Community organisations can access FREE volunteer skilled support from over 600 businesses within the Business In The Community (BITC) membership thanks to their Skills Exchange Programme.

BITC Skills Exchange programme harnesses the skills and time of over 600 business members to support the needs of local community organisations across the UK. We facilitate change across the UK by brokering and nurturing connections between our members and community organisations.

The Skills Exchange programme provides community organisations with free one-to-one support, consultancy, pro-bono services and skills training from BITC’s network of 600 plus members.  

How Business in the Community members have supported community organisations

• Digital skills: digital marketing, social media, campaigns, digital tools training, online security.
• Leadership and management: business planning, governance, employee recruitment/engagement, diversity and inclusion.
• Reach and impact: fundraising strategy, business partnerships, marketing/PR.
• Organisational resilience: employee wellbeing, risk management, finance, HR.

You can log your organisations request for support through BITC’s Skills Exchange platform and either myself or a member of our Communities team will be in touch.

If you have any queries, please contact me or the team at skills-exchange@bitc.org.uk and more information can be found by visiting the Skills Exchange Programme page on their website.