Engaging business in the community - not a quick fix
“As this insightful review clearly demonstrates, business engagement with the community is no longer an afterthought. It has moved rapidly in recent years from the margins of company activity to the corporate mainstream. Indeed, there has been a noticeable increase in both boardroom and shareholder awareness and with it a variety of innovative new approaches to integrating corporate community involvement into business plans and structures. At the same time, local and central government and the “third sector” have been adaptinf their policies and programmes to help promote partnership working and support business involvement. As the authors of this report point out, the collaboration between government, business and community is an incredibly powerful force for change.”