Pledge 1%

At accessplanit, we are proud to commit ourselves to Pledge 1%. This pledge means that all staff across the organisation dedicate 1% of their time to good causes in the community or charitable work.

Alongside this, we also donate 1% of all company profits to good causes across the year, such as the High Performance Foundation. We have a dedicated team that helps decide how best to help, and to ensure that the whole company are involved and playing their part.

It's not something we tend to shout much about, as to us it just feels right. We do however feel incredibly strongly about giving to those that need help more than ourselves, be it close to home or on the other side of the world.

Hybrid working

Hybrid working and flexibility

We have a hybrid approach to work, giving everyone the freedom to choose where they’re most productive. Some of us prefer the buzz of the office, others enjoy the focus that comes with working from home, and many mix the two.

Meetings are always set up in a way that includes everyone, whether they’re joining from a desk in Lancaster or somewhere further afield.

By keeping digital tools at the heart of how we work, we use our resources more responsibly and naturally reduce unnecessary travel and energy consumption. It’s a flexible setup that supports work–life balance, keeps our culture strong and helps us make thoughtful choices for the planet.

Reducing consumption

As a software company, we're not creating any physical products, so there's no waste there. Instead, we focus on our team reducing their consumption; recycling everything we can, using as little paper as possible, and relying on our tech to get our work done. We're not quite paperless - yet - but we're almost there!

Providing training management software also means that we help our customers to significantly reduce their consumption and waste in their own offices, too. Having all the tools they need in one place means saying goodbye to stacks of invoices and paper booking forms. We have helped some of our customers to go completely paperless! One of these was StreetGames - read the case study.

Planting trees

We are signed up to the Mental Health Charter who not only provide mental health support for our employees but also support forest restoration efforts through Ecologi. accessplanit has funded the planting of over 100 trees in Madagascar, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Senegal, Mozambique and Tanzania.