Our CSR Philosophy
Our Social Impact
Creating Impact Through Core Capabilities
Our Approach to Social Value
Our commitment to corporate social responsibility often involves financial donations disconnected from business operations. Lightways takes a fundamentally different approach. Our festive and decorative lighting expertise – developed through decades serving commercial and public sector clients – becomes a powerful tool for community benefit. Our infrastructure capabilities enable disadvantaged youth groups to access outdoor sporting facilities previously unusable during winter months. Our strategic growth creates local employment opportunities for Scotland residents.
This skills-based approach delivers greater impact than equivalent financial contributions. When we provide complete festive lighting services to hospices, we're donating specialist equipment worth thousands of pounds, installation labour, ongoing maintenance, safe removal and secure storage – comprehensive value that far exceeds simple monetary donations whilst enabling charitable organisations to focus limited resources on their core missions.
Measurable Community Impact
Annual Investment
£50,000+ in community lighting services and support
Hospice Partnerships
3 comprehensive annual programmes
Youth Facilities
Multiple sports lighting installations supporting disadvantaged groups
Care Facilities
2 annual festive lighting transformations
Partnership Duration
10+ years supporting Strathcarron Hospice
Contractual Benefits
Strategic donations through Edinburgh, Inverclyde, Glasgow, Falkirk, South Lanarkshire, Stirling, Clackmannan & Amey (contractor)
Our Promise.
Whether through contractual community benefits delivered for local authority clients or our voluntary partnership programme
supporting hospices, care homes, and youth groups, we remain committed to illuminating communities and lighting up lives across Scotland, one project at a time. This commitment isn't seasonal marketing – it's integrated into our business operations, strategic planning, and fundamental values, demonstrating that successful businesses can and should create value extending far beyond shareholder returns.
Get involved
If your community organisation, hospice, care facility, or youth group could benefit from professional lighting support, we encourage you to contact our team. Whilst we cannot support every request, we actively seek partnerships where our technical capabilities can create meaningful, lasting community benefit aligned with our "Illuminating Communities" programme objectives.