Business in the Community NI

Ms Sandra Overend MLA paid a visit to ‘Business in the Community NI’ and met the Managing Director, Kieran Harding on Friday 31 January 2014.

Business in the Community is a membership organisation for companies that are committed to doing business responsibly and working together on societal issues where they can make a real difference. They help transform business and make it sustainable, for the benefit of business and the community.

Set up in Northern Ireland in 1989, they now have over 260 members and are the largest business-led coalition dedicated to corporate responsibility. They are part of a UK-wide organisation with over 850 members and the unique ability to convene senior business leaders to tackle key social issues and use their skills and resources as a force for good.

Sandra Overend MLA meeting with Kieran Harding, Managing Director of Business in the Community

Sandra said “I gained a wealth of knowledge into the range of work that BITC carry out with businesses, as a support mechanism, in order to help the companies to benefit the community in which they live through changing work methods, promoting networking, and volunteering within the community.

I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to Business in the Community - they provided a very extensive briefing of all the different aspects of their work which resulted in a greater understanding of the great work that they carry out right across Northern Ireland with so many businesses, large and small.  Business in the Community NI certainly is worth a visit!”