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The Corporate Community Investment service from Red Foundation

At redcci we are passionate about the potential for companies to positively transform communities and are committed to making this happen.

Our goal is to increase the impact of Corporate Community Investment on your business, your employees and the wider community. To achieve this we provide support across a broad range of CCI issues.

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Latest News

Charities Struggle to Meet Increased Demands for Employee Volunteering Opportunities

A survey completed by Red Foundation has found that charities are reporting a 75% increase in the numbers of companies looking for employee volunteering opportunities.

The results of the survey, which ran last month, are still being analysed but early findings have found that:
  • 75% of charities have seen an increase in the number of companies and other employers approaching them for employee volunteering opportunities
  • However only 24% of companies say that they have received an increased interest from their general employees, with 27% seeing increased interest from senior management
  • Although 47% of companies have a budget for employee volunteering programmes, only 18% currently pay for brokerage to source opportunities (some charities report that they have managed to gain payment if they push companies for a donation to cover their time)
  • Charities are also seeing a marked increase in the number of local authorities and other public bodies seeking volunteering opportunities for their employees

The survey also found that many charities are struggling to source opportunities and appear to have a low awareness of the number of ESV brokerage schemes that are available to help them. Red Foundation's CEO Jamie Thomas said "This survey seems to confirm that the recession is definitely having a growth impact on employee volunteering. Whereas this is good news for charities, many are finding it difficult to source opportunities and this is something that needs to be addressed." Fabia Bates, Red Foundation's director of CCI agrees, "Sourcing opportunities that go beyond the typical team challenge is increasingly difficult as many companies seem reluctant to donate professional skills yet this is what is often most needed by charities."

To request more information about the Red Foundation CCI Survey please click here.

Red Foundation will be running a series of training workshops to help charities respond to company requests for volunteering next month. For more information and to book a place please click here.

80 per cent of consumers say that knowledge of a company's activity in the community is important in their judgement of a company, including a third who say it is very important. (MORI, 2005)