Employee volunteering
Samaritans has a number of different types of
volunteering opportunities for corporate organisations who partner
with Samaritans at 201 branches across the UK and Republic of
Ireland.
Benefits of Employee volunteering
- Team building for employees
- Employees can develop new skills
- Fulfil your company’s CSR criteria
- Cement your employees engagement in your community
strategy
Employee
volunteering with Samaritans
- Group volunteering
- Painting and decorating branches
- Bucket collections
- Campaign awareness
- Strategic skills volunteering –
deliver workshops for our listening volunteers on:
- Computer skills
- Finance
- Basic Marketing skills
Listening Volunteer – join our nationwide team of 18,500
volunteers who provide our lifesaving service.
Case study
Northern Rock have donated approximately 1,000
hours of volunteering time to Samaritans. Volunteers have painted
branches; held bucket collections; volunteered in Samaritans shops;
collected stock for Samaritans shops and are currently planning a
number of workshops in key skills, such as basic computer training,
for Samaritans branches in the North-East.
There are a variety of ways in which companies can support
Samaritans, through:
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