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Volunteers build a bike in a day at Mobile Garden City!

One of the many ways that Our Parklife helps to deliver the legacy of London 2012 is by providing opportunities to volunteer in the local community. Last week, a team of corporate volunteers from ENGIE, joined Groundwork London at Mobile Garden City in the latest in a series of Corporate Volunteering Days, organised by Our Parklife. …

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Our Parklife Highly Commended at the 2017 Business in the Community Responsible Business Awards

We are delighted to announce that Our Parklife has been awarded a Highly Commended Award in the The Experian Award for Building Stronger Communities category at the Business at the Community  Responsible Business Awards Gala last night. The Award recognises Our Parklife’s commitment to being a catalyst for local regeneration in East London; connecting local …

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We are accredited!

On 5th May, we found out that Our Parklife was successful in gaining the Investing in Volunteers (IiV) Accreditation – the UK quality standard for best practice in Volunteer Management. This comes after over a year of hard work to get all the documentation and evidence in place, demonstrating the amazing contribution that you Park …

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Commonwealth leaders visit ENGIE Energy Centre in East London

On 10 May 2017 delegates from CSCLeaders including HRH The Princess Royal visited the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, where ENGIE provides both district energy and facilities management, to help them answer the challenge set for 2017 “What could be the future of energy in Commonwealth cities?” CSCLeaders is an annual conference that assembles 100 senior individuals …

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Our Parklife shortlisted for the 2017 Responsible Business Awards

We are delighted to announce that Our Parklife has been shortlisted for the UK’s longest running and most prestigious awards programme, championing responsible business in the UK and abroad. Now in their 20th year, the Awards champion the most inspiring businesses who are making a difference by taking action to build more inclusive workplaces, stronger …

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Our Parklife embarks on Investing in Volunteers quality mark

Investing in Volunteers Our Parklife has embarked on a process to work towards the UK quality standard for good practice in volunteer management; ‘Investing in Volunteers’ (IiV). Investing in Volunteers (IiV) helps organisations who work with volunteers to check the quality of their management and involvement, prove and improve the effectiveness of their work and …

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