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Click below for links to:
Or read a help sheet about Corporate Volunteering below.
About Corporate Volunteering
There are
many ways for a business to partner with community groups to their
mutual benefit. One of these is for the company to encourage its employees
to join not-for-profit groups or volunteer for community work.
There are many forms of volunteering, including
- Giving your staff a paid day a month in which they can volunteer
to work for community groups of their choice (or your choice, or your
approved list).
- Having your staff join together for a "team" or "whole-of-business"
volunteering day or afternoon. It might be a team project to clean up
an organisation's office, pack Christmas hampers, help build a playground,
act as marshals at a special event or supply lunch at a local elderly
citizens' club.
- Letting your staff volunteer over the internet using their work computer.
Virtual volunteering is a great way to let both people out on the road
and those back at their desks in the office contribute to the community
is a convenient and safe way at times of low demand.
- Having your staff members - particularly those with some expertise
in financial or legal matters, volunteer to sit
on Boards of local community organisations.
- Buying a block of memberships on behalf of your staff to support
a community group.
- Arranging a staff secondment program - for example an accountancy
firm might second one of its staff to help out a series of community
groups during tax time - to expand the skills and experiences on both
sides.
Corporate volunteering has many benefits for employees, community groups,
and the community as a whole - and for businesses. These include:
- Increased company pride and loyalty by staff
- Better employee attendance, recruitment and retention
- Improved staff morale, motivation, team spirit and initiative
- Enhanced workplace relationships - unique opportunities for staff
to work with people from different areas and levels of their organisation
- New skill development opportunities for staff
- A more positive corporate image
- Heightened and positive recognition by customers and consumers
- New business opportunities
- Transformed relationship between the company and the local community
The best form of corporate volunteering for each company will be determined
by the particular circumstances of the case. Our Community's Community
and Business Partnerships Brokerage Service walks you through the
procedures involved, and other resources are available to help in your
planning.
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Corporate Volunteering Links - Organisations
- Our
Community's Community and Business Partnerships Brokerage Service
This service is for community groups and businesses who want to connect,
make a difference and who want to find out more information about forming
a partnership - all with the aim to create and inspire more community
business partnerships.
- volunteer
X change - Virtual Volunteering
This service allows your staff to get the flexibility and convenience
of volunteering from their computer, using their professional skills
to help solve the challenges that community organisations face. Volunteers
also receive feedback on their contributions, along with audited reports
that can be used as a record of their added experience from professional
development purposes.
- Volunteering
Australia - Corporate
Volunteering
Your doorway to the latest resources and information to help you extend
your networks and stay in touch with the issues around corporate volunteering
and social responsibility.
- Seal Force
SEAL Force stands for Skill Exchange And Learning and is a national
not for profit organisation linking people in business and government
to strategic Community Projects
- Pro Bono
Australia
A volunteer matching group that may assist your organisation in choosing
a partner.
- Join the
CV Knowledge Network
The aim of the Network is to enable corporate professionals to get together
to share expertise and knowledge and develop best practice in their
employee volunteer programs.
Corporate Volunteering Links - Publications
- Employee
volunteering guide: a resource for employers, volunteers and not-for-profit
organisations.
A practical resource that covers what employee volunteering is, how
to get started, implementation, promotion, evaluation, and where to
get more information, produced by the Employee Volunteering Working
Group, NSW Department of the Premier, 2002
- Employee
volunteering & Corporate Social Responsibility - Government of WA
(PDF 3.5 MB)
A guide to assist organisations to develop, implement and evaluate an
employee volunteering program, containing alternatives to consider,
resources to utilise and step-by-step checklists to assist in planning.
And if, at the end of the page, you still haven't found what you were
looking for, look at the field from another angle - check out these other
pages.
- Find a Local Group
- sorted by state or region
- Find a Group in
my Interest Area - sorted by causes
- Find a Group that
Matches my Skills - sorted by areas of expertise
- [Provide Corporate Support]
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