It’s been a busy week for the Volunteer Service at Community First HEH, with two local Companies taking time out of their normal working week to support the community. Pfizer, based at New Lane Havant, sent a team of people to Malmesbury Lawn Day Care Centre based in Leigh Park. The volunteers spent time talking to the older people, delivered a quiz, baked cakes, gave hand massages and made cards. Carole Johnson, Site Leader for Pfizer says “This was my first opportunity to take part in a volunteering day with Community First HEH. It was an incredibly rewarding experience and we were all very impressed with the facilities and staff at Malmesbury Lawn. It was great to be able to work with the local community to help make a differenceâ€.
Twelve employees from a local corporate organisation's Marketing Team, spent the day passing on their knowledge and skills to a variety of community groups and charities from across our region.
Janet Duggan, Volunteer Coordinator says “the focus of the Marketing Matters Workshop was for staff to give something back to the community by passing on their skills and expertise to community groups. Groups attending received one-to-one support from the Marketing Team, passing on knowledge around how to improve their websites, social media awareness and brandingâ€.
The Employee Volunteering Scheme works with businesses enabling them to share their skills with the voluntary and community sector. The scheme also has Team Challenges where community projects can benefit from a group of volunteers carrying out environmental tasks, garden make overs, decorating, befriending and so on. If you are a business and would like to share your skills or take part in the team challenges contact Janet Duggan at janet.duggan@cfheh.org.uk or telephone 0300 500 8085 ext 9722.