WHO WE ARE

The Community Impact Initiative C.I.C. (the Cii) is a not-for-profit social enterprise based in South Wales.

Founded upon an ambition to support our local communities’ ability to flourish and prosper, the Cii supports people from a wide range of backgrounds to improve their health and wellbeing, develop their personal, practical and employability skills, achieve accredited qualifications, develop a sense of community resilience and pride, and make positive life changes, through the regeneration of empty properties throughout our local communities.

As a not-for-profit organisation, income generated is for the sole purpose of our activities, with profits re-invested to enhance and continue our community initiatives, allowing us to strive towards our vision and mission.

 

Our Vision: A future where our communities flourish and prosper.

Our Mission: To improve our communities through innovative solutions, providing opportunities for individuals to make a meaningful contribution to society.

Our Values:

  • Teamwork: Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.
  • Responsibility: Take collective responsibility for our actions and support others to be responsible for theirs.
  • Empathy: Understand, show interest, be encouraging, be supportive.
  • Respect: Respect one other and our differences.
  • Wellbeing: Whatever your definition of wellbeing, we encourage you to look after it and improve it.
  • Happiness: Enjoy what you do!

 

The social impact of our work is far-reaching and has a real, lasting impact upon our local communities and wider society:

SOCIAL

  • Regenerates our local communities by stimulating more active citizens who positively engage with their communities.
  • Reduces poverty and economic inactivity in our communities through increasing employment rates.
  • Supports reduction of re-offending rates through activities.
  • Supports reduction in vandalism and anti-social behaviour in our communities.
  • Introduces new properties to the housing market, reducing empty property numbers.

ORGANISATION

  • Reduces empty properties local authority costs.
  • Reduces school and local authority costs in addressing disengagement.
  • Reduces HMPPS costs.
  • Reduces the impact on emergency/health care services.

INDIVIDUAL

  • Supports the development of personal and employability skills.
  • Supports a range of health and wellbeing benefits.
  • Improves understanding of the labour market and employment prospects.
  • Reduces possibility of disengaging from education/society.
  • Reduces possibility of re-engaging with justice system.