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beautiful environment vibrant community resilient economy

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The people's guide to
better businesses

We’re here to celebrate the best local businesses because they help make our communities flourish.

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Future Friendly

Local businesses can help make the community a great place to live. We as individuals can't do it alone so let's join with local businesses to create change.

Reward a business

Simply tell us what your favourite local businesses are doing and you'll help them win awards. With your help they'll survive and thrive and be the best they can be.

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Awards

There are awards for reducing plastic waste, for taking low carbon actions such as using renewable electricity, and for keeping trade local. And more to come.

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The Guide

With your help, we’re asking businesses to be future friendly. We’ll be placing them in our new guide where you can search and see the businesses that are truly the best – not just for you – but for your community, for nature, for the climate and for your children. Check it out – and if you’re working for a business, watch the video clip.

  • People friendly businesses
  • Climate friendly businesses
  • Nature friendly businesses
  • Local businesses
The Guide

Business Video

Our vision

Local businesses can help make the community a great place to live and to be future friendly.  We can’t change the world all ourselves so let’s join with our local businesses in building our dreams

Beautiful environment

We'll bring back beauty by tackling waste, refurbishing products and smartening up the high street

Protected climate

By measuring carbon footprints year by year our favourite business can help us achieve carbon zero

Vibrant community

Future Friendly is a tool to bring businesses closer to the community, and be mindful of it's needs for a safe place that benefits all

Resilient local economy

With 62% of money spent locally being syphoned away, we'll refocus business on local trade, local jobs and local wealth

Our 4-part platform

The Guide

We're building a guide to better businesses - where all businesses will be committed to becoming future friendly

  • search for local sustainable businesses
  • search by business type
  • search for businesses that have the specific awards
  • search special offers
  • map view

Business Dashboard

A step-by-step guide to becoming a better business, one action at a time. Simply enter your evidence to gain awards. No experience necessary.

  • become the better business you want to be
  • gain listing on future friendly's website
  • discover other great businesses
  • use the awards in social media, web and press
  • attract new discerning customers
  • delight your existing customers
  • garner greater loyalty from your employees

The App

Help us to build the guide and nudge businesses to take actions to be future friendly. It's the best way to support local businesses, and together we can make our localities thrive

  • take photos of the great things local businesses are doing
  • nominate businesses for awards
  • or ask a business to take actions towards an award
  • sign up your favourite businesses - or your employer
  • ask your employer to join Future Friendly

Verifier Portal

At Future Friendly, we're building a Panel of charity supporters who verify the awards. Remember, this is the People's Guide, so we need your help.

  • help check the evidence on our dedicated platform
  • If you're a charity supporter and have an interest or expertise, get in touch.

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