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Peter Jones Corporate Engagement Manager One Westminster. Building relationships with businesses. Types of Employee Volunteers. Fundraising Volunteers – often cause led, driven by personal need
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Peter JonesCorporate Engagement ManagerOne Westminster Building relationships with businesses
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 Manpower Training staff/volunteers
Using skilled employee volunteers to achieve your strategic objectives B • Mid-term: • Event Support • Trustees • Marketing support • Longer term: • Trustees • Mentoring • Skills exchange • Bespoke projects A • Bite-sized: • Peer Mentoring • SMT Mentoring • Skills Workshops • Festive event support
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 & Talents fatima@volunteer.co.uk Kensington & Chelsea Contact: Rashpal Saini | Partnerships Officer | Business & Community Together Rashpal.saini@voluntarywork.org.uk Peter Jones Corporate Engagement Manager One Westminster peter.jones@volunteer.co.uk 07501 227793