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Enlightened companies and organisations take seriously their role in Social Values and Chris Madeley, author of The Cones, works with them to assist in their outreach to schools and communities which may be impacted by their corporate presence. This is done by the author working closely with the commissioning industry to ensure the stories are factually accurate. The objective is to assist the company in explaining and informing the local and greater community of the reality of their presence and the efforts made to have as little impact as possible while emphasising the benefits to the community of good work done, such as the Skylark Centre and that Drax power generation is not engaged in randomly chopping down good trees to make biomass. Dispelling misconceptions while replacing them with accurate information is part of the objective so people can learn to live and work together.

Our Aim

The aim of the award-winning Cones series of books is to introduce children to how things are made, principles of safety, collaboration, friendship, diversity, protection of the environment and ethical and moral values by which to live. This is achieved through a character-based storyline that is specifically tailored to meet the needs of a greater understanding of specific points of safety, environmental awareness and collaborative development.

In terms of Social Values, companies and organisations who have already recognised the benefits of being involved with a specially commissioned Cones storyline to support their social values objectives include:

• HS2
• Jaguar Cars
• Kamec UK
• Kier Group
• Laing O’Rourke
• Leeds Beckett University
• Leeds Cares
• Leeds Children’s Hospital
• Leeds City College
• Leeds City Council
• Leeds College of Building
• Leeds Trinity University
• Madeby7
• Mole Valley Asset Management
• Network Rail
• Northern Powergrid
• NSPCC
• Persimmon Homes
• Q Parks
• Quickline Communications
• Ringway
• SCAPE
• The Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education
• The Business Desk
• The Work-wise Foundation
• Town Centre Securities
• Unity Club
• University of Bradford
• University of Leeds
• Verity Group Ltd
• Volker Rail
• West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges

Note: Trademarks may apply

The Cones series is beautifully illustrated and, with the express permission of the author, the supporting company or organisation can have their brand and / or Social Values message included.

Each title in the series, published by Fisher King Publishing, is made available worldwide through good bookstores as well as through online outlets such as Amazon, Waterstones and Barnes & Noble.

We are delighted to have such good support from a growing number of companies and organisations and would be delighted to hear from you if you would like to get involved. Please email us  or complete the short contact form below and we will get back to you as soon as possible.