Corporate Social Responsibility Organisations
Organisations and local initiatives have played a central role in supporting the Cambridge community over the years, notably over the Covid-19 pandemic. It has been inspiring to witness all the amazing Cambridge organisations getting involved in community food, sharing resources, skills and time to help shape a sustainable food system for all in Cambridge.
Even if you are not directly involved in food, there are many ways your organisation can help support the local community, from helping food-related projects by running fundraisers, to even getting stuck in and volunteering yourself!
The health and wellbeing of your employees is also a key way you can help the community, ensuring access to good food by providing a fair wage and encouraging healthy eating practices at work and at home.
Explore our list of actions you could take to support the local community below.
Actions your organisation could take
Educate and empower employees to adopt sustainable food practices at home and take action through signing our individual manifesto pages.
Support community action on food by offering time and skills, materials or space or financial support.
Support community action on food by running a fundraiser or carrying out a food collection for a local food organisation.
Become a living wage employer.
Get involved with corporate volunteering - help out a community food project or a community waste project for a day, or get involved in community growing.
Promote health and wellbeing for all, by providing healthy snacks and food choices at work, and support for employees.
Provide training on healthy eating, and encourage healthier choices at events.
Encourage leaving the fizzy drinks at home and ditch disposables - have accessible refill points across the office.
Cambridge Sustainable Food Guidance
Learn how to become a living wage employer.
We provide a guidance service on all aspects of sustainability, find out more.
Learn about food poverty in Cambridge on the Food Poverty Alliance webpage and discover how the alliance is building local food reliance and achieving food justice across the city in Food Power’s video.
A handy guide on promoting healthier options in the workplace from public health matters.
Corporate Social Responsibility in Cambridge
Multiple organisations have got involved in supporting the city’s Covid-19 community food response. Some provided facilities for the holiday lunch provisions, such as Cambridge Regional College and Arbury Baptist Church. Others have donated food, resources and time to support the community, such as Connection Through Crafting donating handmade face coverings, Fitzwilliam college donating meals, and the Tzi Chu Foundation making donations, volunteering and running pop up drink stalls to keep food hub users warm. Many organisations have organised food collection drives, such as Bangladesh Welfare Association and OpusTeach who both donated an impressive assortment of food staples to support families across the city. Learn more about the community’s Covid-19 response in this report.
