What can you do?
You can help voluntary organisations or community groups in many ways.
It could be a team building day or decorating a room or an area that improves the facility for adults with disabilities. It can be a garden make-over that is an integral part of a community centre thus improving the lives of hundreds of people or using a worked based skill to improve the awareness of a charity and their services. Everyone has a skill, expertise or time.
We have over 700 organisations registered with the Volunteer Centres in Buckinghamshire. Volunteer Workout enables businesses and voluntary organisations to identify ways of working together to make a difference to their community.
What your company could do to help?
Companies and their employees could:
- Help renovate a garden or decorate a room during a team building day.
- Using a worked based skill to assist the charity and their services.
- Identify a skills gap.
- Improve an organisation's productivity to become more effective.
Why should companies take part?
The benefits are:
- Participating in a team that has fulfilled corporate social responsibility and has a positive impact on society.
- Working together to make a difference.
- Improved team spirit and thus improving productivity.
- It is possible to use this as a part of employee training.
Employee benefits are:
- The knowledge that they have given back to your community and made a difference.
- Discovering or improving skills that they didn’t know could make a difference.
- Build a better and stronger community.
Both employers and employees can make a difference to their community.
What to do now?
Either register on-line now or contact Volunteer Workout to discuss how we can make it work for you.