Community Partnership Awards
Winners of the 2009 Community Partnership Awards were announced at a prestigious luncheon in London on Thursday 15
October 2009.
Live tweets from 2009 Community Partnership Awards
During the Awards luncheon @KerenMcC and @Foodanddrinkfed 'tweeted' about our winners. If you want to catch up on our tweets, then simply
search Twitter by for the hash tag #cpa.
An Inspiration for Others
The Food and Drink Federation's
Community Partnership Awards celebrate
the many different ways in which companies
in our sector make a real difference through
their community projects – whether that's
working with local schools, sponsoring
sports activities or supporting important
civic projects.
As our winning entries clearly demonstrate,
our sector is helping to educate, inspire and
develop people right across the UK through
a raft of exciting initiatives.
And it's testimony
to the fact that these companies continue to
see the importance of continuing to invest
their time, money and effort in this work –
despite the economic slowdown.
That's
partly because food and drink companies
are rightly proud of the close links they have
with the communities in which they operate
– and their commitment is long-standing;
it stems from a time before such work was
defined as 'corporate social responsibility'.
Clearly, our awards can
only showcase a handful of the hundreds
of industry-backed initiatives that are now
underway in the UK. But the winners we are
rewarding this year are all great examples
of best practice – and their success helps
to explain why the food and drink industry
plays such an important role right at the
heart of Britain's communities.
This year we have introduced a new
category – to recognise the work companies
are doing to reduce their environmental
impact. We split this category into two
sections – one looking at consumer-facing
initiatives, the other rewarding business best
practice.
We received an overwhelming
number of entries for this new category – a
clear reflection of the energy and passion
being put behind such activities by food and
drink companies of all sizes.
There was also plenty of competition in the
existing categories, which highlight activities
in the areas of
- local community
- culture
- media and sport
- education
- workplace
In all, we have made 22 gold, silver, bronze
and highly commended awards this year from a record number of entries. We think
all our winning initiatives share one thing
in common – they are making a positive
difference to the everyday lives of people
throughout the UK and the environment we
all share.
We hope these case studies will
act as an inspiration for other companies
either to get started or to increase the
scope of their community projects.
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