Five Lamps are celebrating after being placed in The Sunday Times 100 Best Not-for-Profit Organisations to Work For list for the second successive year
This is a fantastic achievement for the organisation, who work hard to create possibilities and improve the lives of disadvantaged people by helping them to find work, start their own business, improve their finances and improve the aspirations of young people.
Five Lamps were placed high on the list because of their best employment practice, with staff strongly feeling that they can make a positive contribution to the charity’s success – a positive result bettered only by just three other organisations. Employees at Five Lamps, which ranks 11 for Leadership, are inspired by Graeme Oram, the Chief Executive, who scored fourth for leadership overall. Five Lamps ranked sixth overall for staff feeling excited about where the charity is going.
Graeme Oram, Chief Executive said
“Everybody at Five Lamps is absolutely thrilled at our recognition as a great place to work. We have for some time understood just how important it is to invest in the professional and social development of our staff. This result shows what we have always believed, that a positive and motivated team of committed and talented people are best placed to create possibilities and change the lives of the thousands of people each year who use our services”
Five Lamps started as Thornaby Impasse in 1985 as a response to increasing unemployment in the local areas. Since then, the organisation has grown from strength to strength and now provides services across the whole of the North East. Employing over 90 members of staff, Five Lamps was one of only a few North East companies to be feature in The Sunday Times’ list.
“In addition to our pride in continuing to be a best company to work for, we were also proud to be shortlisted for Company of the Year in the Tees Valley section of the North East Business Awards last night. We have some extremely ambitious plans moving forward and would hope to be contenders again next year”
said Graeme Oram, Chief Executive of Five Lamps
The Sunday Times Best Not-for-Profit Organisations to Work For 2012 List is published in The Sunday Times on 11 March 2012.