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For Companies

If you are an employee, this campaign is ideal opportunity for you to engage directly with communities and do something practical to help

Volunteers provide much needed services to the most vulnerable in our society – people with disabilities, those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, older people, children and women. Volunteers are pushing back the frontiers of poverty and building a better life for all.

Employee Volunteer Week is all about “doing”. Ask yourself, what did you do today that made a difference?

If you are not already a volunteer, now is the time to become one! Either by yourself, or with your colleagues, you can use this campaign as a starting point to get into volunteering. Download the free Toolkit below to find out what steps you can take to easily (and painlessly!) start your volunteering activity.

If you are already a regular volunteer, you can use the Employee Volunteer Week campaign to get your colleagues involved in your favourite cause or to complete a project you have always wanted to get stuck in to, Lead the way in your company and show them how it’s done!

We are asking all employees to take the initiative and take action.

Download the Toolkit to find out what you can do and how you can do it. The Toolkit is an easy-to-use guide to why employee volunteering matters and what practical steps you can take to make volunteering projects happen.

The Toolkit has lots of ideas for projects, but if you’re stuck for something to do or need some advice, email us at info@cafsouthernafrica.org

Company Questionnaire – Employee Volunteer Week 2010 (15 – 21 March 2010)

Please complete the following form so that CAF Southern Africa can provide your company with volunteering activities available from our database. We develop a database of volunteering opportunities from NPOs and would like to provide both your company and the NPO with a perfect match. We hope to also provide a match that will grow to a long term relationship between the organisation and the company. It is therefore important for CAF Southern Africa to have as much information on what your company is looking to get involved in as possible.

With more details about your planned engagement we will be in a position to
present to you a match that will fit both you and your partner organisation.

*Required Fields
*Name of Company
Street Address
Suburb
*City/Town
*Province
Telephone(no spaces*)
Fax(no spaces)
Email Address
Website
*Contact person
Contact number(no spaces*)
What is your company’s core business?
Please indicate the skills areas you would like to provide (you can choose more than one - Please choose AT LEAST ONE)
Governance (Board issues, management policies, constitutions etc.)
Strategy and Planning
Financial management
Fundraising strategy and proposal writing
Legal matters (please specify)
Donor reporting
Marketing, Communications and Public Relations
Publications
Human Resource Management
IT systems
Website design and management
Monitoring and Evaluation of programmes or projects
Events organising
Administration
Logistics
Project planning and management
Training (please tell us what kind)
Other (please state)
Please tell us how you see volunteers contributing in providing the skills set selected above. NB: the more information you give us, the easier it will be for us to present a match. Please let us know how many volunteers you will be having in the week if this information is available

Please tell us about any practical tasks you wish to get involved in during Employee Volunteer Week in March 2010 (e.g. painting, gardening, events etc)

Describe the task	Number of people	Resources/materials available	Time allocated to complete task

Please give us any additional information that will be of use when matching your volunteers to the needs identified from the NPOs.

Completed by (name)

Toolkit download form

To download the toolkit, please provide us with the following details. On submission the Toolkit pdf will be made available for you to download and view.

Please note that your details will not appear on this website and will be made known only to CAF Southern Africa in order to track activity during The Week.

For NPOs

Is your ‘to do’ list getting longer each day? Have you got dozens of ideas for projects but just need some extra hands to get them going? Then employee volunteering is for you!

Employee volunteers give hundreds of hours of help to NPOs and if your organisation is not already benefiting from all that time and talent then Employee Volunteer Week is the perfect way to start.

Whether you need a revamp of your premises, a garden planted, or need someone to show you how to write a financial report, employee volunteers can help.

Employees have lots of skills and expertise which they can share with good causes. But if they don’t know what they can do, then they can’t do it! This campaign is the time for you to show off all the great work you are doing and to tell companies about what you have to offer their employees

Organising a team challenge is a great way to attract new recruits and to get a small projects finished quickly. Download the Toolkit to find out how to boost your volunteer programme. This easy-to-use guide will show you how to set up your volunteering opportunities, how to attract company volunteers and how to host a successful team challenge.

If you need more help to get started, contact us for support and advice. If you are not on our database of NPOs who are looking for volunteer help, email us now with your details at info@cafsouthernafrica.org

NPO Questionnaire – Employee Volunteer Week 2010 (15 – 21 March 2010)

If you are interested in participating in CAF’s Employee Volunteer Week please complete the following form so that we can encourage corporate volunteers to support your NPO during Volunteer Week. From the information provided by NPOs, we will develop a database of volunteering opportunities that companies can use to identify projects that they would like to work on during Employee Volunteer Week 2008 and beyond.

The more detailed information you provide, the better we can present
your ideas and persuade companies to assist your NPO during the Week.

*Required Fields
*Name of NPO
Street Address
Suburb
*City/Town
*Province
Telephone(no spaces*)
Fax(no spaces)
Email Address
Website
*Contact person for corporate volunteering projects
*Contact number
What does your NPO do and who benefits from your work?
Please indicate the skills areas you would find useful to strengthen your NPO (you can choose more than one - Please choose AT LEAST ONE)
Governance (Board issues, management policies, constitutions etc.)
Strategy and Planning
Financial management
Fundraising strategy and proposal writing
Legal matters (please specify)
Donor reporting
Marketing, Communications and Public Relations
Publications
Human Resource Management
IT systems
Website design and management
Monitoring and Evaluation of programmes or projects
Events organising
Administration
Logistics
Project planning and management
Training (please tell us what kind)
Other (please state)
Tell us how you think volunteers could help you in the areas you have chosen above. NB: the more information you give us, the easier it will be for us to match you to a company. If you are not specific about what you have in mind, it will be difficult for us to promote you to companies.

Please tell us about any practical tasks you can provide for employee volunteers during Employee Volunteer Week in March 2010 (e.g. painting, gardening, events etc.)

Describe the task	Number of people needed to do it	Resources/materials needed	Time it will take to complete the task	How it will help you and your community

Please give us any additional information that will be of use when matching your needs to corporates and their employee volunteers.

Completed by (name)
* I confirm that the information given on this form is correct and that the NPO named on this form is willing and able to host employee volunteers. I give permission for CAF Southern Africa to use and publish the information provided on this form for the purposes of promoting and facilitating volunteering.

Toolkit download form

To download the toolkit, please provide us with the following details. On submission the Toolkit pdf will be made available for you to download and view.

Please note that your details will not appear on this website and will be made known only to CAF Southern Africa in order to track activity during The Week.

*Required Fields
*Name and Surname
Job title
*Company / Organisation name:
Email Address:
Telephone(no spaces):

For Individuals

Employee Volunteer Week is a campaign geared towards employees, but we realise that many other people have time and skills to share.

If you are an employee, check the For Companies section for how you can contribute.

The organisations below can help individuals and job-seekers to find suitable volunteering opportunities.

Volunteer Link is a referral service that matches volunteers with welfare organisations in the Johannesburg area.

www.volunteerlink.co.za

The Volunteer Centre Cape Town recruits volunteers from all walks of life and matches their skills and interests with those of non-profit organisations in the Western Cape.

www.volcent.co.za

Volunteer Child Network is a directory of organisations active in child protection work and that need volunteers

www.volunteerchildnetwork.org.za

Southern African Student Volunteers gives students and communities the opportunity to work together in sustainable community development.