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CSR: Frequent visits loosens tongues and makes listening easier

[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] It?s beginning to get quite noticeable how the service users are getting used to me turning up on Wednesday mornings at the Compton Day Care Centre. I get big smiles when...

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CSR: Listen for the unexpected from the most unlikely of sources

[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] For my next visit to the Compton Day Centre as part of my CSR (corporate social responsibility) activities, I decided to see if I could talk to one particular service user who...

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CSR: Listen first and speak afterwards

[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] Another installment of my CSR placement at Compton Day Centre; you can read part 1 and part 2 here to catch up. I arrived to find a state of excitement: they...

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CSR: If you don?t listen you may miss something vital

[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] I started my first CSR (corporate social responsibility) placement at the Day Care Centre in Compton on Wednesday 19 January (read all about it here). The idea was to ?develop my...

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CSR: Alice?s journey into the world of listening

[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] Chantal?s focus on volunteering for CSR (corporate social responsibility) was to find a project or placement that would help or work with specific areas of her staff?s personalities. With Dianne it...

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CSR update for Appletree

[caption id="attachment_350" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] During the spring of 2010 we started looking at doing more CSR ? Corporate Social Responsibility. We produced a report (click here to read it ? it?s on our website). In...

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What?s the best marketing you?ve done this year?

[caption id="attachment_350" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] What marketing have you done that has really worked? What have you done that hasn't been a great success? What was your best effort and what will you be doing more...

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Why I’m going to prison

[caption id="attachment_350" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] Now that Dianne has completed her CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) project, helping to organise a really successful volunteer day in Newbury in June, we thought it was time to start thinking about...

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Di’s CSR: the final countdown

[caption id="attachment_337" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Dianne"][/caption] Week 4 started really well with Boots the Chemist joining our Charity Volunteer Recruitment Day. I spent the remainder of my 20 hours voluntary work on the Newbury High Street obtaining...

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CSR – My different approach

[caption id="attachment_337" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Dianne"][/caption] The following week, I was back pounding the streets of Newbury town centre again. My task was to recruit local shops and banking halls to host a local charity event for...

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