Corporate Social Responsibility
AWW Architects is committed to a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policy that positively contributes to our local communities and environment, both ecologically and socially. Our CSR Programme covers the following:
- Environment
- Equal Opportunities
- Community Involvement
- Charity, Pro-Bono and Volunteering.
Richard Francis, Practice Director is the Head of our CSR Programme, ensuring that corporate social responsibility is mirrored through all levels of the business. AWW encourage local community involvement in all their projects allowing all stakeholders to have their say.
AWW make charitable contributions as a firm and also carry out architectural work on a pro-bono basis. AWW is a member of Business Care in the Community and individuals within the firm have been active in the following schemes:
Pro-Help – a national network of over 600 professional firms committed to making a difference in their local community by providing free advice and professional support.
Business Action on Homelessness (BAOH) – a partnership of businesses, homelessness agencies and Bristol City Council helping homeless people find employment and achieve independent living.
Our staff have also:
- Helped advise the Citizens Advice Bureau in Bristol
- Provided volunteering assistance at Give and Gain Day, the UK’s only national day of employee volunteering and at local events outside of working hours
- Taken part in Charity fundraising events such as cake sales, fundraising events from fun runs to head-shaving and organised charitable donation drives.
We also keep a permanent charitable donation box behind our reception to encourage staff to donate unwanted clothes, toys and books to St Peters Hospice.
A belated thank you to you and all the team that did such a great job in moving on work with our memorial garden. It is such a relief to finally see it moving towards completion…Not only was the labour most gratefully received but also all the suggestions as to how best to do things…Once again, thank you to everyone [at AWW] who gave of their time. It is very much appreciated by our whole community
A J Halloran, Headteacher St Pius X R.C Primary School