As a proudly accredited B Corp we believe it is action, not words that drive engagement, advocacy and change.
More About Our Social Values & Lodestone’s Social Action Academy
Lodestone is a purpose led organisation. We are committed to creating a sustainable inclusive society – playing our part to build a future where everyone has a chance of a better quality of life, through new skills, investment and opportunity.
Social Value is fundamental in everything we do, and we promote sustainability and responsible business practices in a way which optimises positive impact, on the communities we work within through Employment & Skills, Environment & Climate Change, Community Engagement and Our People.
1. Employment and Skills
We are an accredited London Living Wage employer, pay our interns fairly and are signed up to the PRCA Better Internships Guidelines. We upskill our team and provide upskilling services to help prepare ourselves and our clients for the skills of the future.
2. Environment & Climate Change
We have a carbon reduction plan and seek to minimise waste and the environmental impact of our work wherever possible. We are environmental champions and work with organisations that want to tackle the climate emergency.
3. Community Engagement
We are SME champions, we buy local and we work with communities to deliver our campaigns.
4. Our People
We support our team to live healthier lives, learn new skills, support good causes through volunteering and pro bono clients and get involved in changing our industry for the better.
Social Action Academy
In April, as part of Lodestone’s Social Action Academy, we had the privilege to work with a group of inspiring young leaders from All Stars London on preparation for interviews and public speaking. All Stars is a grassroots community organisation, who use a performance-based approach to transform the lives of young people. They dedicate their time to working with young people from London’s poorest boroughs, encouraging them to use performance to open up new possibilities.
It was fantastic to see the creativity, talent and application of the All Stars group as they worked out and rehearsed key messages on a range of topics, before demonstrating their newfound skills in front of their peers. As part of the session, we put across the key advice we give to all our communicators: preparation, confidence, and understanding the importance of one’s message when speaking.
“Lodestone helped us to refine and focus our public affairs approaches so that our communications became tighter and our efforts more targeted. As a charity with a huge impact but a tight budget this support and advice has been invaluable. Everyone we work with on the Lodestone team is always intelligent, insightful, well connected and well informed, and a delight to work with.”
“Lodestone provide PICTFOR with secretariat services and are responsible for curating our annual events programme, holding regular policy discussions with our industry members and parliamentarians to provide 10-12 parliamentary events a year. Lodestone’s vast network in the tech sector is invaluable to PICTFOR which prides itself on championing diverse voices from across the sector. Lodestone have grown the PICTFOR membership, creating a broad church of diverse members who contribute to and sponsor our dynamic events.”
“Our objective was raising our profile in the political sphere and working with Lodestone has really brought that on. It’s a really refreshing approach that Lodestone takes. It’s looking at our individual problems and making bespoke solutions for how to address them whether that’s with politicians or by doing wider campaigns.”