How do you organise Corporate Volunteering in an association?
In order to be able to make use of the voluntary commitment of company employees, it is important to define specific tasks for which your association needs support. Even if this seems obvious, creating an offer is one of the fundamental steps in finding volunteers. In general, there are three common forms of corporate volunteering, which are explained below with a few examples
a) Practical/manual tasks:
Tasks of this type are accessible to everyone and do not require any special skills. They are ideal for group activities.
Here are a few examples:
| Culture | Assistance with organising events, concerts, exhibitions, etc.: security, helping with admission, setting up and dismantling, etc. |
| Nature & Environment | Removing plants, weeding, cutting trees and hedges, sowing, repairing huts/fences/signs, helping with harvesting, grape harvesting, etc. |
| Sports | Support with sporting events: marshalling, checkpoints, registration, reception, on-site assistance, setting up and dismantling, etc. |
| Various fields | Renovation/construction/cleaning/maintenance work (buildings, gardens, sports halls, etc.), landscaping |
b) Low-threshold volunteering opportunities:
This type of volunteering consists of activities involving direct contact with beneficiaries (children, older people, refugees, etc.), which can be described as “relational volunteering.” Such activities generally do not require specific skills beyond empathy and kindness, but they usually require a regular commitment, basic training, and close supervision by the organisation.
Examples: Accompanying people during leisure activities, walks, sightseeing, homework help, assistance with everyday tasks, language practice, etc.
c) Tasks involving ‘competence sponsorship‘/pro bono (examples):
The company's employees make their skills available to the association on a voluntary (‘pro bono’) basis, either on an ad hoc or regular basis.
Participation may take the form of a service provision (in this case, it is the employees who carry out and manage a mission for the benefit of the association) or the provision of personnel (one or more employees are made available to the association for a mission supervised by the association).
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