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Employers are struggling to boost both employee’s wellbeing and productivity.

Workplace volunteering offers a potential triple dividend to help tackle this challenge.
Read the report for Pilotlight

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We're very keen to see progress on a civil society satellite account ramp up again from where it's stalled, despite being promised in the Levelling Up White Paper.

28 countries have a satellite account for civil society. We should get on with it.

Great to hear Chris Bryant highlight Canada's culture of philanthropy.

We've calculated that if the UK population donated to charity at a similar rate to Canada, it would raise almost £5bn a year for charities.

As mentioned by Richard Foord MP, the benefits for employers of encouraging employees to volunteer in roles such as being trustees could be substantial. See the research we did for @Pilotlight here👇
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Charity Governors for Schools finds and places skilled volunteers on school governance boards. In turn, they made use of skilled volunteers from our partners FTI Consulting EMEA who delivered an updated impact report the charity uses to communicate with stakeholders.

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We're pleased to hear the recommendation of the Law Family Commission on Civil Society for a civil society satellite account, highlighted in this afternoon's debate by Jo Gideon MP. What gets measured matters.

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Formal volunteering rates in England have fallen from 45% of the population in 2013/14 to just 27% in 2021/22.

Today's Westminster Hall debate from Jo Gideon MP asks how we can increase this number.

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There are numerous wellbeing benefits associated with taking part in volunteering.

Our report for Royal Voluntary Service found that 44% gained experience, and 31% experienced improved wellbeing.

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In this afternoon's Westminster Hall debate, Jo Gideon MP has highlighted the differenced in volunteering participation by age, with older people more likely to volunteer.

This afternoon MPs are debating the contribution of volunteering in the UK.

PBE economists estimated that including volunteers’ hours in the GVA estimate increases the value of the sector by nearly £20 billion per year.

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📢 New volunteer opportunity

Women of Wolverhampton has recently run an in-person baseline survey of its dance, yoga and sewing class attendees. The charity needs a volunteer to analyse and visualise the survey results.

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As part of charity Place2Be's ‘whole-school approach’, counsellors are embedded in the life of schools.

Salford Headteacher Caroline Doyle reflects on the impact counsellor Helen has on children's mental health in her primary school.

Read her blog👇
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Alexandra Berry reflects on the value of the workplace volunteering for staff at Strand Palace Hotel, and the benefits of the ongoing commitment the business has with The Connection at St Martin's.

Read our report on workplace volunteering: probonoeconomics.com/triple-dividend

Even after deducting the costs of setting up and running workplace volunteering schemes, the benefits of rolling out opportunities to all employees could generate net productivity gains of between £1.6bn - £2.8bn to the UK economy.

Read the report
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Our Services team will find the perfect volunteer for you, matched based on their experience in sectors such as finance and economics, to solve your data challenges.

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PBE estimates that between 17mn - 23mn employees in the UK don't have access to workplace volunteering, so are missing out on the wellbeing benefits these opportunities bring.

Our report for Pilotlight on the impact of workplace volunteering 👇
tinyurl.com/mw49s7xw