For Communities | Employee Volunteering

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How Volunteers can help

We know that it is important to make a true impact in the community and so we measure this. We do this for every volunteering activity so that we can all learn from each experience.

In practice there are three ways that volunteers can make a difference. They can apply their practical skills to help charities improve their buildings or grounds for the benefit of their service users. They can use their personal and professional skills to help charities improve their effectiveness or they can work directly with the charity’s service users to help make a direct impact. Each makes a real difference and is of equal value to the community.

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Maintaining a Charity’s Infrastructure

Charities tell us how much they value support maintaining their infrastructure, be it their buildings, inside or out, or their gardens or other outside areas. Many hands make light work and most charities do not have the time nor funds to maintain their infrastructure to the standard they would like. The practical work we scope for volunteers would simply not get done without their help. It also shows charities that your company cares which can be important for the self-esteem and wellbeing of their service users. Practical volunteering is a fantastic way to build strong teams whilst making a real difference to people’s lives.

Improving a Charity’s Effectiveness

Time to step back to look at the big picture is invaluable and often a rarity. To do this with volunteers who apply their professional and everyday skills to help a charity make a bigger difference is priceless. Done well, our Community Business Forum can help volunteers inspire a transformational change within their beneficiary. Done badly it will often leave a charity daunted with a to do list that has no prospect of success. Our carefully developed programmes bring tangible results, are fun to participate on and designed so volunteers can apply their skills back into their workplace.

Supporting Service User

Variety is the spice of life and spending time supporting service users shows them that people care and can make their day just that little bit more special. It can give the charity staff some much needed time and gives volunteers an opportunity to learn about the issues affecting their community. A volunteer can inspire a child towards a successful career, can give someone homeless some hope, or can simply help someone elderly feel a little more cared for. Working with service users often encourages volunteers outside their comfort zone and contributes to personal growth. It makes a real difference.

Make a big difference

The value of spend saved by volunteers can be up to 8 times more than a donation

Value

Employees we help believe their volunteering activity was of good or excellent value to their charity

Understanding

Said that volunteering improved their understanding of issues affecting communities

Impact

Impact of charities said that the work done by volunteers would otherwise not have been done

Make a big difference

The value of spend saved by volunteers can be up to 8 times more than a donation

Value

Employees we help believe their volunteering activity was of good or excellent value to their charity

Understanding

Said that volunteering improved their understanding of issues affecting communities

Impact

Impact of charities said that the work done by volunteers would otherwise not have been done

Why Community Gardens Matter

April 8, 2021

During this Community Garden Week it has sadly not been possible to get teams out volunteering to lend a helping

As a Community Interest Company we are committed to delivering measurable impact. Our objective is to maximise the benefits to society and the environment by making it easier for businesses and community groups to work together towards a common aim. We offer the same high quality of volunteering across the United Kingdom and Ireland, and across a broad range of community, conservation or environmental causes.

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