Charity & CSR - Page Categories View All Timeline Our Sector Sustainability Community Charity & CSR HR Select Category Timeline Our Sector Sustainability Community Charity & CSR HR Oct 13th 2019 Costa Rica 2019 volunteer trip – Day 6 – Babies 2, 3 and 4! We did the 2am to 5am patrol, and we were so lucky to have a very clear night and the moon was shining bright. Sadly we didn’t see any turtles but did find a poached nest that had been predated by a dog or raccoon. We stayed up to catch the sunrise but ... Oct 12th 2019 Costa Rica 2019 volunteer trip – Day 5 – Our first baby! Today (Friday), we finished our patrol at 1am, sadly we didn’t see any turtles however the weather was good and we didn’t get too wet. I (Tom), had hatchery duty at 6am but no babies appeared, however to my delight there was a lonesome baby turtle ... Oct 11th 2019 Costa Rica 2019 volunteer trip – Day 4 – Turtle eggs galore! Surreal, magical and indescribable! Last night (Wednesday) was our first patrol, we had the midnight until 3am shift, and when we got there our leader, Harriet, informed us that there was turtle on North Beach that the previous patrol had found. ... Oct 10th 2019 Costa Rica 2019 volunteer trip – Day 3 – Deluges, footballs and fencing Our first night (Tuesday) at the project involved a patrol of the beach from 8pm until 11pm, however there was a huge thunderstorm and the heavens completely opened. Neither of us have ever seen a thunderstorm like it and it lasted for hours! ... Oct 09th 2019 Costa Rica 2019 volunteer trip – Days 1/2 – Getting there! Ever year BE Offices send two very lucky members of our team on a truly once-in-a-lifetime experience to help in less fortunate areas of the world. This year the destination is a turtle conservation project in Costa Rica Over the past few years ... Oct 01st 2019 Fundraising tastes good at BE Offices for an 8th consecutive year BE Offices, &Offices & Headspace clients help raise £2,340 on Macmillan’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning For the eight consecutive year, clients and staff at BE Offices, & Offices and Headspace Group’s ... Jun 14th 2018 Belize 2018 volunteer trip – Day 10 – Reduce, reuse, recycle In previous blog posts I have talked about the different projects that ReefCI are working on, but during our time here it has become evident that there is a great deal to be said about the running of the island itself. ReefCI want to lead by example ... Jun 13th 2018 Belize 2018 volunteer trip – Day 9 – She sells sea shells on the sea shore *Tip: coffee can worsen sea sickness, so if it’s particularly choppy or if you suffer with it badly avoid it altogether just before getting on the boat. Tuesday was conch dive day, our job for one of the dives would be to find out the number ... Jun 13th 2018 Belize 2018 volunteer trip – Day 8 – back to Tom Owen’s Caye Another week in the office…. well on a desert island in the middle of the Caribbean! Monday morning Victoria and I had breakfast at a local cafe and went to the Hokey Pokey Water Taxi rank to meet the returning volunteers and new recruits. ... Jun 12th 2018 Belize 2018 volunteer trip – Weekend – Mayan ruins and torrential rain! After a week on the reef our travellers returned to the mainland for the weekend and some recreational time off…… We went to some Mayan ruins on Saturday which were incredible, it was so interesting to learn about their history and the ... Jun 09th 2018 Belize 2018 volunteer trip – Day 5 – batten down the hatches! *Tip: When it rains, it pours on the island and you had better make sure you leave nothing on the washing line when it does as it may well not be there in the morning! Thursday started as the previous two days had done, a pre-dive snack at 6.30 followed ... Jun 08th 2018 Belize 2018 volunteer trip – Day 4 – Midweek madness – crash bang whallop! *Tip: when diving or snorkelling, don’t touch anything and keep your limbs away from the coral. Many species of coral are venomous in order to protect them from predators. Pretty to look at, not to touch. Bad things come in threes so they ... Jun 07th 2018 Belize 2018 volunteer trip – Day 3 – Tuesday…food bell and lionfish! Tip: the bell is the most important sound on the island, it means gather in the living area. Everyone loves hearing it at 8am, 1pm and 7pm, because that means food is ready! The day starts early on Tom Owens Caye, there is coffee, fruit and snacks ... Jun 07th 2018 Belize 2018 volunteer trip – Day 2 – There’s no hot water tap in island life! Tip: try to be the first to shower in the evening, not because the water will run out if you’re the last, but because the top of the rainwater tank will have been heated by the sun and that’s the water that leaves the tank first. After ... Jun 05th 2018 Belize 2018 volunteer trip – Day 1 – planes, trains and automobiles… oh and golf buggies too! 2 tube rides, 3 flights, 4 shuttle bus journeys, a golf buggy ride and a boat trip later and we’ve