Corporate Social Responsibility at Yolk

Creating opportunity, strengthening communities, and reducing impact, through the power of people.

Meet Yolk's CSR team

Nicole Smith
Nici Jones

Take a look at the CSR activity completed by the Yolk team over the years.

2023: Every Placement Feeds a Family

Yolk supported local food banks to feed families in need across South Wales. For every placement our teams successfully filled on behalf of our clients, we helped feed a family struggling to feed themselves. For 2023, we ensured our CSR efforts helped to support those in need during the cost-of-living crisis. Feeding a family for every role we fill felt like one of the most important ways we could offer support to our wider community during this time. As well as the food donation packages, we were onsite at the different foodbanks throughout the year to help arrange the donations, and to assist with the packaging up of the family food parcels.​​

2022: Yolk Pathways

​Our CSR campaign in 2022 was focused on shaping accessible employment pathways and brighter futures for everyone. We used our recruitment knowledge and vast network to create employment pathways for those who had previously not had the same advantages and employment access that others have had. ​We worked with different partners to achieve this.Yolk worked with Leonard Cheshirein the 2022. The charity provides support to people with disabilities to live, learn and work as independently as they choose, whatever their ability. Yolk and Leonard Cheshire worked together on sharing knowledge to break down the barriers that those with disabilities face when applying for work, including webinars and a podcast recording.Yolk also worked with a number of refugee charities to identify employment opportunities for those who have had to leave their home country and faced the daunting task of rebuilding a life in the UK, alongside finding employment opportunities.

Fundraising for Llamau

​Alongside our annual CSR campaign, Yolk continued to fundraise for Welsh homelessness charity Llamau. Llamauare the leading homelessness charity in Wales, supporting the most vulnerable young people and women. They support those most at risk - care leavers, people who have been involved with the criminal justice system, people who have experienced domestic abuse and people who have had chaotic and disadvantaged lifestyles. The Yolk team are proud to have raised both awareness and a total sum of £7000.

2021: Yolk's Oaks

​In 2021, our Yolks in Cloaks set their sights on getting green fingered for the year as we partnered with the Blaen Bran Woodlands in Cwmbran to ensure that one of Wales' biggest attractions, its beautiful nature spots and greenery, continue to grow. ​As a result of our work throughout 2021, at the start of 2022, we planted 1,100 trees within our dedicated plot of land in South Wales. We cleared the land, planted the trees, and throughout 2023, we will return to ensure our plot of oak trees is nurtured and cultivated. ​It means that while our day-to-day work as recruiters helps the business landscape to bloom, so will our home. Planting new trees has been proven to be an effective way to fight the current climate crisis and helps us in the journey to stabilise our climate. Each tree is now absorbing on average a whole tonne of CO2 through each little sapling's lifetime.

The Yolk Ethos

For more information on The Yolk Ethos, our 2026 - 2029 CSR pledge, and strategy, please click for more.