Corporate volunteering and team days
Corporate volunteering is employees giving work time to community causes – most often as a team day, where a group volunteers together with a charity. If you are comparing corporate volunteering platforms, the right tool depends on which side of the day you are on – this page points each audience at the right thing.
Want your team volunteering together?
That happens on volunteers.org.nz – PurposeTech's free national volunteer-listing site, where companies book team volunteer days with charities and community organisations.
- Book a team volunteer day with a listed organisation – $99 per team-day booking
- Or run an annual programme – $999/yr, with impact reporting for your company
- The charity sets the work; your team turns up and does something real
Hosting corporate groups on your campaign?
That is PurposeTech. Team and group management is built into the platform, so a corporate team registers, gets rostered and checks in as a unit rather than thirty separate sign-ups.
- Take corporate groups as team bookings on your campaign – one booking, many volunteers
- Assign a whole team to a site and shift together, and check them in on the day
- Report participation back to the company afterwards – who came, where, and what got done
How the two fit together
One team day involves both sides. Each side has its own tool, and they meet in the middle.
The company books
A company books a team volunteer day (or an annual programme) through volunteers.org.nz and picks a cause to spend it on.
The charity hosts
The charity runs the day on its PurposeTech campaign – the corporate team is rostered to a site and shift as a group and checked in on arrival.
Both sides see the result
The charity reports participation from the campaign; annual-programme companies get impact reporting from volunteers.org.nz.
Charities building a corporate programme from scratch – who to approach, what to offer, how to package a team day – should start with the corporate volunteering guide.
Corporate volunteering FAQ
What is corporate volunteering?
Corporate volunteering is employees giving work time to community causes – usually as a team day (a group volunteers together for a day or half-day) or through employer volunteer leave used individually. In New Zealand it most often looks like a team spending a day with a charity: planting, sorting, collecting or helping run an event.
How do team volunteer days work through volunteers.org.nz?
volunteers.org.nz is PurposeTech's free national volunteer-listing site. Companies can book a team volunteer day with a listed organisation for $99 per team-day booking, or take an annual programme at $999 per year, which includes impact reporting for the company. The charity hosting the day sets what the team actually does.
Can charities charge corporate groups to volunteer?
Practice varies. Some charities host corporate teams free; others ask for a contribution towards materials, staff time and running costs. Many now run their team days through volunteers.org.nz's paid bookings, which puts a simple price on the day without the charity having to negotiate one company by company.
Does PurposeTech sell corporate CSR software?
No. PurposeTech is not a corporate volunteering platform sold to companies – it is a volunteer campaign platform for charities and community organisations, covering street appeals, events and disaster recovery. Companies that want their team volunteering book a team day through volunteers.org.nz; charities hosting corporate groups manage them as teams on their PurposeTech campaign.
Know which side you are on?
Companies: book a team day on volunteers.org.nz. Charities: talk to us about running corporate groups on your campaign.