Employee volunteering
Contributing to the wellbeing of our communities is about much more than just money. Our Partners getting involved and giving their time and skills is vital to building strong relationships and making a genuine difference to local peoples lives.
Cuthbert James, John Lewis Park Royal, helping School-Aid move to new premises
The Partnership actively supports Partners' efforts and promotes volunteering in a number of ways:
- Charity and Community Committees have extended their brief to include promoting employee volunteering as well as cash and in-kind donations.
- A national database for employee volunteering opportunities helps Partners understand requirements of roles such as School Governors, Magistrates, Special Constables etc.
- Senior management participation in BITCs Seeing is Believing helps them gain a better understanding of the difference employee volunteering schemes can achieve.
The Partnership actively supports Partners' efforts and promotes volunteering in a number of ways:
- Charity and Community Committees have extended their brief to include promoting employee volunteering as well as cash and in-kind donations.
- A national database for employee volunteering opportunities helps Partners understand requirements of roles such as School Governors, Magistrates, Special Constables etc.
- Senior management participation in BITCs Seeing is Believing helps them gain a better understanding of the difference employee volunteering schemes can achieve.
- An independent registered charity, the Golden Jubilee Trust provides a forum through which Partners can volunteer to support charities and charitable projects and make a real and practical difference to the local communities in which they work.
- John Lewis's national time-bank enables Partners to undertake two days of community / charitable work per year during working hours.