Community Investment

Community Investment is all about organisations getting involved in the communities they work in to make positive improvements to their economic, social and environmental wellbeing.  

UFD supports the development of sustainable communities vital to improve employment opportunities, education, the environment and quality of life for now and generations to come.

On a practical level this means UFD staff going into local schools as reading buddies, helping children soon to leave education by conducting mock interviews and providing work experience opportunities for children in their last year of compulsory education. Staff regularly organise collection of goods to donate to charity and a number participate in mentoring schemes through Business in the Community and The Prince’s Trust.  

But it’s not just the wider community we care about, we also provide fulfilling roles for our people and support them through job-related training and continuing professional development. As part of their personal development all employees are given two days paid leave per annum to do voluntary work in the local community.

UFD is proud to hold the Investors in People award and are working towards gaining recognition under ISO14001:2004 for our environmental management system.