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Businesses and charities “benefit” from corporate volunteering
Allowing staff to volunteer brings benefits not only for charities but also for businesses, it has been suggested.
According to findings by the National Centre for Social Research and Institute for Volunteering Research, giving employees time off to work for charities and voluntary bodies could bring a number of benefits.
Indeed, the offering of volunteer programmes could help companies to increase the skills framework of their staff.
It was suggested 50 per cent of workers claim that having paid time off for volunteering would encourage them to participate "a lot".
The study also indicated that access to employer-supported volunteer programmes has gone up by 16 per cent over the last decade to stand at 36 per cent.
Inge Woudstra-Van Grondelle, principal researcher at the centre, said: "Businesses and voluntary organisations will get more benefits from corporate volunteering by entering into long-term relationships rather than one-off, ad hoc activities."
Earlier this week, the Campaign for Learning claimed that sustainability will be the focus for 2008’s National Learning at Work Day.
It was suggested that the day would help staff and employers become more aware of having a good work-life balance, their effect on the environment and boosting a skills framework for lifelong learning.
More skills framework information.
