What distinguishes employee volunteering from other forms of volunteering?
Britain has approximately 22 million volunteers and an increasing number of these are supported by their employers, either in work time or outside of work hours. This involves a three-way partnership between the employer, employee and the receiver of these volunteers (e.g. a community group, school, hospital, local football team). For each party there are clear benefits in getting involved.
Benefits for the employer:
- Demonstrates commitment to building healthy communities.
- Develops skills and morale in the workforce.
- Improves image and can help reinforce brand loyalt.
Benefits for the employee:
- Offers the satisfaction of 'giving back' to society.
- Develops new skills and enhances existing ones.
- Is fun and can offer a welcome break from the daily work routine!
Benefits for the volunteer-involving organisation and the community:
- Increases the supply of volunteers with valuable new skills.
- Builds important partnerships with business and the public sector.
- Helps communication between different sections of society.
How can the Volunteer Centre help?
Our understanding of the local community and connection with local charitable organisations means we are ideally placed to act as broker between them and participating employers. This reduces the amount of time an employer needs to spend sourcing suitable voluntary opportunities and projects and ensures that their money and their employees; time is put to best use.
This initial sourcing of potential projects is FREE.
Please telephone the Volunteer Centre on 01252 540162 or email:rushmoorvolunteers@rvs.org.uk
Date of last update: July 2010
Tel : 01252 540162 Fax : 01252 370500