
300 Organisations
300 organisations globally made their C-19 Business Pledge
3 Million People
Over 2.5 million employees and over 500,000 students are covered by the Pledge
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What is the Pledge?
Founded by former UK Cabinet Minister, Rt Hon. Justine Greening, and UK entrepreneur David Harrison, the aim of the C-19 Business Pledge was to mobilise the immediate response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Organisations now wishing to get involved in the recovery phase should visit the Social Mobility Pledge.
Smart business leaders are not just looking at what they can do to help on the coronavirus crisis, they’re also looking beyond the crisis to see what they can do to help close this opportunity gap.

MARKING 100 days since the UK officially went into lockdown (23 March 2020), Shakespeare Martineau is hosting a week of virtual events to support businesses and the public enter the ‘new abnormal’.
Most rainy-day funds are intended to cover small unexpected expenses, like broken boilers and car repairs – not devastating pandemics wreaking havoc on life and the economy.
Businesses have already been a real force for good during the coronavirus crisis. Now they can play a real leadership role through the coming challenging months ahead as Britain deals with its aftermath. There will be difficult days ahead, that’s inevitable, but how we respond to the challenges is a choice we can make.
When the UK population was told to stay indoors, one maintenance team in Chester refused to let people in need of vital supplies go without. Two months on, Qwest continues to support the local community, delivering food, medication and even treats
A levelled up Britain needs its children getting back to school. Everyone understands that needs to be done safely, but it’s vital that those most disadvantaged by the school shutdown are prioritised first.
Businesses across the UK, indeed the world, are mobilising to help steer a path through the biggest crisis for generations.
Education can be the great levelling force in our society, yet for weeks our schools have been shut because of coronavirus, so the education gaps that already needed to be narrowed are growing wider by the day.
Over 250 employers representing more than three million people have now committed to playing a bigger role in helping the UK through the COVID-19 crisis.
MP Rosie Cooper has praised local businesses for joining businesses from across the UK in a collective push to help Britain and its most vulnerable citizens pull through the coronavirus crisis.
The Arden Group has demonstrated its support to tackling the Covid-19 crisis by signing the C-19 Business Pledge. The global campaign encourages businesses to join the Coronavirus relief effort by pledging to support their employees, customers and communities through the crisis.
Businesses have already been a real force for good during the coronavirus crisis. Now they can play a real leadership role through the coming challenging months ahead as Britain deals with its aftermath. There will be difficult days ahead, that’s inevitable, but how we respond to the challenges is a choice we can make.
A levelled up Britain needs its children getting back to school. Everyone understands that needs to be done safely, but it’s vital that those most disadvantaged by the school shutdown are prioritised first.
Education can be the great levelling force in our society, yet for weeks our schools have been shut because of coronavirus, so the education gaps that already needed to be narrowed are growing wider by the day.