Volunteering

Our Community Programme is designed for all employees to get involved in and to give something back to the communities in which our businesses operate. 

Volunteering is a great way to do this.  You can help your local community by donating your time and skills to benefit them.

Volunteering offers both personal and team opportunities, for example individuals could volunteer to help their favourite charity for a couple of hours or help children at a local school with their reading.  Teams can take on one of the many larger events available such as re-decorating a room, environmental clean ups, arranging a social event for people with special needs etc, the opportunities are endless.

We’re challenging our locations (both in the UK and abroad) to complete as many volunteer challenges between them during our 2008 programme.

A volunteer challenge does not have to be a huge time consuming event, there are lots of ways in which you can help local organisations and do your bit to make a difference.

• Local Schools – Are often looking for volunteer committee members or to help out at school events.  Maybe you can spend an hour or so each week helping children with their reading.
• Road Safety – Truck drivers are always welcomed by schools to give talks to children on awareness and road safety.
• Charities and Voluntary Organisations – often welcome the support of local businesses in many ways
  • Helping out at fundraising events
  • Donating your skllls, eg accountancy, secretarial, technical
  • Helping out in their office with large mailshots etc
• Environmental Agencies – usually have plenty of opportunities for those that want to roll up their sleeves and get stuck in for example clearing waste patches of ground, canal clean ups, tree planting etc.

Remember - a volunteering event can be a great team building exercise, often with people utilising skills they may not have the opportunity to during the course of their normal working day.

Please also remember to let the Community Team know about your event, we’re always looking for stories for Bibby News and the website and can also help you to get your event into your local newspaper.