Employer Supported Volunteering (ESV)
ESV is when you support your staff to take part in volunteering opportunities, usually during work hours. It’s also sometimes called corporate volunteering. The volunteering activities can be practical or skills-based. An example of practical volunteering would be helping out at a local community garden. A skills-based volunteering example would be designing a website for a charity.
Volunteering is a great way of getting your staff involved in a local group, supporting residents, whilst utilising your staffs skills and developing a community spirit.
ESV has benefits for both organisations and staff.
Some common benefits for organisations are:
- improved employee engagement, satisfaction and wellbeing
- professional development opportunities for staff
- team building and stronger workplace relationships
- building relationships with other voluntary, public or private sector organisations and the local community
- meeting your environmental, social and governance responsibility goals.
Some common benefits for staff include:
- enjoyment and increased wellbeing
- feeling that they are making a difference
- meeting new people from different backgrounds
- improved employment prospects, especially for young people.
We are here to help you to find the right opportunity for your team.
The types of activities you can do are:
- Fundraising
- Gardening
- Web Design
- Highly Skilled volunteering programme
- One off events
- Seasonal activities
Please complete this form to express your interest in finding the right volunteering opportunity for your business.
We look forward to hearing from you.
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