Peter Jones Corporate Engagement Manager One Westminster Building relationships with businesses.
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Types of Employee Volunteers
• Fundraising Volunteers – often cause led, driven by personal need
• Practical team type challenges – often practical led, by those who are not aware of the needs of the sector, require ‘fun’
• Skills based – either team or individual – often employer led, public sector especially, learning and development opportunities for both parties
How can employee volunteers help?
Capacity building Supporting beneficiaries Trustees
Training staff/volunteers Manpower
Using skilled employee volunteers to achieve your strategic objectives
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
A
B
Bite-sized:• Peer Mentoring• SMT Mentoring• Skills Workshops• Festive event
support
Mid-term:• Event Support• Trustees• Marketing
support
Longer term:• Trustees• Mentoring• Skills exchange• Bespoke projects
The Pitch
• Key message – what is it – what do you do?• What are you offering?• What projects need employee volunteers?• Are there any L&D opportunities?• Have you worked with employee volunteers
before?• Who will manage employee volunteers?
Managing Employee Volunteers
• Employee Volunteers have different needs and expectations from ‘traditional volunteers’
• Employers need opportunities that maximise limited employee time
• Think about what you need, as well as their needs
• Employers need you to explain without jargon what you do, how, when, where
Best Practice
• Develop a range of opportunities from team through to solo opportunities
• Provide employer with JD and brief all employee volunteers before they start with you
• Collect evidence and provide a case study to employer
• Build relationship with employer slowly
Getting started
• Find a broker/volunteer centre to help you get started
• Don’t ask employee volunteers for money for your project
• Provide a range of skills based opportunities that are needs led but also align with key core competencies of the business
• Understand the business better and understand that relationships grow slowly
Westminster Contact:Fatima Busefi | Community Liaison Officer l Time & [email protected]
Kensington & Chelsea Contact:Rashpal Saini | Partnerships Officer | Business & Community [email protected]
Peter JonesCorporate Engagement ManagerOne [email protected] 227793