Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
Endsleigh recognises the importance and value of CSR and the positive impact it has for our people, our partners, our clients, and our local community. Originally founded by a charity and with nearly three decades serving the third sector, giving back and being corporately responsible is in our DNA. Our goal is to use insurance for good and become a sustainable business working in partnership with the student, education and not-for-profit sectors. We have a corporate social responsibility mandate to drive meaningful employee engagement to positively impact the sectors we serve.
Our CSR commitment
Our commitment to put CSR at the forefront of our business and a desire to drive deeper engagement and impact for years to come, has led to a number of key initiatives such as:
Environmental impact
Removing single use plastic, introducing environmental volunteering and the Grow your Future app which helps track and discover ways to reduce our carbon footprint.
Local community
Build and drive action plans to deliver Endsleigh’s CSR strategy, delivering value to our people, partners, clients and our local community.
Colleague engagement
Drive colleague engagement and participation, supporting both Group and local initiatives through colleague ownership. Supported by two paid volunteering days.
Business relationships
Nominate representatives to build relationships and share ideas from all areas of the business.
The Howden Group Foundation
As part of the Howden Group, we are able to make an impact globally via the Howden Group Foundation which was established in 2014 to celebrate and extend the charitable work of our people around the world. As a group, we have six key objectives that we strive to achieve through our charitable work:
- Relief of sickness
- Relief of poverty
- Relief of disasters
- Relief of unemployment
- Advancement of education
- Environmental sustainability
The Foundation supports a matched giving programme, whereby the Group supports the fundraising and volunteer efforts of employees, for the communities and charities of their choice, by matching up to £750 of fundraising per employee, per year.
Our CSR strategy
Education
Through our partnership with Young Gloucestershire and other local charities, we work with young people and those not in education or employment through social mobility projects to get them into further education or work.
Enterprise
Our summer internship programme and graduate sales scheme nurtures young talent and gives them access to mentoring and expertise throughout the company.
Environment
Our CSR committee is dedicated to identifying ways to reduce the environmental impact of our business and our people on a day-to-day basis.
What our Endsleigh team members are getting up to:
Redecorating school classrooms
A few of the Endsleigh team used their two paid volunteering days to help redecorate the classrooms of a local school. Their collective efforts have made a significant improvement to the environments the children, teachers and staff spend so much time in.
Volunteering at a local animal shelter
Our Landlords and Education teams have spent six days over the past few weeks volunteering at the Cheltenham animal shelter. Both teams had a fantastic time getting stuck into tasks such as supervising and helping children with their sessions with the animals, helping with kennel cleaning, dog walking, as well as meeting and befriending many adorable kittens, rabbits, and dogs. This has been a fantastic opportunity to give back to the community, and both teams are looking forward to volunteering at the shelter in the future.
Taking time to support a local school
Our senior risk management consultant, Scott Crichton, spent one of his paid volunteering days helping the business manager at his local primary school with risk management advice. Scott’s been a governor at the school for almost four years and thoroughly enjoyed putting his day job to great use as part of Endsleigh’s commitment to supporting local communities.
Big Battlefield Bike Ride
25 Endsleigh colleagues took part in our own version of Help for Heroes’ Big Battlefield Bike Ride to raise funds for this amazing charity. Our cyclists shadowed those over in France and Belgium as they covered 375 miles in one week. Our team cycled over 450 miles in the same week on static bikes at HQ in Cheltenham.
Find out moreCheltenham Green Spaces
Wheelbarrows at the ready! Eleanor Whitford Kelly, Louise Bird, Chelsea Keenan, Chris Marshall and David Johnson from Endsleigh joined force with Cheltenham Green Spaces to tame the overgrown areas around the edge of Hatherley Court. Even the nettle stings didn’t dampen the great team spirit!
Find out moreGGGM’23 football tournament for Cancer Research
Endsleigh’s Giovanni Avona and Simon Bannister showed their sporting prowess in a 5-a-side charity football tournament with colleagues from Howden. After a total of 13 x 10 minute games they lost out in the quarter finals to winners, Howden, Whitney. £2k raised so far for Cancer Research! Howden are matching all donations. Fantastic effort!
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