Measure

The Benchmarking tool allows for organisations to measure their social impact in 4 key areas: Education, Economy, Environment, and Community. Your responses will be presented in an easy-to-understand visual manner. It’s important to be honest, once your visual has been generated, you’ll then be able to compare your results against other companies.

USE THE BENCHMARKING TOOL

Creating Connections

Creating connections is a great way for you to being working on your social impact. This function will allow you to promote your activities to the Chambers network of contacts. Not-for-profits, charities or individuals aiming to promote a good cause can request help from these businesses by emailing connection opportunities or requests to marketing@wnychamber.co.uk.

ADVERTISE AN CONNECTION

Awards and Reward

Annually, the Raising the Bar Awards is the highlight of the business calendar. This is our way of rewarding you for your hard work; making social impact happen. We want to see you making real change in your local area by: taking part in charity work, supporting and investing in the community, or partnering with other members working on similar projects.

ENTER OR ATTEND THE AWARDS

Promotion

Share your stories with Chamber members and the wider business community with articles published on the members website, with potential inclusion in the Chamber quarterly magazine. Anything from successfully completed programs or updates on a project your working on, we want to promote and share your work.

SEND US YOUR STORIES

Social Impact Stories

SEND Next Choices – Getting ready for adult life

Leeds first direct arena | Tuesday 24th June 2025 | 10am-6pm   Good afternoon, We are delighted to invite you to exhibit at the forthcoming SEND Next Choices – Getting ready for adult life event on Tuesday 24th June 2025 at Leeds first direct arena.  Organised by Leeds City Council’s Employment & Skills Service, the…

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Support Speakers for Schools

Speakers for Schools(*) is the UK’s largest social mobility charity and provider of work experience to young people in state-funded secondary education. At Speakers for Schools, we aim to close the opportunity gap and level the playing field for all 11-19-year-olds from state schools and colleges by providing fair access to fully funded work experience…

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Forget Me Not “Colour Run”

There’s never been a better time to get colourful! Join us on 14th June for the most colourful fun run in Huddersfield! Perfect for friends, colleagues, or family, our Colour Run at Greenhead Park is a fun-filled 3km or 5km walk, jog, or run – all while being showered in every colour of the rainbow!…

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Social Impact for Business

Raising the Bar is a Chamber-run business initiative. Our focus is to help develop, implement, and sustain social impact programs in our regional area. The West and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce aims to bring our members together, to partner up and go above and beyond to serve the community you operate in. Whether this is done through fund raising, donations or employee volunteering opportunities, we want to see the change you’re making.

Bulls announce trailblazing safeguarding investment

Bradford Bulls have announced a pioneering investment in CPOMS (Child Protection Online Management System), the UK’s leading safeguarding and wellbeing…

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Drax Foundation awards £3.6m funding in 2024, benefitting nearly 100,000 people across the globe

Key initiatives include donations to projects that enhance STEM education, improve access to green spaces, and implement energy efficiency measures…

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Leeds flats enter a low carbon future

Residents in three blocks of flats in Leeds now have warmer, cheaper to heat homes as a result of a…

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Further investment in York’s city centre

York’s historic city centre is set to be ready for the next, and future, millennia. With funding from the York…

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Funding delivers upgrades to 11 community buildings in York

The impact of funding to safeguard the future of community spaces in York’s outer wards was highlighted at a celebration…

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Chadwick Lawrence raises life-changing funds to support children through education at the annual charity Iftar

Yorkshire-based law firm Chadwick Lawrence has hosted its third annual charity Iftar, raising vital funds for The Citizens Foundation (TCF)…

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