Investec CSI Contact Details

Investec runs its corporate social investment under the name Our Communities, within its sustainability section, rather than as a separately contactable department. There is no published CSI mailbox or direct CSI number, so approaches go through the main Investec channels or through the specific programme.

Official contact channels

• General queries: 011 286 7000. Investec states its lines are answered 24 hours a day, seven days a week
• Client emergencies and support: 0860 110 161 or 011 286 9663
• The Investec contact form routes by query type, including an option for queries that are neither a new product nor an existing account, which is the right route for a CSI or partnership approach
• Bursary applications go through the bursaries page in the Our Communities section rather than through the switchboard
• Investec publishes an office finder for its South African and international offices

Investec notes that calls to Investec Bank Ltd may be recorded.

What the CSI programme covers

• Investec states its CSI approach focuses on education and entrepreneurship, which it considers the most effective route to employment and socio-economic growth in South Africa
• The strategy runs as a pipeline across three stages: high school, university, and the workplace
• High school: Promaths, in partnership with Kutlwanong, high school bursaries and extra-mural programmes
• University: university bursaries, university support programmes and teacher bursaries
• Workplace: World Readiness and Mentorship, and graduate opportunities
• Entrepreneurship: Startup School, the Finance Readiness Programme and the Market Readiness Programme

Partners and how funding works

• Investec names its NGO partners as the Promaths Bursary Fund, Women and Men Against Child Abuse, and Childline South Africa
• Because the strategy is built around named programmes rather than open grant-making, an unsolicited funding request that falls outside education or entrepreneurship is unlikely to fit
• The CSI function is headed by a designated CSI head, whose profile Investec publishes on the Our Communities page
• Investec also runs sponsorships separately from CSI, covering rugby, golf and paralympic sport. A sponsorship approach is not a CSI approach

Applying for a bursary

• Use the bursaries page in the Our Communities section, which is where Investec publishes what is available and how to apply
• Investec runs bursaries at both high school and university level, plus teacher bursaries, so check which one matches before applying
• Investec never charges a fee to apply for a bursary. Treat any request for payment to secure one as fraudulent

Sources

• Investec Our Communities page, for the CSI approach and strategy, the three-stage pipeline, the full programme list across high school, university, workplace and entrepreneurship, and the named NGO partners
• Investec contact page, for the general queries number, the client emergency and support numbers, the 24 hour undertaking, the routing form and the call recording notice
• Investec website navigation, for the bursaries page, the office finder and the separate sponsorships section