Looking to improve employee engagement and retention whilst delivering your ESG goals and boosting your reputation? Introducing the Charterpath Employer Roadshows - where we visit finance professionals in their workplaces to highlight the WIN-WIN-WIN of volunteering their financial skills to the non-profit sector.
Estimates suggest that only 10% of finance professionals in the UK currently volunteer their skills to non-profits. This is particularly alarming given the significant financial challenges faced by the charity sector and the critical need for volunteer finance expertise. With so many benefits to volunteering, the low participation rate highlights a missed opportunity for non-profits, finance professionals and their employers.
Research conducted by Charterpath reveals the primary reasons behind this low participation rate. Over half of finance professionals feel they don’t have enough time to volunteer due to work commitments, while 3 in 10 simply haven’t considered it. Even among those interested in volunteering, many are unsure how to get started...
And this is the inspiration for our Charterpath Employer Roadshows - where we visit finance professionals in their workplaces (in-person or virtually) with the support of their employers - with the goal to address these perceived obstacles head-on and convey the powerful message that volunteering financial skills is a WIN-WIN-WIN:
It’s a WIN for non-profits: with over 100,000 trustee vacancies in the UK and financial skills the most in-demand, finance professionals can help improve the financial resilience of charities, schools and community groups
It’s a WIN for financial professionals: volunteering has been proven to aid skills development, grow your network, and improve your productivity in your day job - plus 77% of volunteers agreed volunteering had improved their mental health
It's a WIN for employers: importantly it is also a huge win for employers, with 87% of employees having increased pride in their employer, whilst delivering your ESG goals and boosting your reputation
"Thank you for raising awareness of the entry path into skills-based volunteering with Charterpath. The session was truly inspiring, answering our questions and breaking down barriers about giving back. The warmth and engagement Alice and Alex brought, along with personal examples, provided valuable insights into skills-based volunteering and practical guidance on finding the right opportunities" ~ Alice Franklin, Talent Acquisition, JD Sports
Over the past 12 months our co-founders Alice and Alex have delivered Charterpath Employer Roadshow sessions to businesses and brands of all sizes and sectors - and across all parts of the UK - from JD Sports, Aldermore Bank and ASDA to Close Brothers Groups, CIMA and Tails.com - plus many more!
The interactive sessions works really well as a 45 minute in-person, virtual or hybrid lunch and learn to suit the employers preference - or alternatively can be incorporated into wider L&D programmes or quarterly all-hands or team offsites.
A typical session will cover:
Benefits of skills-based volunteering for the individual as well as society
Types of volunteer roles specifically suitable for finance professionals
How to go about finding the right volunteer role
Demo of Charterpath resources and current opportunities
Top tips to make a success of volunteering
To ensure they add value to employers and their teams, the sessions can be tailored to your organisation - covering cases studies of employees who already volunteer their financial skills, introductions to local non-profits currently recruiting for roles, details of the employer's existing volunteering policy to encourage increased utilisation of volunteer days - or any other volunteer related question you can think of!
And the feedback has been overwhelming from both employers and their teams - with over 90% of employees saying they were inspired to explore skills-based volunteering as a result of the Charterpath Employer Roadshow and ALL employers recommending other employers to book in a Charterpath Employer Roadshow.
We proudly offer our Charterpath Employer Roadshows sessions free of charge. Should you wish to support our ongoing efforts to chart a path between non-profits and volunteers with financial skills, we gratefully accept charitable donations (suggested amount tiered to the number of attendees or level of tailoring requested) - representing a very cost effective way to utilise CSR or L&D budgets to tap into the WIN-WIN-WIN of your teams volunteering their financial skills to the non-profit sector.
So don't delay - download our Charterpath Employer Roadshow brochure and get in touch with us today at info@charterpath.org.uk
About Charterpath
Charterpath CIO is a UK registered charity (1207509) on a mission to chart a path between non-profits and volunteers with financial skills.
Charterpath was co-founded by Alice Clementi and Alex Marsh, both chartered accountants with extensive volunteering and fundraising experience alongside their professional careers - with the goal to increase the proportion of professionals with financial skills volunteering from 10% to 50%.
Charterpath has already built a diverse and highly engaged community of over 2,250 professionals with financial skills, having successfully connected over 200 non-profits with volunteers, ranging from The Trussell Trust, to the Together Coalition founded by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Scouts and Manchester Deaf Centre.
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