Purpose At Work

Read our latest news and views on the world of volunteering

The wellbeing effect: How employee volunteering builds engagement

Delivering genuinely local volunteering across a business with offices, sites or teams spread across the country is one of the harder operational challenges in corporate social responsibility.

Why your employee volunteering programme needs local roots

Delivering genuinely local volunteering across a business with offices, sites or teams spread across the country is one of the harder operational challenges in corporate social responsibility.

Belonging in action: how corporate volunteering builds culture

Most organisations put genuine effort into inclusion. The policies are in place, the values are visible, and by most measures the workforce is doing fine. People get on well enough, the work gets done, and very few are particularly unhappy.

Environmental volunteering: the impact you can see, measure and be proud of

Corporate volunteering has been transformed by technology and modern programme design. But too many businesses are still running programmes built for a workforce that no longer exists.

The volunteering revolution nobody is talking about

There is a version of corporate environmental commitment that lives entirely in documents, from net zero targets and sustainability strategies through to supply chain policies. All of it important, but none of it something your employees can see, touch or feel part of.

From strategy to participation: how to engage employees in corporate volunteering

You’ve built the corporate volunteering strategy, gained leadership support, and maybe even secured the budget. But that doesn’t mean employees will automatically take part.

How to engage deskless workers and make them feel part of your business

The majority of the world’s workforce doesn’t sit behind a desk. These are the people we call deskless workers.

How can corporate volunteering combat loneliness in the workplace?

Workplace loneliness has real consequences for businesses, affecting productivity, morale, and retention.

How storytelling strengthens corporate volunteering and builds connected workplaces

Every organisation has stories that define who they are - moments of pride, teamwork, challenge, and purpose. In corporate volunteering, those stories carry even more weight.

Apprenticeships with purpose: how team volunteering helps young talent thrive

Each year, thousands of apprentices step into the workforce, many for the first time. They arrive full of energy and potential but face a big transition: moving from education into professional life.

From burnout to belonging:  why volunteering is the wellbeing tool of 2025

Employee wellbeing has become one of the defining challenges of modern work.
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