Flamingo
Started from her bedroom with a second-hand laptop, Katherine
Sparkes set about convincing large companies to entirely outsource
their Corporate Social Responsibility budgets. Set free from
corporate confines, Sparkes says her boutique agency Flamingo 'runs
amok with ideas'. Projects have included Bra Bank, a donation
programme to help women in remote African villages and raise money
for Breast Cancer Care. Clients include pub chain Orchid Group,
heralded by the United Nations for its CSR policy as 'the ideal
blueprint for how all modern companies should be run'. Flamingo
also practices what it preaches, creating a social media campaign
to build a community school in Kenya and supporting local schools'
enterprise activities. Flamingo's social endeavours aren't at the
expense of its bottom line however, with annual growth of 26%.
- Self-funded, zero start-up cost, just three full-time
employees
- Helping corporate companies deliver meaningful CSR
activity
- Walks the talk: used social media to build a school in
Kenya
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