Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Day

Wednesday 15 June

Time slot

11:00-12:00

This event took place over 2 years ago

Room

Boisdale 2
Wheelchair accessible

Contact

Susan Smith
(x2151) 0131 474 8049

Topics

Comms & marketing Funding & fundraising

Who was the event aimed at?

Managers

Who spoke at this event?

Speakers:
Susan Smith, SCVO campaigns manager will host:
Gemma Branney, Global Head of ESG SThree Plc
Colin Downie, Sales & partnership director at Wildhearts Group
Laura Sutherland, Director of Aura and founder of PRFest
Sandy MacDonald, Director of policy and communications at Scottish Financial Enterprise

Event summary and materials

What was covered in your sessions?

We had four really engaging speakers who provided useful hints and tips on engaging with businesses. The message was clear that business want to hear from organisations that share their goals – so make sure you do your homework before approaching a business. Business are keen to work on joint projects, to procure services from voluntary organisations and to provide funding where there is a clear link to the business and potential benefit for them – eg funding to support you people to develop employability skills. 

How people can find out more or get involved in your work?

Susan Smith has written a blog in response to the CSR event, which is https://scvo.scot/p/51035/2022/06/23/how-to-align-your-charity-goals-with-like-minded-corporates