What is Corporate Volunteering?

Corporate volunteering, also known as Employer Supported Volunteering (ESV), refers to the practice of employees participating in voluntary activities with the support of their employer. These activities typically take place during working hours and are often part of a company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) or Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) strategy.

Corporate volunteering in the UK can take many forms, including individual or team volunteering days, skills-based support for charities, or long-term partnerships with community organisations. It enables businesses to contribute positively to society while fostering employee engagement, personal development, and a strong organisational culture.

Volunteer taster days

Together with Sefton 4 Good, we arrange volunteer taster days with different groups across Sefton. Keep an eye on this page as well as our social media to find out when our next volunteer taster session dates are.

Up and coming dates

15th October, Hearts of Gold Community Heritage Trails litter pick, Netherton, 10 am -1 pm

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12^th November, , Hearts of Gold Community Heritage Trails litter pick, Bootle,
10 am – 1 pm

Booking opening soon

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Social value

Social value is about creating meaningful, lasting benefits for individuals, communities, and the environment—beyond financial outcomes. From supporting local employment and promoting equality to reducing environmental impact and strengthening community wellbeing, social value plays a vital role in building a fairer, more sustainable society. We can help you achieve your social value goals by connecting you with local VCF organisations, offering tailored corporate volunteering sessions and skills-based support for local organisations. By aligning these activities with your business objectives, we help you make a measurable difference while enhancing your social impact and value.

Skills-based volunteering

One of the most meaningful ways to give back is by volunteering your professional skills to support a charity or community group. Do you have people in your company with trade skills such as carpentry, joinery, or painting and decorating? Could your marketing team help a charity improve their social media presence? Could your finance team offer guidance to help a non-profit better support their clients? Or perhaps you’re a tech company that could deliver a free training session on how to make the most of emerging tools like AI.

Volunteering your expertise can have a lasting, tangible impact. It can strengthen the sustainability of vital community organisations and help them thrive. For example, if your company can provide resources for essential maintenance for example at a charity shop—allowing them to expand their space—they could increase revenue that directly benefits local people in need. Small contributions of time and skill can lead to big, lasting changes.

Suggested donation

We value the what corporate volunteering can offer the Sefton Community, but organising these events take a lot of staff time and resources. To help us cover the cost of this we would appreciate a suggested donation to Sefton 4 Good of £10 per person.

Sefton 4 Good is Sefton CVS’ charity initiative that gives grants to local good causes. In the past, Sefton 4 Good have helped fund local responses to international events including the Afghan resettlement scheme and the Ukrainian Welcome Centre in Crosby. The charity has also given grants to help befriending schemes, free exercise classes for the elderly and more. Discover how we make a difference here.

For more information or to discuss your requirements please complete the below form and a member of the team will respond as soon as possible.

Things to think about

• Many groups and charities in Sefton are run by volunteers or by a very limited number of staff. Please be mindful about your expectations, they may take a while to reply to emails and be mindful about cancelling or changing dates.
• Arranging corporate volunteer days do take staff and volunteers’ time and not all groups are set up to be able to offer meaningful volunteering opportunities.
• It can be difficult for groups and charities to accommodate large numbers of people. This can be due to not having enough equipment or the space to fit everyone in.
• If you are helping to paint or build something as part of your corporate volunteering, please think about donating the equipment needed.