Neighbourly is a free to use platform, currently used by 20,000 good causes across the UK and Ireland ranging from registered charities to schools, local community groups and community interest companies.
Neighbourly works with a number of business partners and their skilled teams to connect charities and causes with volunteer support throughout the year.
Employee volunteers can be involved in or one-off events or commit to supporting your charity on a regular basis - both remotely and in-person.
Previous volunteers have supported on a range of tasks from gardening and river cleans to marketing and fundraising support, befriending and careers advice for the people you support.
Types of volunteer support
Skills based
With employee volunteers working in a range of skilled professional roles, they can support your charity with a breadth of tasks including:
- Admin and Finance Support
- Marketing and Social Media
- Planning and strategy
- Fundraising
- Logistics and IT Support
Practical
With thousands of community gardens, community hubs and environmental projects registered on the Neighbourly platform, we connect employee volunteers with organisations to help with:
- River cleans and litter picks
- Gardening and planting
- Painting and decorating
Community
If your organisation supports people's emotional wellbeing and personal development in the community, finding employee volunteers through Neighbourly could help you deliver more to your service users including:
- Befriending and/or letter writing
- Career and CV support
- Mental health mentorship
How to get involved
- Click the button to 'Register your organisation'
- Follow the steps to create your page on the Neighbourly platform
- Be sure to include detail about your organisation, who it benefits and what kind of support you need
- When you reach the end of your page set-up, don't forget to hit the 'Publish' button
- Our team will be in touch to see if we can match you with one or more of our volunteering programmes
Frequently Asked Questions
Does my organisation need to be a registered charity to join Neighbourly?
Any charity, community group, CIC or school can create a Neighbourly page and receive support. However, we recommend adding a charity/CIC number to your page if you have one.
How do I get help for my charity or group once I've joined Neighbourly?
When you sign up, you'll be guided through setting up your Neighbourly page - do include as much detail as possible on your organisation as this will help our team of experts to find you and match you with relevant programmes.
What is remote volunteering?
In 2020, in response to social distancing restrictions, we launched a new programme of volunteering which enabled employee volunteers to provide support digitally from their home or work environment to charities and community groups.
The programme has been hugely successful and we are continuing to arrange hundreds of remote volunteering activities, with volunteers from our partner businesses helping with everything from data entry, websites and social media to befriending schemes and online advice sessions for beneficiaries. Support is given by individuals or teams, as needed.
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