Volunteering
We support our employees in carrying out volunteering in the community. By giving their time, skills and expertise, our employees can make a valuable contribution to our local communities.
In 2010, a total of 2,751 volunteering hours – or 393 ‘working days’ (based on 7hrs a day) were given by Allianz employees to local charities and voluntary projects; an increase of 86% compared with 2009. Although this represents a significant increase we want to go further and donate 1,000 days in 2011.
All employees are entitled to up to 10 hours volunteering leave per year. The aim of volunteering is to:
- Develop and strengthen links with local communities by sharing the knowledge, skills and abilities of Allianz employees with community activities, programmes and organisations.
- Enhance employees’ personal development by helping to develop and build a range of skills and abilities that they can bring back to the workplace.
- Raise morale and motivation amongst employees.
- Have a demonstrable impact.
- Allianz supports a variety of forms of volunteering; recognising that volunteering is a personal choice and, therefore, employees should to choose their activity. Some examples of volunteering include:
- Team Challenges – one-off practical tasks completed by a group of employees usually on one day, e.g. decorating a social centre, clearing a riverbank, renovating a garden.
- Skills Projects – one-off short or longer assignments using business skills e.g. writing a business plan or marketing strategy, reviewing HR procedure, setting up a database.
- Board Membership – serving on the management body of a voluntary organisation or school, usually meeting monthly or bi-monthly.
- Regular Volunteering – a regular role undertaken around workplace commitments, e.g. mentoring, befriending, advice giving, reading in schools, conservation work.
