Corporate Community Investment Support
Helping you to develop effective relationships with the corporate sector through a range of consultancy, training and capacity building services
New CCI Training Now Available!
We are offering a comprehensive training package covering all the main elements of developing and sustaining business community partnerships. From absolute beginners to experienced practitioners, our training courses can improve skills and confidence, providing theory, techniques and practical tools for developing successful partnerships. Our courses are designed to give delegates sufficient information and tools to develop their capacity to work with businesses effectively. You will be guided through a process of internal assessment and planning, project selection, partnership development and implementation. All of our training is supported by a free follow up service, allowing you to discuss the specifics of your situation with our experts who can provide you with advice and help to put your learning into practice, and we offer:
Open Training Courses: A regular schedule of training programmes throughout the country.
Training for Advisors: These courses are aimed at those providing advice and support to frontline organisations and will cover both the fundamentals of Corporate Community Investment and the specific issues faced when advising others on the subject.
Bespoke Training: We also provide bespoke training for organisations, tailored to suit the needs of the specific audience. We offer a flexible service and are able to provide a menu of options to help create the right course for your organisation. This may include: Identifying suitable projects for business support, How to find a business partner, The resources required to form and manage business partnerships, The ethics of working with the corporate sector and Monitoring and Evaluating Business Community Partnerships.
For more details on any of these training options, contact us.
At Red Foundation, our goal is to help you develop your capacity to gain and sustain company support with an emphasis on quality and value for money. We offer a wide range of services tailored to your individual needs and budget which can include:
- Working alongside you to develop a strategy for working with the corporate sector
- Identifying and articulating a specific project or programme that will be appropriate for corporate support
- Advising on the best way to work with Employee Volunteers
- Training your staff on the best ways to achieve partnerships with companies
- Researching companies to approach
- Negotiating and facilitating the establishment of a partnership ensuring maximum impact and sustainability
- Advising you on applications you are making to companies
- Reviewing and evaluating an existing programme
- Interim project management
This list is not exhaustive so please do contact us if you don't see what you need here.
"Red Foundation was fundamental in brokering and in setting and shaping our partnership with Bebo.com. Overall they brought strategic insights and very tangible outcomes, contributing and adding value well beyond their mandate, resulting in a partnership that has enabled us to reach a whole new audience that we could not access previously." UnLtd Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs