"boxxe is part of a global community of leaders committed to ensuring business is a force for personal, collective and environmental good. As an organisation, we are defined by making tech human and a core part of our mission is to give back to the wider community of which we are a part. That’s why we created the boxxe Community, which is committed to leveraging the many resources both within boxxe and across our customers and partners, to support initiatives that utilise technology to make our communities more inclusive and more sustainable."
Our mission is to make life better with tech and to enrich communities across the UK. We created boxxe community to be a force for good to drive a positive impact for our people, our communities, and our planet.
All boxxers can utilise 11.5 community days each year to support charity or pro bono work. These community days are an opportunity to step away from our desks, spend time with colleagues, and make a real difference! In 2023, our people contributed over 2,800 hours to support charities and community interest organisations across the UK.
Our people and their diverse range of skills are our biggest asset. Our team is passionate about making the world a better place. Working with various charity partners, we have conducted a wide range of activities including but not limited to, litter picks, beach cleans and assisting local community groups with tasks to maintain and restore river and wetland areas, and local parks.
We’re proud to support charities and community interest organisations through pro bono work. In our work with charities, we take a needs-based approach, asking charities not just what volunteering opportunities are available for our people, but what their needs are.
To maximise our impact, we have built charitable partnerships where our people’s skills can be used to benefit our communities including befriending, mentorship, careers insights and advice, employability skills and CV writing, consultancy, and technical support.
York Cares is a partnership of York’s leading employers committed to making the city a better place through employee volunteering. The charity matches the skills and expertise of employers and their employees to community projects where they can have most impact. Their programmes deliver tangible benefits for local people as well as workforce development opportunities for employers.
In 2023, our people supported York Cares through 722 hours of volunteering. boxxe supports York Cares’ skills sharing programmes, career aspirations programmes and social connections schemes that work to break down barriers to inclusion. We have developed, and delivered programmes in line with community need, offering specialist skilled support to social mobility cold spots and digital poverty initiatives.
Volunteers are vital in fighting hunger in our local communities. With 1 in 5 of the UK population living below the poverty line and with the current cost-of-living crisis, we recognise that it is more important than ever to lend a hand.
We have a strong track record supporting foodbanks. Since 2022, our people have delivered 307 hours to support foodbanks and food poverty charities across the UK, with 207 of those hours being delivered in 2023.
Throughout 2023, support was delivered to Trussell Trust’s network of foodbanks including Bradford Foodbank, Birmingham Central Foodbank, Nuneaton Foodbank, Sheffield Foodbank, Manchester Central Foodbank, York Foodbank, Lewisham Foodbank, as well as other charities supporting those experiencing food poverty such as Rethink Food and SIFA Fireside.
boxxe volunteers have helped sort through donations from the community, unload delivery vans, weigh food items, check stock levels, pack food parcels, hand out food parcels, ensure the quality of the food coming in, cook and serve hot meals to those in need.
We’re all about giving back to people, the community, and the planet. If you’re a charity or community group and need our assistance, please contact: community@boxxe.com.
Our approach to Learning and Development is to create a learning culture that supports individual and organisational growth, aligns with our strategic goals, company values and engages our employees in meaningful and personalised learning experiences.
All boxxers complete quarterly training via our Learning and Development platform. Training covers topics such as compliance, modern slavery, anti-bribery and corruption, business ethics, cyber security, GDPR and more. Specialist training is also provided to certain teams at various stages during the year.
We're a fully remote, flexible employer. boxxe is made up of a variety of people, from our early risers to our sleeper inners! We’ve got office workers and home workers… every boxxer is different and we work wherever is best for us as individuals.
It’s all about growing and learning from experimentation. We’re not afraid to fail sometimes; that is what happens when your goal is to be disruptive. We learn from our defeats, our successes and each other.
We also have some incredible additional benefits for our employees including enhanced parental leave, private medical insurance through Vitality, as well as personalised learning and development.
We aim to create an open environment where people are empowered to look after their own health and wellbeing, as well as supporting those around them to do the same.
We maintain an accredited ISO 45001 Health and Safety Management System covering our business in the UK.
We have a Health and Safety Committee who work together to ensure a safe environment that protects the welfare of all boxxers.
We have trained mental health and physical health first aiders across the business.
We have a holistic approach to employee health and wellbeing covering; Mental, Physical, Social and Financial. We offer a range of health & wellbeing benefits including:
“At boxxe, we believe that tech isn’t just about hardware or software. It’s about people.
That's why we're committed to making sure every voice at boxxe is heard, respected, and understood. We're on a mission to make life better with tech, and we know that fostering a culture of diversity, equality, and inclusion is key to achieving that.
Proudly standing as one of the founding members of the Technology Community for Racial Equality (TC4RE), we’ve joined forces with other leading UK tech organisations to champion a more diverse and inclusive workforce. Why? Because EVERYONE is welcome in tech!”
Our strategy is built on the pillar of inclusivity. Through education and awareness, we empower individuals to celebrate their uniqueness whilst creating a common purpose through our communities, delivering true collaboration.
Our DEI (Diversity, Equality and Inclusion) strategy isn’t just a plan; it’s a heartfelt promise to create a brighter, more inclusive future for every boxxer. Together, we build a community where diversity is celebrated, equality is the norm, and inclusion is second nature. By harnessing all three, we make tech human.
We’re signatories of the Race at Work Charter.
We've signed the Armed Forces Covenant and have the Silver award in their Employer Recognition scheme.
We are accredited by Flexa as offering genuine flexible working.
As a Disability Confident Level 2 employer, we are committed to taking action to improve how we recruit, retain, and develop people with disabilities.
Our Belonging at boxxe group consists of people from various departments at boxxe. This group plays a pivotal role in shaping and directing actionable DEI initiatives. Our group executive sponsor is committed to ensuring boxxe takes steps to becoming a more diverse and inclusive company.
In 2023, we rolled out compulsory DEI training to all boxxers for the very first time and we’re committed to continuing to educate our people by including DEI in our annual L&D Calendar of training and events.
Attracting diverse talent is a key priority for boxxe and our Talent team use a number of initiatives to help drive a diverse and inclusive talent acquisition process; including:
Using diversity job boards
Employee referral scheme involving incentives for referring underrepresented candidates
Offering reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process
on your rights under the UK GDPR.
