Why Cant You Find Free Corporate Volunteering Opportunities?
Why should I have to pay to volunteer my team’s time?? The charities in need will take any help they can get, right?? Well…no.
Just like your usual team social or group off-sites, organising and hosting your team for volunteering costs money.
We’re breaking down exactly why team volunteering costs, where your money is going, and showing you where the true value and ROI comes from.
It Costs The Charities Money
There are significant costs involved for charitable organisations to organise and manage volunteers. For starters they have to pay someone for the time spent looking after corporate volunteers for the day!
Much like when an influencer tries paying with 'exposure' charities can't pay the bills with time donated and they need their spaces and employees to keep making the world a better place.
If you're serious as a business about supporting your local communities, then you should try to take into account their costs for looking after you for a day.
Hassle-Free Volunteering: You Don't Do Any Of The Organising
Planning group volunteering events is a whole job all on it’s own! If you’ve tried organising team volunteering yourself before finding us, you’ll know all too well the pain of finding charities near you, that can also take a group of your size, and that actually reply to your emails.
The Matchable team is taking the hassle of sourcing innovative charitable projects off your plate, and finding opportunities tailored specifically to your team’s interests, skills, location, and schedule.
If you don't have an internal CSR team that have the capacity to organise regular events or corporate giving, then it makes sense that you would need to pay for someone else to do this for you.
Employee Benefits
Did you know…corporate volunteering is the only workplace benefit proven to boost employee wellbeing. You can read the report here.
Volunteering creates opportunities for learning + development, gives extra team building opportunities for your staff, and also helps to attract and retain top talent.
The job market is more competitive than ever with remote and hybrid working continuing to take over, and millennial and Gen-Z employees demanding more from companies when it comes to doing good and giving back.
So, by including paid time for volunteering within your employees' benefits package, you can better compete for the best candidates in your industry, while also developing new skills in your teams.
Where Your Money Goes: Included In Your Matchable Fee:
Charity sourcing - We have built relationships with 1000s of smaller, resource-poor charities that you can’t always find with a Google search .We'll find the perfect charity match for your team's interests and values, and save you endless emails and calls with different organisations.
Event organisation - We'll handle all the logistics, from booking dates to coordinating activities. You just need to show up on the day!
Charity fees - The charities themselves have fees to cover the costs of hosting and facilitating your event, which they then pass onto us. They often don’t have big enough teams to organise these group events themselves, so we do it all for them.
Charitable donation - Your contribution will also include a donation to directly support the chosen charity's important work.
How You Can Best Help Out In The Local Community
Maybe you're keen to help out in local communities and green spaces with your team for a few hours, or maybe you want to make a more significant contribution and give your employees the chance to help charities across the UK year-round.
There are lots of ways you can organise Corporate volunteering days for your company, and it all comes down to if you prefer in-person or remote volunteering opportunities. But there are quite clear differences in price, impact created, and ease of organising!
If you have any other questions about the costs involved, or you’d like a quote for Matchable volunteering opportunities near your team - reach out here.