Businesses participating in the ABIC Community Excellence Awards are offered a structured method for reporting their corporate social responsibility activities, benefiting both the local community and helping promote their business.
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Ayrshire Business in the Community has identified that there is a genuine willingness on behalf of the private sector to get involved in local communities, although it is clear that businesses in general find it difficult to identify the ‘best fit’ for their resources. The help and assistance offered by the private sector can be seen as fragmented and often goes unrecognised. There is also growing pressure on businesses to demonstrate their corporate social responsibility.
Until now there was currently no easy structured route for a company to identify where its resources would be used to optimum effect. The Ayrshire Business in the Community recognition scheme will provide that route. The aim of the scheme is to develop a process that recognises businesses supportive of and seen as investing in their local communities, whether by financial or non-financial input.
The Awards are available to companies of all sizes - see below for award winners and a selection of their comments.
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Winners of Awards |
Bronze Award
- Atrium Homes
- Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce
- B&Q
- Bioforce Uk
- Dana
- Diageo
- Food Partners
- Galleon Leisure Centre
- Goodrich
- Kerr & Smith
- Merchants (now beCogent)
- Munro Architects
- Prestwick International Airport
- Spirit Aerosystems
- The Princess Royal Trust for Carers
- Tomkinson Shaw Recruitment
- Yipworld
Silver Award
- Atrium Homes
- Bioforce Uk
- Kerr & Smith
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Awards On-Line |
The ABiC Awards for Community Excellence are availble online. The application can completed and submitted online. In addition, guidance documents and a downloadable version of the application are also available.
In order to work on your application you must first login to the awards area.
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If you have any difficulty using the form or would prefer to discuss with a member of staff please get in touch.
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Further Information |
Ayrshire
Business in the Community
Suite 1006
Glasgow Prestwick International Airport
Prestwick
KA9 2PL
t: 01292 670146
e: info@ayrshirebic.org |
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Award Winners Comments |
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"‘All our staff at Ayr and Troon are keen that we play a proactive role in the community, and we are delighted that these efforts have been recognised by this award. Traditionally, ports are at the heart of communities, and we want to keep it that way. "
Stuart Cresswell, ABP Port Manager, Ayr & Troon |
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"We completed our application on-line which meant we could log in and out when we had time, which was great for us as we are always busy. The Award is an excellent way to recognise what the business has achieved and the Team are delighted to have received local recognition in the form of this Award."
Dorothy Handling of B&Q, Ayr store |
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"We’ve always cared about doing our business the right way. Achieving the Bronze Award has validated what we have already done, at the same time as showing us how much more we can still do to make a difference to the community we serve and are part of."
Gerry McGinness, Regional Director, Travail Employment Group (Ayr)
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"Working on the answers for the Bronze Award helped to ensure that what we hoped and assumed the company was doing was, in fact, being done, not only in Community Investment, but also in Environmental, Health and Safety and Human Resource terms."
Edna McElroy of Merchants (now beCogent)
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"The Award is an excellent way to recognise what your business has achieved but the process is also thought provoking and has given us some ideas to build upon for the future."
June Shaw, Tomkinson Shaw Recruitment Ltd |
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"To be measured and awarded externally, also gives an added value to the effort put in by many of our employees."
Barbara Hamill, Dana Glacier Vandervell Bearings |
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"This achievement has provided our Customers, Community Planning Partners and Young People with assurance on how effective our objectives are in demonstrating engagement, support and commitment to the Communities that we serve."
Janice Hendry of Yipworld.com |
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"Collating this information and putting it down on paper makes everyone realise that we are not merely in business for self-serving reasons - it definitely creates a feel-good factor amongst the staff."
David McCall, Munro Architects |
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"In many ways it has made us realise that our investment in the Community from the smallest fundraising event to the larger scale community involvement, plays a very important part in the development of our Community."
Joyce White of Glasgow Prestwick International Airport |
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"Applying for the Awards is like a self health check or MOT on your own Company, benchmarking yourself against criteria and often realising that your achievements have gone unrecognised or rewarded. Achieving Bronze Award lets Kerr & Smith demonstrate to Employees, Business Partners and Customers alike, that our Standards/Commitment has been tested."
Jim Smith of Kerr & Smith |
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"We are naturally delighted to have now received the Silver Award for Community Excellence acknowledging our work in the local community and in the wider world. Having already successfully completed the Bronze entry we were encouraged to move to the next level. The entry form is very straightforward and there is clear guidance as to what is required."
Catherine Lang, Bioforce (UK) Ltd |
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