Halifax Courier

Lattitude7 wins Queen’s Award

- Sta ff Reporter

A BRIGHOUSE company has been honoured with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Promoting Opportunit­y.

Lattitude7 is one of 205 organisati­ons nationally to be recognised with a prestigiou­s Queen’s Award for Enterprise.

Lattitude7 has been recognised for its excellence in Promoting Opportunit­y through Social Mobility. Employing one full-time, two part-time staff and 16 Associates, Lattitude7 was set up in 2010 and provides training in personal developmen­t, teamwork, leadership, and business improvemen­t. A large part of their work is a CSR initiative where 30% of their efforts are provided in-kind and directly focused on helping disadvanta­ged individual­s and groups. This pro-bono element is geared to promoting opportunit­y and achieving significan­t change in the lives of othfor ers, especially their acquisitio­n of skills, attitude, confidence, and resilience, to have a better chance of finding and staying in work or self-employment.

Founder and owner of Lattitude7, Dr Martin Haigh MBE said: “It is an absolute honour our business to be recognised with a Queen’s Award. We have worked hard to support the disadvanta­ged, especially in the Calderdale community, and it is especially pleasing to see young people gain the confidence and skills to enter the world of work. I would like to sincerely thank our staff, associates, suppliers, partners and clients for their support during the past 11 years and I wish all our participan­ts the very best of good fortune with their employment.

“To have achieved the highest recognitio­n possible for any British business is just amazing and a real testament to the collective effort of the team and our supporters.”

“To have achieved the highest recognitio­n possible for any British business is just amazing”

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 ??  ?? CELEBRATIO­N: Founder and owner of Lattitude7, Dr Martin Haigh MBE.
CELEBRATIO­N: Founder and owner of Lattitude7, Dr Martin Haigh MBE.

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