Many of our employees give their time as volunteers to support good causes. This benefits charities and communities but also allows our employees to learn new skills.
We encourage employee volunteering and help to raise additional funds from third parties. Most of our local operating companies have programmes to encourage employees to volunteer in working hours.
Examples of employee volunteering programmes include:
- Refurbishing a residential care home for young children, by Vodafone Malta to mark its seventh annual ‘Corporate Responsibility Day’.
- Distributing blankets, clothes and food supplies to 10,000 needy families. Over 160 Vodafone Egypt employees volunteered three hours each on average to the cause.
- Giving blood at Vodafone Albania’s Blood Donation Day, in co-operation with The Red Cross. Donors are urgently needed in Albania because 8% of the population carries Thalassemia, a blood condition that can be treated with blood transfusions.
- Vodafone Australia’s Beyondyou programme, to help employees make a personal difference to their community and the environment. Beyondyou offers individual and team volunteering, as well as career development opportunities with community partners. Employees can take one additional day of paid leave each year to volunteer.