East London Business Alliance

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East London Business Alliance (ELBA)
Type Non-profit organization
Focus Regeneration
Employee volunteering
CSR
Location
Area served
Tower Hamlets
Hackney
Newham
Waltham Forest
Islington
Website East London Business Alliance (ELBA)

East London Business Alliance (ELBA) is a British business-community outreach charity [1] promoting corporate social responsibility (CSR) and employee volunteering. [2] A 'partnership of substantial businesses engaged in the social and economic regeneration of East London', [3] it operates in the Boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Newham, Waltham Forest, and, under the name the BIG Alliance, in Islington.

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ELBA works with over 100 London companies committed to improving their impact on society. Education, local employment, [4] and using business skills in the community are ELBA's three main focus areas. [5]

History

In the 1990s, ELBA was known as the East London Partnership. [6] A smaller group of around 37 companies, its work was focused on business leaders' involvement in local partnerships in Newham, Tower Hamlets and Hackney. [7]

From 1995, in partnership with The Environment Trust and London Borough of Tower Hamlets, ELBA was involved in the creation of Mile End Park. [8]

In 2012, Islington Giving invited ELBA to create a business-supported employee volunteer programme in Islington, called the Businesses for Islington Giving (BIG) Alliance. [9]

In 2013, ELBA's recruitment agency London Works, launched as a social enterprise to 'help talented people from low income backgrounds into their first role in London's financial and business services sector', received a £100,000 grant from the Mayor of London's London Enterprise Panel. [10]

Competitors and alternatives

There are a number of alternatives to ELBA which offer corporate volunteering and these include:

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