Engage Your Team with Corporate Volunteering

The hybrid work model has brought a renewed focus on the importance of workplace culture and team-building, with events playing a key part in facilitating stronger team connections. There is a wide variety of events that can bring your team together both in and outside of the office, from team activities and workshops to networking and after-work drinks. However, if you’re looking for an option that not only helps your team to feel good, but to do good, it’s time to consider corporate volunteering. From supporting your local community to building strong relationships within your team, corporate volunteering presents a range of benefits. 

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Support Your Company’s ESG Targets 

Many companies have strong ESG goals, forming key targets. ESG stands for Environmental, Social and Governance, and provides an important framework for companies to measure their impact, both internally and externally. Corporate volunteering provides a rewarding way to give back to your local community, from working with local animal shelters to beach clean-ups, food drives or community kitchens. Our Events Team works with partners like OneAnother to provide examples of volunteering options to best suit your team. 

Employee well-being and happiness forms another key component of ESG. Corporate volunteering helps your team to feel good through giving back, supporting a sense of pride and alignment with your company values. Research shows a link between time spent volunteering and reduced stress so your team will not only enjoy the change from their typical office scenery, but also have the opportunity to feel fulfilled through meaningful interaction and activity. 

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Increase Your Team Engagement and Connection 

Happy teams are inherently more engaged and productive. Corporate volunteering facilitates team-bonding and relationship-building, as teams not only spend time together but actively work together. Research from Stanford Business School suggests that corporate volunteering as an organisation can be more impactful for team-building than allocating individual volunteer time, as your team can instead bond through shared experience. 

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Provide a Unique Experience For Your Team 

We’re all guilty of getting stuck in the BAU- business as usual, and this can apply  to our event calendars. Particularly if you’re a part of a smaller events team within your company, it can feel easy to book the same venues and events. However, providing a unique experience like corporate volunteering can help refresh your team with something new. Providing a new environment and experience for your team can keep them feeling engaged and excited, whilst creating opportunities for your team to develop new soft skills that can further enhance their own work.

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Our Events Team can support you with your event calendar, with a range of unique experiences and partners to facilitate your next corporate volunteering activity. Submit your brief today to bring your event to life. 

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