Employee volunteering

The Social Market Foundation has launched a paper entitled "Giving Something Back - Business volunteering and healthy communities", which highlights the benefits of volunteering to the individual, businesses and society.

It provides a strong business case for employee volunteering. The paper highlights research by BUPA, which shows that one of the key ways to encourage people to volunteer is to give them the opportunity to be formally recognised for the work that they do with an award or qualification, for example an NVQ. 

Stakeholder Response: BUPA