Employer-Supported Volunteering
Overview
Employer-Supported Volunteering, also known as ESV and employee volunteering, often forms part of an organisation's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Policy. In ESV schemes, employers encourage their employees to get involved in their local communities by volunteering their time, their skills or both.
There are three main ways in which employers promote community involvement amongst their staff:
- companies operate an ESV scheme in which a dedicated member of staff proactively identifies and develops volunteering opportunities with local voluntary and community organisations. Employees can volunteer during working hours, whilst not incurring any financial penalties
- employees are encouraged to find their own volunteering opportunities within the community, and are given the flexibility to fit their work around the volunteering opportunity. In some schemes, employees can take sabbaticals, whilst others volunteer on an ongoing, regular basis
- Employees enable voluntary and community organisations to benefit from their business skills and experience. Such employees may undertake pro bono work, provide voluntary consultancy services, or serve as trustees
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The Good Practice Bank is growing steadily as more information is added to it. An important feature of the Bank is allowing users to share their documents with other volunteering organisations. We are particularly interested in receiving example policies or documents that you are happy to share with others. If we use your contribution, you could win a book on volunteering from our regular prize draw.
