Business Volunteering

What can Business Volunteers do?

There are a range of small local groups to large national charities across the New Forest, Fareham, Havant, Winchester and East Hampshire which need volunteers.  Business Volunteering gives groups of employees with Team Challenges the opportunity to learn new skills, build cross-functional teams and have some fun!  Volunteering as a team can make a real difference to voluntary groups with limited funds and resources. Examples could be: 

  • Painting/Decorating
  • Gardening/Landscaping
  • Conservation
  • Day Trip or Christmas/Summer Party

Business Volunteering matches skills, such as marketing, website construction, CV writing, interviewing techniques, finance etc., with the needs of the community. Employees from local companies can share their business skills with voluntary groups through one-off tasks.

Benefits 

Businesses: Demonstrates a company’s commitment to playing an active part in the local community and to building a more prosperous, healthy and safe community for all who live and work there:

  • Development of new skills eg leadership, project management, teamwork
  • Increased staff morale and motivation
  • Improved staff recruitment and retention
  • Raised profile and recognition of community investment
  • Improved customer and employee loyalty
  • Creation of new business opportunities

Voluntary Organisations: Can make a real difference to voluntary organisations by helping them to accomplish tasks which they do not have the resources to achieve i.e.:

  • Cost savings
  • Improved facilities or services
  • Acquiring new business skills
  • Raising local awareness of the work done by voluntary groups
  • Recruitment of regular volunteers and Trustees
  • Building long-term relationships with local companies
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