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    • Time Well Spent: Employer-supported volunteering
    • 1. At a glance
    • 2. Introduction
    • 3. What does ESV participation look like?
    • 4. What are the main motivations for getting involved in ESV?
    • 5. How do volunteers experience ESV?
    • 6. What are the key challenges facing ESV?
    • 7. What might the next five years look like for ESV?
    • 8. How might we prepare ESV for the future?
    • 9. Appendix: More on our research approach
    • 10. Acknowledgements
    • 11. Download this report

Time Well Spent: Employer-supported volunteering

Research report

  • Véronique Jochum

Published: 03 June 2019

  • Foreword
    • Background
    • About this report
    • Key messages
  • 1. At a glance
    • Introduction
    • What does ESV participation look like?
    • What are the main motivations for getting involved in ESV?
    • How do volunteers experience ESV?
    • What are the key challenges facing ESV?
    • What might the next five years look like for ESV?
    • How might we prepare ESV for the future?
  • 2. Introduction
    • 2.1 About this report
    • 2.2 Background
    • 2.3 Overall aims
    • 2.4 Our approach
    • 2.5 A note on definitions
  • 3. What does ESV participation look like?
    • 3.1 What are the levels of ESV participation?
    • 3.2 Who is more likely to get involved in ESV?
    • 3.3 How do volunteers participate in ESV?
    • Spotlight: Why ESV varies
    • 3.4 How is ESV organised?
    • Spotlight: Understanding where ESV isn't a priority
  • 4. What are the main motivations for getting involved in ESV?
    • 4.1 Why do volunteers, volunteer-involving organisations and employers get involved in ESV?
    • Spotlight: Top five motivations for providing ESV opportunities
    • 4.2 What are the impacts of these differing motivations?
  • 5. How do volunteers experience ESV?
    • 5.1 What’s the overall experience of ESV volunteers like?
    • Spotlight: Positive examples of ESV
    • 5.2 Perceptions of volunteer management and support
    • 5.3 Perceived benefits of volunteering
  • 6. What are the key challenges facing ESV?
    • 6.1 Setting the context
    • 6.2 Volunteer engagement and uptake
    • 6.3 Providing a quality ESV experience
    • 6.4 Relationships between those involved in managing ESV
    • Spotlight: Why employers might not pay for ESV
    • 6.5 ESV volunteering opportunities
    • 6.6 Getting smaller organisations involved
  • 7. What might the next five years look like for ESV?
    • Research participants expected ESV to increase in the next years
    • The financial climate is likely to get tougher
    • Higher expectations placed on employers are likely to drive ESV forward
    • ESV may evolve in new and innovative ways
  • 8. How might we prepare ESV for the future?
    • 8.1 How might we better engage volunteers in ESV?
    • 8.2 How might we make ESV more inclusive?
    • 8.3 How might we create a more positive ESV culture in organisations?
    • 8.4 How can organisations involved in ESV work better together?
    • 8.5 How might we make ESV more impactful?
    • 8.6 What could organisations managing and delivering ESV consider for the future?
    • Thirdly, while previously the focus has been on external relationships, internal ones matter too.
  • 9. Appendix: More on our research approach
    • 9.1. Main research findings and further analysis of Time Well Spent
    • 9.2. A range of existing research and literature on ESV
    • 9.3. Primary research carried out specifically for this report
  • 10. Acknowledgements
  • 11. Download this report

11. Download this report

Time Well Spent: Employer supported volunteering

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