Give & Gain

What is Give & Gain Day?

Run by the charity, Business in the Community, Give & Gain Day takes place on 20th May 2016 and is the world’s only annual day of employee volunteering. Now in its ninth year, it will see thousands of people from hundreds of companies volunteering on 20th May 2016.

Business in the Community are asking Businesses in Kent and the South East to sign up to Give & Gain Day.

The global day encourages businesses to give staff paid time to volunteer to help local good causes and over 30,000 people are expected to take part this year. It gives local community organisations, social enterprises and schools across The South East the benefit of volunteered resources, skills and knowledge from business. On Give & Gain Day 2015, businesses donated time worth £2.37 million, which highlights the growing appetite amongst business to help their local communities prosper. Last year in The South East 26 companies participated, sending out 484 volunteers in helping 36 community organisations.

Give & Gain Day is all about celebrating what can be achieved in communities through the power of volunteers – but it’s more than just a day and we urge businesses that take part to use it as a springboard into deeper long term engagement in communities across Kent all year round.

Taking part is simple. Businesses can either organise their own volunteering activity or Business in the Community can organise something for you and support you with your volunteering project. Projects are now available for booking http://www.bitc.org.uk/south-east/what-we-offer/give-gain-day

If any community groups, organsiations or charities are listening and you have a volunteering project please get in touch with Jenny at [email protected]

Please let me know if you if need any further information.

I would love to see more business out volunteering in Kent this year.

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