Innovation in Volunteering and the Value of Skills-Based Volunteering with Matchable
Welcome to a fascinating episode of Includability Shorts, where your host, Dave Holby-Wolinski, meets the trailblazing Foong Ng, Founder & CEO at Matchable Volunteering and a shining star in UK Tech.
In this 5-minute dive, we explore Matchable's unique approach to volunteering. Foong shares the vision behind her award-winning B2B platform, which goes beyond traditional volunteering by matching companies and employees with groundbreaking projects. From utilising Blockchain to transform Colombian farmers into cacao entrepreneurs to employing Augmented Reality and AI to help children deal with grief, the impact of Matchable's approach is unparalleled.
Matchable, incubated by The Good Lab and part-owned by some of the UK's largest charities, is reshaping the way we think about giving back, leveraging technology to create a more substantial, innovative impact.
Join us as we unravel Foong's journey, understand the creative use of technology in volunteering, and inspire you to think differently about corporate social responsibility and giving back to the community.
Highlights
🚀 Innovation in Volunteering: Foong Ng, the Founder and CEO of Matchable, talks about innovative ways companies can encourage volunteering among employees and the benefits they might gain.
🎓 Five Top Tips: Foong provides five detailed tips to guide companies looking to implement a volunteering policy, with a special focus on understanding why they want to volunteer.
💼 Paid Time Off: 83% of companies offer paid time off for volunteering. The discussion emphasises the need for a centralised system within the company to help employees find volunteering opportunities.
🌳 Types of Volunteering: The talk explores various volunteering options, such as in-person and virtual, individual and group, skills-based or traditional, and working with big or small charities or impact startups.
💡 Value of Skills-Based Volunteering: Skills-based volunteering can have 150 times more value in impact compared to traditional volunteering, with a value of £1920 per project versus £13 per hour for traditional volunteering.
🌍 Alignment with Company Values: Foong emphasises that the reason for volunteering should align with the company's values, whether for team building, PR, living company values, or employee personal passion.
🤝 Matchable as a Partner: The episode ends by highlighting Matchable as a potential partner for organisations looking to engage in volunteering, reinforcing the importance of inclusive, diverse, and mentally healthy workplaces.
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