Why not get your team volunteering?

MVN can help make rewarding employee volunteering accessible to everyone.

Research shows that volunteering helps staff develop leadership, decision-making and negotiation skills. It can also help staff develop as individuals, boost morale and improve retention*

Your employees will make a real difference to the daily operations and goals of local voluntary and community groups. Volunteering days can be fun and (sometimes) physical - and give an insight into how local charities can support the people of Medway.

Corporate volunteering helps to demonstrate your company’s value and commitment to the charity sector - and here are some of the current corporate volunteering opportunities available in Medway that you and your team could get involved with:

 

*Source: Volunteering – The Business Case (City of London 2010)

 

Organisation	Volunteering Opportunity	Contact details for further information
Goodgym -Chatham, Gillingham, Rochester	Runners get fit while doing good deeds within their community. You may be visiting an elderly person in their home to help with tasks such as moving furniture or putting up their Christmas tree or you might run with a group to with a community task such as clearing a green space. To get Good Gym off of the ground in Medway we need 100 runners .	Contact Goodgym
Caring Hands	Caring Hands would like some help to clear a Community/ Public Garden in Medway.	Contact Caring Hands
Arches Local	Arches Local are currently working on projects in Chatham, Medway, including painting railings, tiding public gardens and building a garden for a local primary school. Please contact them to volunteer your team's time and skills.	Contact Arches Local
Snap Dragons	Snap Dragons are looking for help in their sensory garden with the ground work and making this suitable for raised flower beds so the children in wheelchairs can go and benefit from sensory flowers.	Contact Snap Dragons
Slough Fort	Slough Fort (Allhallows) would like some volunteers to help by undertaking painting, preparing walls for lime washing, grass cutting and general maintenance tasks.	Contact Slough Fort