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.

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Social Impact Stories

Leeds Apprenticeship Recruitment Fair

Wednesday 11 February 2026, 1- 7pm Leeds first direct arena We are delighted to confirm that the very successful Leeds Apprenticeship Recruitment Fair will return to the Leeds first direct arena on Wednesday 11th February 2026, contributing to a range of activities being held during National Apprenticeship Week February 9th-15th 2026. Organised by Leeds City…

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York Learning – Jobs Fair

York’s popular Jobs, Apprenticeships and Skills Fair returns to York RI on Tuesday 23rd September 2025, from 10:30am – 1:30pm. The event is regularly attended by around a thousand individuals looking for new or improved career opportunities, making this a great chance to meet potential employees or trainees face to face. Exhibiting at the event…

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Neonatal Charity Fundraiser

We are organising the big event of the year the annual Winter Ball on the 29th of November at Cedar Court Hotel, Bradford. The Winter Ball is one of the most important events in our fundraising calendar, bringing together prominent faces from the business community, executives of the trust, hardworking medical and nursing staff and…

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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.

Bradford named University of the Year for Social Inclusion

The University of Bradford is today named as University of the Year for Social Inclusion in the Daily Mail University…

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£2.3 million investment secured to launch innovative Vale Park Community Campus

Port Vale Football Club, Port Vale Foundation, and Stoke-on-Trent City Council have secured £2.3 million in Government funding to transform…

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New era of support: Leeds Mencap announced as Lord Mayor’s official charity for 2025-2026

Image Credit: Lee Call Photography & Film Leeds Mencap, a charity dedicated to supporting children and young people with learning…

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