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Caring companies
— engagement in employer-supported volunteering | | Author(s) | Cathy McBain, Joanna Machin |
| Corporate Author | Institute for Volunteering Research; National Centre for Social Research - NatCen; Volunteering England |
| Publisher | Institute for Volunteering Research, in association with the University of East London, London, 2007 |
| Pages | 7 pp (Research bulletin: National survey of volunteering and charitable giving) |
| Source | Institute for Volunteering Research, Regent's Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, London N1 9RL. www.ivr.org.uk |
| Keywords | Voluntary workers ; Voluntary work [elderly] ; Participation ; Attitude ; Employers ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | In 2006, Gordon Brown, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, issued a challenge to all employers - to have a volunteering scheme for their employees. This research bulletin is one of a series published by the Institute for Volunteering Research to explore and disseminate aspects of 'Helping out: a national survey of volunteering and charitable giving' (2007). The survey found that 36% of current employees had an employer-supported volunteering (ESV) scheme available to them, a substantial increase since the 1997 National Survey of Volunteering. This bulletin outlines findings on the characteristics of ESV schemes, and employees' views on such schemes - how they benefit and their motivations for getting involved. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-080520004 B |
| Classmark | QV: GHH: TMB: DP: TF: 3F |
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