports the annual comedy festival and has previously supported the Hull Food Festival;
KC Talks is a programme of educational talks about the internet. Our people have visited church groups, Rotary clubs, computer interest groups, schools and universities.

Volunteering policy

We recognise that our people are committed to charitable activities and we are developing a formal volunteering policy to acknowledge and support this.