finally made it to the island! No, not Love Island, Tom Owens Caye! After three days of sitting on multiple modes of transport, Victoria and ... Apr 24th 2018 BE Offices and &Meetings staff complete London Marathon and raise over £10.5k for charity Rays of Sunshine, Leukaemia Care UK and Brain Research Trust benefit from BE Offices and &Meetings runners’ fundraising efforts We are very proud of our three members of staff who completed the Virgin London Marathon on Sunday ... Oct 09th 2017 BE’s 2017 Macmillan Coffee Morning fundraising smashes previous totals Fundraising tastes better at BE Offices with £3,000 raised for cancer charity For the sixth consecutive year, clients and staff at BE Offices’ portfolio of business centres across the City, Central and Greater London and across the South ... Mar 23rd 2017 Students and the environment benefit from BE Charity Days Two BE Offices employees were in action on volunteering missions this week, one at a secondary school careers fair, the other at the Greenwich Meantime Plant Nursery. Taking advantage of BE Offices’ “Charity Days” scheme, our PR ... Mar 20th 2017 Frances uses BE Charity Day to volunteer as part of Fairtrade Fortnight Since 2011 BE Offices has offered a “Charity Days” scheme for all its personnel with every staff member given three days per year paid leave to work for a charity of their choice. Fairtrade Fortnight has recently finished, a celebration ... Dec 09th 2016 BE Offices’ MD happy to #BeMoreSanta in aid of Rays of Sunshine Serviced offices company boss David Saul dons Christmas jumper and Santa hat and serves teas and coffees for the day to staff in support of children’s charity Rays of Sunshine It takes a certain kind of leader to swap roles with ... Nov 03rd 2016 BE Offices Wembley welcomes Nicole Scherzinger X-Factor judge surprises Rays of Sunshine Wish Choir at rehearsal for fundraising concert Ex-Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger was warmly welcomed to BE Offices’ Wembley business centre recently when she surprised the Rays of Sunshine ... Oct 27th 2016 BE Offices hosts charity book signing event at Minories business centre Meet the author and book signing event raises money for Rays of Sunshine Children’s Charity Self-published on Amazon David P Perlmutter’s debut novel WRONG PLACE WRONG TIME shot to the #1 bestseller spot on in the UK, Australia, Spain, ... Oct 04th 2016 Fundraising tastes better at BE Offices 2016 – BE’s Macmillan Coffee Morning raises £2,500 For the fifth consecutive year, staff and clients at BE Offices’ network of business centres across the City, Central and Greater London and across the South East took time ... Sep 18th 2016 BE Offices’ very own volunteer Ambassador for Meningitis Research Foundation is supporting Meningitis Awareness Week to help save lives BE’s PR & Marketing Officer, Julie Tucker, warns people to know the symptoms of meningitis and act fast Julie is sharing her first-hand experience of meningitis during national Meningitis Awareness Week (19-25 September 2016) ... Jul 14th 2016 BE Offices team participates in Great City Race for 9th consecutive year £10,000+ raised for BE Offices nominated charity Rays of Sunshine over the years 24 employees from BE Offices and its associated companies will tonight take part in the 12th annual Standard Chartered Great City Race, BE’s 9th year of ... Jul 07th 2016 The needy, students and children benefit from BE Charity Days In 2011 BE Offices launched its “Charity Days” scheme for all team members with every staff member given 3 days per year paid leave to work for a charity of their choice. Three of our employees have been in charity action this month as follows: ... Apr 18th 2016 Julie goes the Extra Mile for Cancer Research UK BE Offices’ PR & Marketing Officer, Julie Tucker, to use one of her charity days to support Cancer Research UK Julie is hoping that the sun will be shining at 9am tomorrow (Tuesday 19th April) when she turns up at St James’s ... Apr 05th 2016 THAILAND BLOG – WEEK TWO! Week Two of James and Diego’s Thailand Animal Rescue Mission Sunday by Diego Today was our first day working with the rest of the wild animals and it was completely different to our experience of working with elephants. I felt a little ... Mar 14th 2016 THAILAND BLOG – WEEK ONE! For third consecutive year Business Environment Group sent two employees on a life-changing charity trip, this year to Thailand to an Elephant and Wildlife Rescue Centre On 5th March Business Environment Group employees James Harrison ... Mar 09th 2016 Why being charitable matters for small businesses Charity might start at home but it doesn’t need to end there. With plenty of opportunities for fundraising, it’s easy for small businesses to be charitable… In 2013/24, London-based companies donated around £340m to charities. While this ... « Older EntriesNewer Entries » (Or jump to page 12345 of 5) Why being charitable matters for small businesses