In the Community

Bringing the power of volunteering to our local communities.

We take a "more-than-money" approach to support the communities where we live and work and empower our employees to make a difference.

Recent Articles

January 11, 2022

Teaching resource launches to prepare students on the future of London’s water supply

With funding from RBC Tech for Nature, river charity Thames21, has worked with community water management programme CAMELLIA, to develop a new teaching resource called Water Futures that exp...

April 15, 2021

Royal Parks Half Marathon goes virtual: Celebrating green spaces across the country

Despite COVID-19 restrictions, the Royal Parks Half Marathon still rolled out a unique race-day experience. Read how the use of digital integrations saw thousands support charities across th...

August 12, 2020

Young entrepreneurs enter ‘Dragon’s Den’ to pitch new business ideas

RBC is delighted to support The Prince's Trusts Enterprise programme. Four young entrepreneurs, who have previously taken part in the programme, spoke to RBC about adapting to the new normal...

September 14, 2019

RBC Race for the Kids Toronto’s record breaking year

For the sixth year, RBC employees, their family and friends and other Torontonians rallied together for RBC Race for the Kids

July 24, 2019

RBC volunteers safeguard the Thames Estuary

Over 100 RBC volunteers returned to the Thames Estuaries at Erith with ZSL (Zoological Society of London) to take a survey of the plastic litter that ends up on the shores of the river

July 9, 2019

Making a difference all around the world

This experience was a reminder that many people within our local communities need help and there are lots of special people who volunteer, giving up their time and resources to help make a d...

December 4, 2018

RBC and basis.point to deliver coding club for local children in Ireland

Find out how RBC’s support is enabling the National College of Ireland’s (NCI) Early Learning Initiative (ELI) to help young people learn about technology

November 10, 2018

RBC Water Detectives on the Congkak River

33 RBC volunteers joined WWF-Malaysia to discuss and identify biological indicators that determine the quality of a major local water source

April 21, 2018

Over 16,000 Runners Complete the Royal Parks Half, presented by RBC

The Royal Parks Half continues to break fund raising records, benefitting 556 charities across the UK

April 21, 2018

#JourneyofWater in Malaysia

When we turn on our taps, do we ever wonder where that water comes from or what it takes to ensure there is clean and drinkable water?