Volunteering
In 2009, HAL joined the Lloyd’s Community Programme and has since worked with their team to create a volunteering programme for HAL staff, enabling them to give their time and skills for the benefit of the local community, in a variety of ways.  Volunteers are engaged in regular primary and secondary school programmes and form volunteer teams helping out at city farms. The company also hosts interns at city business traineeship programme.  Some of HAL’s charitable giving is also directly related to the local area.

Reading Partners
HAL staff are among the many volunteers from the Lloyd’s Market who provide literacy support to local primary school children during their lunchtimes.  Volunteers attend English Martyrs Primary School in Tower Hamlets each week to read with Year 3 children, helping them to develop confidence in reading and instil a love of books.

Mentoring
As part of the Hackney Schools Mentoring Programme, HAL staff act as mentors to secondary school pupils as they approach their GCSEs.  Mentoring introduces pupils to the world of work, expands their career horizons, develops study skills, and allows them to explore careers choices.  The programme was started in 1996 and aims to help Hackney pupils to “realise their full potential whilst gaining valuable experience of the working world.”

Lloyd’s Community Programme
HAL is a member of the award-winning Lloyd’s Community Programme (LCP) which gives people working at Lloyd’s and in the Lloyd’s Market the opportunity to ‘put something back’ into the community on their doorstep through volunteering. It is run by the Community Affairs team at Lloyd’s and involves over 60 companies in the Lloyd’s Market.

City Farms

London’s City Farms provide educational and recreational facilities to their local communities, giving Londoners a chance to experience farming in the heart of the city, get close to sheep, cows, pigs, poultry and donkeys, and learn about animal welfare, vegetable growing, and related matters like composting and recycling.  Many farms also host a wider range of community projects and businesses including vegetable plots, arts and crafts, bicycle maintenance, and children’s activities to name but a few. 

HAL staff have volunteered at Stepping Stones City Farm in Tower Hamlets where they rebuilt a stable for the two donkeys, George and Dunstan, constructed a planter for a community growing project, painted fences, and helped maintain the paddocks.  In June 2010 a team of volunteers worked at Hackney City Farm, clearing an area of rubble overgrown with weeds, painting the new window in the plant shop, and planting salad crops. HAL looks forward to continuing to support City Farms in future projects.
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City Business Traineeships

HAL participates in the Lloyd’s Market’s initiative to offer internships to high-achieving A-level students from the local area, through the City Business Traineeship programme.
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Pro bono
In 2008/2009 HAL seconded a member of staff to Bishospgate Institute.  Read more


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