July 2011
RBS and The Trust win five awards at Corporate Engagement
Awards
RBS, in partnership with The Prince’s Trust,
beat off tough competition to win an unprecedented five awards at
the Corporate Engagement Awards.
These were:
- Grand Prix for Best Corporate Partnership or
Sponsorship
- Best charity-centred corporate sponsorship
activity - GOLD
- Best ongoing corporate sponsorship programme -
GOLD
- Best partnership between sponsoring company and
sponsored organisation - GOLD -
- Best communication of a corporate sponsorship
activity - BRONZE
In their summary, the judges concluded that the
partnership between RBS and The Prince’s Trust is:
not only the benchmark for corporate
organisations supporting charitable enterprise, but provides a
blueprint for long term, successful corporate sponsorship across
sectors.
About the awards
Hosted by Communicate Magazine, the Corporate
Engagement Awards are Europe’s only dedicated celebration of
corporate partnerships, corporate sponsorship and corporate
philanthropy.
RBS have been partners with The Prince’s Trust
for ten years and put their success at the Corporate Engagement
Awards down to combining the resources, skills and networks of RBS
and The Trust to give practical and financial support to young
people across the UK.
We are thrilled to receive this recognition of
the great work that RBS and The Prince’s Trust do together to
support the UK’s next generation of entrepreneurs. RBS is the
largest corporate supporter of our Enterprise Programme: its
involvement is invaluable to our success.
- Martina Milburn, Chief
Executive, The Prince’s Trust
We are delighted to win these awards and be
recognised by our peers. They are a testament to the value of our
relationship and the great work The Prince’s Trust does every day
to help young people.
- Andrew Cave, Head of
Group Sustainability, RBS