Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is used to describe how an organisation looks
beyond their initial day to day business (staff, learners; our customers) and
acknowledge that their actions have a far reaching impact. Undertaking a
programme of CSR based activities encourages organisations to operate in a more
sustainable, charitable and ethical way.
People
Social
Planet
Environment
Profit
Economic
Values and Mission
Our mission as a provider of outstanding education, training and development is that
we will “Inspire and empower people to create and take opportunities to enrich lives
through learning”.
We will do this by harnessing community pride, citizenship, loyalty and enterprise to
embrace learning as the key to opportunity and social and economic wellbeing.
Underpinning this vision will be a strong sense of team spirit at all levels – staff,
students, parents, employers and politicians will exploit opportunities to work
together to achieve their personal goals and enrich the overall quality of life in the
city. Specifically, we will:
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Proactively promote learning opportunities available at both the college and in
the wider community.
Strive to respond to the demands of individual learners, employees,
employers and national priorities by developing a wide range of flexible
delivery options.
Constantly seek to improve and provide learning experiences of outstanding
quality.
The college is characterised by:
 A focus on learners
 Transparency
 Integrity
 Respect
 Innovation
 Social responsibility
 Inclusivity
 Unconditional pursuit of excellence
 Leading by example
 Partnership and collaboration
 Celebrating diversity
Corporate Social Responsibility
January 2015
CSR Targets, Aims and Objectives
Our staff, learners and governors view our social responsibilities extremely seriously
and understand that this is an important part of our business and practice. As a
large General Further Education College in Greater Manchester and employer within
the City of Salford we have a key role to play in the social and economic welfare of
Salford and the region with an ethical responsibility to our environment.
Sustainability and Targets
As part of our approach to sustainability we have committed to promote awareness
and understanding of local, national and global environmental issues and, through its
own practices, to strive to conserve and improve the environment. Targets and the
monitoring of the progress of these are co-ordinated by the Estates Director and
reported on annually.
Charity Work and Fundraising
Our staff and students are encouraged to participate and support key charities
throughout the academic year. These have included work with Fair Trade, Thirsty
Planet, Comic Relief and MacMillan.
In addition several business projects have been created by learners with support
from curriculum staff and these include Follybrook Garden Shop, Paperjam and First
Look Productions.
Learners Work / Enrichment / Tutorials
As part of the learner experience, we encourage staff and students to consider their
own social responsibility through tutorial work, citizenship, key themes for Every
Child Matters (ECM) and inset sessions for staff. Social responsibility also underpins
many activities supported by Programme, Learner Services and our charity work.
Social Value
Social Value is a way of thinking about how scarce resources are allocated and
used. It involves looking beyond the price of each individual contract and looking at
what the collective benefit to a community is when a public body chooses to award a
contract. Social Value asks the question “if £1 is spent on the delivery of services,
can that same £1 be used to also produce a wider benefit to the community”.
Public Value Statement
Salford City College delivers a public benefit to the local community by developing
skills and knowledge to individuals. The college plays an important role in the local
economy being a major employer and through working with many local employers
and organisations, providing a broad education which enhances an individual’s
employability skills.
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Employee and Learner Engagement
Our work through learner voice, student council, Joint Common Communication
(JCC) Group, policies covering Code of Conduct and Ways of Working our values,
explicitly demonstrates our openness, inclusivity, culture and ethos as an
organisation.
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Where we are:
People / Social
 Workforce with some awareness of CSR
 Learners with some awareness of CSR
 No formal discussion on CSR in PDR’s
Planet / Environment
 targets to be set on recycling
 targets on track for reducing carbon emissions by 35%
 some engagement with employees and learners on issues
 continued investment in capital projects
 Maintain our invest-to-save projects; lighting replacement, lighting reduction,
installing motion detectors, glazing replacement programme and improving
insulation.
Profit / Economic
 No set agreements on contracted work
Where we want to be:
People Social
 All staff aware of CSR and their role, via training by end of 14/15
 All learners aware of CSR and their role, via tutorial work by end of 14/15
 Inclusion in PDR process for T1-3 in 14/15, for all staff by 15/16
 Documented work associated with CSR activity: T1-3 to complete 6 hours
minimum in 14/15. All staff to complete 6 hours in 15/16. (subject to
consultation)
By 2015/16 50% of this work undertaken will be in Salford, 80% by 2016/17
and 100% by 2017/18.
Planet / Environment
 Agreed targets for 2015 for 5 years, with reviews each year
 Increased involvement from employees and learners on environmental issues
Profit / Economic
 To spend locally wherever possible, VFM is the overriding priority.
 Apprenticeship agreements built into contract work, 1 apprentice for each
£200,000 of spend?
 Prizes and college sponsorship on agreements less than £200,000
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January 2015