A new programme from Pilotlight saw six small charities working with RBS graduates to develop innovative business solutions to help the charities grow in a six-month challenge.
Tasks included developing and launching a new numeracy app to help children aged five to nine who are struggling with maths, a new marketing campaign to attract funders and scoping out a new social enterprise.
Pilotlight’s chief executive Fiona Halton says: “The graduates I speak with tell me this completely changes the way they think about charities. As well as developing the graduates’ business skills we hope this unique programme will help transform the way corporates engage with charities and lead to a lifetime of philanthropy for these young people.”
One of the RBS graduates, George Moore, says: “When you work for a big organisation it’s easy to take a lot of things for granted, but when you see the daily battles small charities face it makes you really appreciate what you have. It’s also made me understand how hard small charities work and how much they manage to achieve with very little resources.”
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