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How Does Corporate Volunteering Work?
Businesses can partner up with community groups in many ways. And there are some great ways for a company to encourage its employees to volunteer. But it's not just about supporting volunteers to get involved; it's about building meaningful partnerships and sustainable programmes to benefit the community.
As a business, you need to think about what it is that you want to achieve and what kind of partnership you want to build. By understanding this, you will know what type of not-for-profit organisation you should work with.
Different volunteering activities could include:
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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).
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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, or help build a playground.
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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 in a convenient and safe way at times of low demand.
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Having your staff members - particularly those with some expertise in financial or legal matters, volunteer to sit on Boards of local community organisations.
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Buying a block of memberships on behalf of your staff to support a community group.
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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.
