employer supported volunteering
team challenges
A Team Challenge involves a team of employees working together to achieve a specific project for a community group, usually, although not always, within one working day. These challenges ensure that community organisations can have practical projects fulfilled which they are unable to fund or achieve without a company’s support. Business Volunteers works with voluntary and community organisations to develop opportunities suitable for employee volunteering, to ensure the community benefits and that the employers and the employee volunteers also have their aims met.
We offer a complete brokerage service for employee volunteer team challenges. This includes:
- identifying the employee volunteers aims
- sourcing a suitable community project
- facilitating and managing the pre-challenge preparation
- offering support, information and guidance – including risk assessment and health & safety advice
- advising on tools and materials needed and ordering if requested
- challenge day support – including first aid presence and tool training
- post challenge evaluation.
All of the challenges we organise are sourced and managed on a bespoke basis to ensure the employees have a challenge tailored to their needs and the community receives maximum benefit. See our case studies for an idea of the sort of challenge we can organise for you.
Companies can either work with the Business Volunteers project on a one-off basis, or become long-term business partners of the centre. For more information about working with the centre, please contact Samantha Stotland , Business Development Manager on 020 7358 5952.