We provide:

• Information and advice
• Consultation with employers to design Employee Volunteer programmes
• Development of Employee Volunteering policy
• Brokerage of projects
• Programme monitoring and evaluation
• Workshops and training
• Promotional material and presentations to employees about Employee Volunteering

What our programme can do for your business

• Improve relationships with the communities in which you operate
• Improve public perception of your business
• Help employees learn more about your community and the challenges it faces
• Improve employee morale
• Build team spirit
• Improve your ability to attract and retain high-quality employees
• Improve employee productivity
• Provide a new avenue for training and professional development for your employees

What our programme can do for you as an employee

• Help others and support your community
• Increase your understanding of community needs and issues
• Use your skills and knowledge in new settings
• Try out skills and use creativity that may be gathering dust in your workplace
• Learn new skills, broaden your experience and develop your career
• Develop teamwork and leadership abilities
• Build a bridge to a new type of job or to retirement
• Meet new people
• Make professional or business contacts
• Create balance in your life by getting involved in something that you care about or by trying something new
• Increase personal satisfaction and self-worth
• Improve your mental and physical health

What our programme can do for your voluntary organisation

• New human resources to achieve the organisation's goals
• New talent to apply to problems and issues
• Fresh perspectives on old problems
• Low cost method of addressing problems
• Opportunity to increase social awareness and involvement
• Supports the transition towards a sustainable future
• Fertile ground for experimentation, risk-taking, creativity and problem solving

Types of Employee Volunteering

• Individual Volunteering
• Recognition
• Team Projects
• Board Involvement
• Mentoring
• Development Assignments
• Training Assignments
• Secondments
• Retiree Programme
• Use of equipment or premises
• Matched Gifts

Projects we have supported

Volunteers from Invitrogen Life Technologies cleaning the keas' aviary at Willowbank Wildlife Reserve.

Volunteer Neil Pattinson said: "We came away with a glow due to the physical work, but also knowing we had made a small but worthwhile difference. A most rewarding, fun and satisfying day." (Picture reproduced courtesy of Nor'West News)

Seventeen crew members from HMNZS Canterbury replacing a playground at Glenelg Children's Health Camp.

Glenelg was "delighted to have the support from Volunteering Canterbury's Employee Volunteering Programme". Staff involved in replacing the playground said it was "awesome".

Staff from Yellow Pages sanded and painted a building at Christchurch East School.

School Principal Marg Robson said: "The day was such a buzz for us with the Yellow Pages team working at all manner of tasks such as painting, raking new bark onto the adventure playground, weeding and water blasting."

More information about Employee Volunteering

The most successful Employee Volunteer programmes reflect the way business priorities, employee interests and community needs can fit together.

Read about Community and business perspectives on Employee Volunteering

Contact our Employee Volunteering Co-ordinator: ev@volcan.org.nz