Joining Business in the Community is a natural step in a company’s commitment to responsible business practice. It marks a public declaration by a company to continually improve its impact on society and to positively address its responsibilities in four areas: environment, workplace, community and the economy.

More than 230 companies in Northern Ireland are working with us to make a difference... what about yours? 

Membership of Business in the Community demonstrates your company's commitment to continually improving its positive impact on society.

Membership is secured through a subscription fee of between £1,500 and £5,000.

Membership offers:

Account Management
A dedicated account manager to help you get the most from membership and set and meet objectives, regular meetings to assess progress against your targets direction, advice and signposting to help you identify and address issues.

Business Solutions A menu of programmes which improve performance in key areas of corporate social responsibility and the opportunity to develop flagship initiatives tailored to meet your needs and address key social issues.

Networking Opportunities

Seminars, conferences and workshops to share best practice, information and experience of corporate social responsibility issues with:

• business leaders
• not-for-profit and public sector organisations
• media and PR specialists
• policy makers and government
• potential community partners

Access to other members with expertise in specific areas

• benchmarking
• annual review for members
• quality frameworks
• measurement and reporting frameworks
• benchmarking indices
• corporate audits

Leadership Opportunities

• the opportunity to lead on a key social issue through a leadership team
• platform opportunities at business-led events
• profile opportunities as a leading example on corporate social responsibility issues
• brand development opportunities to communicate your commitment to responsible business practice
• awards programmes to recognise corporate excellence and promote best practice

Community Partnerships

• focused community investment opportunities designed to meet individual business objectives
• access to community issues through targeted "seeing is believing" opportunities

Staff Development Opportunities

• targeted partnership opportunities to build staff skills and morale and make a social impact on the local community
• innovative programmes designed to enhance employee skills and commitment

Find out more about Membership 

If you are interested in finding out more about how to become a member of Business in the Community please contact Catherine Beare, Membership Services Director, on (028) 9046 0606.