We use four pillars to help us manage our ESG efficiently and decide which projects we take forward.
'1284 helped me understand new viewpoints and focus on what was key for our charity.'
Donna Hodges
CEO
Bodie Hodges Foundation
‘1284 brings professional brilliance, as well as real warmth and humanity to everything they do.’
Rob Martin
CEO
Menphys
‘1284 helps us tell the story of our vision to build a community sports and education campus.’
Matt Piper
Director
FSD FC CIC
Our voluntary work relates to growth and impact, primarily through comms, but also through governance and delivery advice to East Midlands nonprofit leaders.
One example is Charity Link. Our founder joined as a trustee in 2019, becoming Chair in 2024. Charity Linkturns over £2m, governs a number of smaller charities and social enterprises, and has won a number of awards. It provides goods that support East Midlands people in financial crisis.
Elsewhere, 1284 helps run its own volunteer-led CIC supporting regional growth - SoundingBoard.
1284 sponsors organisations which support economic development (and those whose projects improve social access to economic opportunity) in Charnwood and Leicester.
Funding work schemes for children and young people with disabilities.
Using basketball to deliver positive life skills programmes in schools.
Recognising the impact of volunteers working across sectors in our area.
