Community organisations based in the City or City-fringe boroughs (Camden, Hackney, Islington, Lambeth, Southwark, Tower Hamlets and Westminster) that are involved in supporting their local community can become a member of City Action.
Joining City Action's free membership service offers a wide
range of benefits:
- Promotion of volunteer requests on the City Action online
volunteering database
linking you with 100's of potential City volunteers - Monitoring and evaluation of volunteer placements
ensuring a quality experience for all - Free networking events and capacity-building workshops
become a part of the City Action community - Promotion of community events on City Action website
engaging the responsible business community
What value can City volunteers bring to your organisation?
City Action supports a wide range of City companies ranging from SME's to large corporations with their volunteering programmes.
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City volunteers can bring a broad range of skills, expertise and
experiences to your organisation.
For example, City volunteers can support your operations by giving advice, consultancy and mentoring your staff:
| Operation example | City volunteer skill-sharing role |
| Human resources | HR policies, employment law, staff training |
| Business planning | Developing or reviewing a business strategy |
| Governance (Trustee / Committee members) |
Future planning, management guidance |
City volunteers can also help with frontline service delivery and supporting service users:
| Service... | City volunteer role |
| For young people | CV advice, enterprise workshops, mentoring |
| For older people | Running lunch clubs, basic IT training, outings |
| For adult learners | Basic skills training, job and CV advice |
Colt and Friendship Works
Colt have been building their CSR programme from scratch since 2009. Selecting a charity partner was one aspect of setting up their community programme - the other aspect was introducing an employee volunteering policy which they introduced at the end of 2009. Colt operates in 14 countries and in 2009 each country was asked to work with its employees to select a charity partner for the next two years.
read moreOriel Securities and Blackfriars Settlement
Oriel Securities, a corporate and institutional stockbroking and advisory firm with 55 employees, became a City Action member in 2009. The company made a decision to partner with a community organisation that they could support in a range of ways and approached City Action for assistance with sourcing a suitable partner.
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