Community focus

As a truly global organisation, G4S has the potential to create a real impact for the communities in which we operate

We recognise our responsibility to our local communities and strive to be a good corporate citizen, forging community links at all levels of the business.

In particular, we encourage our colleagues around the world to invest time and energy in local community projects. Here are just a few examples of the initiatives we support around the world:

Chile

New homes

G4S Chile has had a long-standing involvement with Un Techo Para Chile (a Roof for Chile). This aims to replace some of the thousands of slum dwellings in the country with proper homes. G4S has helped to fund this programme since 2004, but in 2009 staff said they wanted to do more.

Over one weekend almost 30 G4S staff went to a slum area of Santiago de Chile and built two new homes. Over another weekend our employees worked with a team organised by the trade unions to build another house in the city of Antofagasta. Since the February 2010 earthquake in Concepcion, we have been making every effort to help our employees and their families affected by the disaster.

UK

Employees' family judo scheme

G4S UK has teamed up with the British Judo Association to encourage young people into this exciting sport by offering subsidised lessons for the children of G4S staff. Discounts on kit and equipment are also available under the initiative, which aims to encourage children to become healthy and fit and involved in their local communities.

Estonia

G4S Youth Club

In 2002 G4S Estonia set up a Youth Club for 7 to 14 year-olds which the company still supports to provide activities all over the country, benefiting more than 800 children. The biggest event it organised in 2009 was the Big Buddy Adventure, a game played in four major cities which encourages children aged 10 to 13 to spend a day exploring the countryside. The city of Tallinn gave the G4S youth club its annual award for best youth work programme, with the title 'Big Deeds for the Youth of Tallinn'.

South Africa

School Equipment

Staff at G4S' Mangaung Correctional Centre near Bloemfontein have arranged for prisoners there to manufacture more than 1,000 new desks for children in schools across the country. As in Jamaica, where G4S has tackled a similar problem, shortage of classroom furniture makes it hard for students to concentrate on their work. G4S has enabled prisoners in Manguang to make a positive contribution to the community through this innovative programme. It has been commended by the South African Government's Centre for Public Service Innovation.

Nepal

Support for the elderly

G4S Nepal provides crucial support for the Old Age Home for Women in Kathmandu. Staff provide regular medical check-ups and treatment for old people and donate clothes, blankets and bed sheets. More recently employees have begun a campaign to collect larger numbers of clothes and blankets from the community for the home.