Benefits to employers that support employees to volunteer include enhanced employee skills, enhanced corporate profile in the community and higher employee retention rates.

Consulting Services

Vantage Point offers consulting services for Metro Vancouver businesses that are interested in an ongoing Employer-Supported Volunteerism program. Vantage Point will work with  your team to address one or all of the following strategies:

Employer Supported Volunteer Programs

Working with the management, human resources and community relations teams at your organization to determine what type of volunteer programs are right for your organization and its employees. Identifying ways in which to support employee volunteering. Assessing the benefits of having an Employer Supported Volunteering program and helping build the case for internal sell-in.

Not-for-profit collaborator Identification

Working with your business' specific values, objectives and other qualities to find a community organization/s that can provide ongoing volunteering experiences for employees. The benefits of a partnership are greater understanding of shared goals, increased ability to facilitate volunteering experiences that are right for your organization's employees and creating strategic relationships that can positively impact all facets of your community engagement program.

Employee Volunteer Recruitment

How to engage your employees in volunteering through worksite promotion, communications and incentive programs.

Employee Volunteer Position Elements

Identifying what types of volunteer opportunities are right for your staff and how to communicate those needs to not-for-profit organizations. Assessing risk involved with employee volunteering and identifying policies and procedures around employee volunteering.

Resources

• Vantage Point Library Collection
• Imagine Canada - Online Corporate Citizenship Collection
• Volunteer Canada - Corporate Council on Volunteering
• The Business Case for Employee Community Involvement (by: Business in the Community)
• Creating an Employer Suppored Volunteerism Policy (by: Volunteer Canada)
• The Promise of Employee Skill-Based Volunteerism (by: Points of Light Foundation)
• Pro Bono Service Leveraging Employee Expertise (by: Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy)