Give & Gain Day 2012 was celebrated on 18 May 2012. The event organised by Community Business was an important milestone in the month-long international employee volunteering campaign held throughout May. The programme provides an international platform for companies to demonstrate both their commitment to employee volunteering and their community ethos.
Companies of all sizes and from all industries were invited to take part and HR managers encouraged to motivate staff to volunteer to help those less privileged than themselves during May.
Companies should support their employees’ efforts by affording them the appropriate resources, and, if need be, time away from the workplace. They may simply support individual volunteering or organise company volunteering events either during employees’ free time with compensation leave granted or during working hours.
Paul Arkwright
Publisher
