Reading Matters and your company, a life-changing partnership

As well as raising your company's profile within the local community, volunteering can help to build relationships within teams, boost morale, and provide an opportunity for employees to interact with each other in a non-work setting. This in turn can have a beneficial effect on productivity as employees return to work feeling motivated and inspired.

Gordon Brown on corporate volunteering

“Today, corporate social responsibility goes far beyond the old philanthropy of the past and is now an all year round responsibility that companies accept for the environment around them, for the best working practices, for their engagement in their local communities and for their recognition that brand names depend on not only quality, price and uniqueness but on how, cumulatively they interact with the company’s workforce community and environment."
Gordon Brown

Benefits of corporate volunteering with Reading Matters

• A bespoke package designed to work around your employees' commitments
• Instant volunteer satisfaction as results are very clear and measurable.
• Great team-building work – particularly as we encourage car/taxi sharing to get to your chosen school.
• Volunteering takes place term-time only, in blocks of 10 weeks, primarily during school hours.
• The possibility to volunteer-share, halving the required commitment from the individual volunteer.
• Your company is directly supporting the wider community, education and the future workforce.
• It provides a unique staff development opportunity.
• Training can take place on-site, to fit around your staff's availability.
• Direct PR support from the Reading Matters' team.
• Ongoing support, advice, specialised training and 'top up training' throughout the partnership.
• It makes a real difference to young people's lives.

If you are interested in developing a corporate social responsibility programme with Reading Matters – please get in touch. We will arrange to come and visit your company to discuss your particular requirements and objectives. We can then draw up a proposal to meet your specific needs.

Testimonials from our existing corporate partners such as Pinsent Mason and The Royal Armouries can be provided on request.