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Opinion: Can the ‘ripple effect’ of culture and kindness within business lead to a brighter future for us all?

Championing diversity and inclusion, harnessing the energy and passion of leaders and entrepreneurs on a local, national and international level.

In the Op-Ed, Dr Nik Kotecha OBE examines the cumulative effect of today's cost of living pressures on communities. And how by all giving 'just a little more' we can collectively make a huge difference to those who need it most.

Let the Festival of Lights illuminate the importance of giving back

Leicester schoolchildren tour parliament to help boost career aspirations

Tackling global period poverty through scalable and replicable social enterprise - a partnership between the Randal Charitable Foundation and the Uganda Red Cross Society.

CSJ Report Seeks to Bring Down Re-Offending While Plugging Labour Shortages

Outstanding Contribution to East Midlands' Communities Award for Dr Nik Thank you to the East Midlands Chamber of Commerce for honouring our Chair of Trustees, Dr (Prof) Nik Kotecha OBE, with the Outstanding Contribution to East Midlands' Communities Award. The Award was presented to Dr Nik at the Chamber's annual Celebration of Culture & Communities event, held in 2023 at the Athena theatre in Leicester. Each year the event celebrates the East Midlands’ equality, diversity and inclusion, which has brought great cultural and economic benefits to the people, communities and businesses who live and work here. The landmark event also brings hundreds of people together from a wide-range of different backgrounds and faiths to celebrate the excellent work taking place to improve opportunities across the great East Midlands. As well as Dr Nik's award, the packed audience were treated to a night of entertainment; designed to tell the diversity and inclusion story through the medium of dance, music and food. Dr Nik, said: " Thank you to the Chamber and everyone in attendance for supporting the occasion. On a personal note, I was humbled to receive the Outstanding Contribution to Communities Award, because helping to directly save and significantly improve the lives of people living in the UK and globally has been a life-long passion of mine. "Throughout my professional career I've always ensured that every business venture has given back to communities and society as a whole, and more recently this work has continued through my family's Randal Charitable Foundation. I'm also immensely proud to continue to volunteer on a number of local, regional and national Boards and advisory groups, which are working to nurture and grow innovation, entrepreneurship and productivity across the business community. Much of this work is focussed on ensuring we deliver sustainble long-term growth, which in turn secures jobs and the future prosperity of our many diverse communities."

LeicestershireLive Innovation Awards Outstanding Contribution Award Win for our Chair of Trustees

Partnership between the Randal Charitable Foundation and the Uganda Red Cross Society Improves 50,000 lives

Dr Nik Kotecha OBE has been bestowed as an honorary professor by De Montfort University.

National Kindness & Leadership Honour for Dr Nik Kotecha OBE DL

Tribute by the Randal Charitable Foundation to Queen Elizabeth II

Opinion Piece by Chair of Trustees for the Randal Charitable Foundation, Dr Nik Kotecha OBE, looking at how the the world has changed so much, yet so little, since the 1972 Ugandan Refugee Crisis.

Opinion piece blog from Dr Nik Kotecha OBE DL on how CSR and supporting our communities makes good business sense.

Our Chairman, Dr Nik Kotecha OBE DL, speaks at the UK East Africa Health Summit 2022.

Randal Charitable Foundation attends Hope Through Business Lunch

The Randal Charitable Foundation has provided grant funding to Warning Zone to help safeguard young people online and offline.

Dr Nik Kotecha OBE Wins the Distinguished Alumni Award 2022 from Imperial College London

50 Tablets for Disabled Youngsters thanks to the Randal Charitable Foundation and Menphys

Can Social Entrepreneurship and CSR Be the Panacea for Ending Global Poverty?

'Feel So Alone' video for Loneliness Awareness Week, by the Randal Charitable Foundation and Rekesh Chauhan.

Randal Charitable Foundation funds oxygen PSA plant for Indian hospital

Partnership between the Randal Charitable Foundation and British Asian Trish Asian Trust

Randal Charitable Foundation Supports the Centre for Social Justice's (CSJ) Addiction Programme

2020 ends with a desperate financial backdrop for many charities. Founder and Chair of Trustees of the Randal Charitable Foundation, Dr Nik Kotecha OBE, examines whether strategic partnerships with businesses may hold the answer.

The Randal Charitable Foundation supports Hope Against Cancer

John Storer Charnwood is supported by the Randal Charitable Foundation

British Asian Trust is supported by the Randal Charitable Foundation

Hope Against Cancer is supported by the Randal Charitable Foundation

Age UK LeicesterShire and Rutland are supported by the Randal Charitable Foundation