Transaid member companies support us with their expertise in addition to giving funding and resources by allowing employees with specialist skills to volunteer in our programmes.
This means our projects can benefit from a wealth of first class technical expertise. Those who volunteer find they gain just as much as they give as the experience enhances their own skills and competencies, particularly in leadership, flexibility and cultural understanding.
Although placements are often just two weeks long, their input is always part of a longer programme of work with a Transaid project partner and the focus is on skills-sharing. For example, volunteers don't just train drivers, they train driver trainers. This ensures that the work they do is sustainable and carries on when they leave. Some volunteers are also placed for much longer periods of time and can be seconded to a Transaid project for up to two years.
We hope their experiences will inspire you to think that ordinary people working in the UK transport & logistics industry are committed to using their skills to make a difference.
If you are responsible for your company’s operations or human resources and would like to know more about how we work with member companies to increase staff motivation and development at the same time as enhancing Transaid’s programmes, please contact us.
Click here to read some of our professional volunteer diary blogs.
