Webinar: Turn Good Intentions into Volunteering Action

Most finance firms want to do more on social impact. The gap isn’t intention. It’s knowing how to actually make it work. In this webinar, hear from Raise Your Hands and Stenham Asset Management on why volunteering programmes stall, what changes participation, and how to design something your team will actually use.

Who Should Attend:

HR Directors and People Leads building CSR or employee engagement
ESG and Sustainability Officers responsible for social impact reporting
Managing Partners and Senior Leadership deciding where to invest in employee programmes

We specialise in finance teams (PE, asset management, investment firms) of 20–500 people.

What You’ll Learn:

How to start building a programme at your firm this year
Why good intentions aren’t enough — and what the cost of inaction really is
The five most common design mistakes that tank participation
What actually moves the needle on employee engagement (spoiler: it’s not a bigger budget)
How a real finance firm went from “we should do this” to a working programme that runs itself

Date & Time:

Tuesday, 15 September 2026
12:30 – 1:15pm (45 min)

Format:

Live Zoom webinar
35 minutes of speakers + 10 minutes for Q&A
Recording and resources sent to all registrants

Register to the webinar

Meet the speakers

Slaney Wright

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CEO

Slaney Wright, CEO of Raise Your Hands, has spent two decades in the charity sector building real change—from working with children in Bolivia to co-founding Switchback, a criminal justice charity supporting young adult offenders.

She doesn’t speak “corporate”. She speaks from the ground up: she’s seen what works, what fails, and why the finance sector gets social impact wrong most of the time. She says it like it is—and she thinks finance firms are ready to hear it.

Neelima Shah

Stenham Asset Management
Human Resources Director

Neelima Shah is Director of Human Resources at Stenham Asset Management, a London-based independent investment manager with approximately $4.3bn in assets under management. With over 20 years’ experience in financial services HR — including senior roles at Man FRM, Van Lanschot Kempen, and DZ Bank — she joined Stenham in 2023. She quickly recognised the opportunity to build a meaningful social impact programme and spearheaded the partnership with Raise Your Hands, moving Stenham from good intentions to a working, embedded programme her small team actively uses.

Madelaine Jones

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Partnerships

Madelaine designs every corporate partnership Raise Your Hands builds. Before joining in 2022, she worked for charities such as Amnesty International, Action Aid and Oxfam, where she lead corporate relationships. She knows finance firms don’t have time for complexity and builds programmes that run on clarity and design.

Rose McCarthy (Moderator)

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Comms & DEVelopment

Rose leads all external communications for Raise Your Hands. She brings 15+ years of experience in media relations, stakeholder engagement, and financial PR, including six years advising investment firms at Hawthorn Advisors. She joined Raise Your Hands in 2024 and is fluent in both charity and finance sector language.