Loading ...Employer Supported Volunteering
All over England people volunteer with the help of their employer. Some employers run formal employer supported volunteering programmes, others free up time for employees to do their own volunteering. Whatever form it takes, employer supported volunteering (ESV) is on the up and up, because volunteering by employees makes a big difference – both to the organisations where they volunteer, and to the organisations that employ them.
- If you are a Business looking to register for Employee Volunteering Click here
- If you are a Voluntary or Community Group looking to involve Employer Supported Volunteering in your organisation click here.
Community Groups are, in the main, informing us at SVS that they would like longer term volunteering commitments rather than ‘one off’ projects. They are particularly looking to recruit volunteers that can help with things like accounting, IT. If you have a group of volunteers that are going to offer a working day (approx 8 hours) this would mean that, if you could free up volunteering time on an hourly/two hourly/three hourly basis, Community Groups would benefit from the expertise you may be able to offer. SVS would be able to support you to arrange volunteering opportunities with Community Groups that have identified these needs.
If your business has some time to give and would like to take part in some volunteering please fill out the Employer Registration Form and send it to:
volunteer@southamptonvs.org.uk
Top
Information for Voluntary and Community Groups
Before taking on Employer Supported Volunteering you should consider what you would like the Business to do for your organisation, what will the role involve? Not only this but consider the capacity of your organisation and whether it is able to take such a Project on.
Volunteering England has some useful information on Employee Supported Volunteering including case studies and best practice guides. To access this Click here.
If your organisation would like to get involved in employee supported volunteering please fill out the Voluntary Organisation Wish List Form and send it to:
volunteer@southamptonvs.org.uk
