Corporate Volunteering

Benefits of Corporate Volunteering

Corporate volunteering has many benefits for businesses, employees, not-for-profit organisations, government and community as a whole. These include:

Business	Employees
Staff development: teamwork, morale, skills training, flexibility Enhanced reputation Increasing understanding between business and community sector A high - impact way to invest in a healthier community & trading environment	Access to opportunities otherwise not aware of Real incentives that make volunteering easier Ability to be involved with peers Development of skills Leadership opportunities Translation of skills into workplace
Non - profit community Groups	Government & Wider Community
Access to business skills/ approaches Increases the capacity of the group Access to "new" volunteers Additional Resources Potential Long-term partnerships and networks Extending service and taking on new projects	Enhanced social cohesion Enhanced understanding Greater participation Capacity building the non - profit sector Business - community partnerships

Adapted from Darren Quirk “Corporate Volunteering” 1998 & Mark Creyton “Corporate Volunteering” 2004.