Emplopyer Supported Volunteering

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Your organisation can put an Employer Supported Volunteering (ESV) policy in place to support employees to participate in volunteering.

The following resources can help you to get started:

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Emplopyer Supported Volunteering
Emplopyer Supported Volunteering

We’ve put together some resources to help your organisation learn more about Employer Supported Volunteering (ESV), which refers to the policies you can put in place to support employees to participate in volunteering.

Co-op Member Pioneers
Co-op Member Pioneers

Co-op Member Pioneers bring together Co-op members, colleagues and local causes to make communities a better place to work, play, live and learn. They can put you in touch with like-minded people, offer practical advice, and help.

Social Impact Pledge
Social Impact Pledge

The Social Impact Pledge is about simple ways that public bodies can make a difference to communities. Here are some pledges made by public bodies that make commitments to supporting community groups, through volunteering, providing use of facilities and so on.

SCVO
SCVO

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) has a support section on their website to help you think through some of the key issues relating to starting and managing a voluntary sector organisation in Scotland. You can also find support and advice in relation to the climate emergency, the cost of living crisis and digital technology.

Volunteer Scotland
Volunteer Scotland

Volunteer Scotland is a national charity which supports people to get involved in volunteering as well as providing organisations with guidance, training, disclosure services and other support to recruit and manage volunteers.

Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme
Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme

Find out more about the PVG scheme, which is important if your community group does paid or unpaid work with children, young people and vulnerable adults. The scheme is designed to make it easier to protect vulnerable groups from people who present a risk to them.

Co-operate
Co-operate

Co-operate is part of the Co-operative Group, and is a website providing information to help local community groups across the UK in their activities, and also for people to find relevant local groups. The website includes a ‘how to’ section with guides to funding, finding a venue, planning activities, getting started and more.

Get involved
Get involved

This online search tool enables you to search for local voluntary organisations across Scotland based on names, keywords, locations and activities.

Nextdoor
Nextdoor

Nextdoor is a website and app that enables people to share helpful information with their neighbours.

Volunteer Scotland’s Employer’s Guide to ESV