Northgate Managed Services is committed to sustainable growth which promotes social, economic and environmental improvement. Northgate's Corporate Responsibility program named ActNow is based on the belief that every one of our employees can help deliver value and build sustainable and healthy communities.
Our approach is all about ensuring that corporate responsibility is embedded into our company culture, our business performance and our relationships with people and our communities across the world. Our key priorities are promoting sustainability in the markets in which we operate, respecting and involving the people with whom we work and engage and safeguarding the environment for future generations.
ActNow aims to;
- focus on quality efficient services to customers
- support local communities
- promote diversity and well-being within the workplace
- improve environmental practices
- improve our sustainable procurement
Investing in Local Communities
The community engagement programme aims to support and encourage employee participation in volunteering and charitable work and make a positive impact in the local communities in which we operate.
Each Northgate employee is entitled to one day’s paid leave to participate in a team community-related activity known as a “community link” day.
Working with Partners
Northgate work with a number of key partners including Business in the Community(BITC), Momentum and Ulster Rugby to deliver our CR programs.
BITC Cares Challenge
A Programme which promotes employee volunteering in the community. During the last year teams painted classrooms in primary schools and worked in the gardens of a children's hospice.
BITC Time to Read/Time to Compute
Northgate employees individually assist 8-11 year olds from schools with literacy skills and ICT skills, providing support to the teaching staff and impacting positively on the child’s overall confidence and abilities.
Career Connections
Momentum the NI ICT Federation are delivering a Career Connections program to develop promote ICT as a career choice through building effective partnerships between companies in the ICT industry and secondary schools. Northgate are partnering with a number of local secondary schools offering workshops on career advice and providing access to a range of employees |  |
Mini Rugby
 | Northgate continues to progress e-learning solutions in classrooms across the UK and understand the importance of extracurricular activities in encouraging a better learning experience. Northgate sponsor an annual mini rugby competition for all the primary schools in Northern Ireland, in partnership with Ulster Rugby. |
Northgate Managed Services has 'adopted' North Belfast primary school, St Mary's Star of the Sea. The school will benefit from invaluable business expertise throughout 2010/2011.
Created by Business in the Community, the 'Adopt a School' programme, seeks to build stronger links between businesses and local schools, utilising the expertise of the business community to help enrich the education sector.
Since becoming one of the first businesses to sign up to the pilot scheme, Northgate has been on hand to advise the school on all aspects of business; from ensuring the school is able to make the most of ICT through to marketing the school to its local community. Northgate has donated IT equipment and software which will be used by both teachers and pupils to make the classroom more interactive, and has also been involved in a fundraising drive to stock the school's library in preparation for the new school year.
Northgate staff will continue to take part in several activities from January onwards - from supporting students with reading and computing to providing additional training for teachers on how to get more out of ICT in the classroom
