CLOSING KEYNOTE - KATHRYN BADDELEY, CISCO: In 2015, Cisco set itself a challenge to positively impact 1 billion lives through its social impact grants and programmes by 2025. As we start 2023, this global technology giant has reported that it is 70% into meeting that challenge. Kathryn Baddeley has led Cisco UK & Ireland's CSR programme for more than ten years. Interviewed by the BBC’s Laura Goodwin, we hear more about this extraordinary stretch target and what the focus will be for the next two years and beyond.

THE VALUE OF SKILLED VOLUNTEERING TO THE THRID SECTOR: Volunteers are the bedrock of the third sector – it simply wouldn’t function without them. Skilled volunteering, whether from the tech or any other specialist sector can be transformational for charities, but sometimes doesn’t realise its full potential. How can the third sector capitalise on the opportunities that skilled volunteering offers and what is the impact when it works well?

SKILLED VOLUNTEERING - GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE, GOOD FOR THE BUSINESS: Many companies now offer their employees the opportunity to carry out voluntary work during paid hours. This reflects genuine philanthropic intent and the organisations being supported undoubtedly derive benefit from it, especially when staff are using their specialist skills rather than carrying out lower-skilled manual tasks. What are the benefits back to the business itself?