RVA Directory: Campaign launched to help small to medium sized businesses get involved in Volunteering

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Campaign launched to help small to medium sized businesses get involved in Volunteering

News from: Reading Voluntary Action (RVA)

by Volunteering England (Cathy Mcbain)

11 August 2008

On 30 July 2008 Volunteering England launched an awareness campaign to encourage small and medium sized businesses to get involved in employer supported volunteering (ESV).

Research has shown that smaller companies are less likely to implement schemes that encourage their employees to volunteer. To help turn this around, we have produced a number of easy-to-use tools to make setting up a scheme easy and attainable.

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Volunteering England

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