While he achieved his aim of more diversity and the feel good factor of supporting a community organisation doing great things, he had not expected to take away lessons and energy that he could apply back in his day job.
Helping community organisations find solutions is another layer on that. He understands and values the complexity of what we do. Volunteering Australia estimates around 6 million people volunteer in Australia each year, sharing close to million hours with community organisations in And among employees in Australian companies, around 15 per cent participated in volunteering in , up from 3.
However, the organisation has calculated that only half of the potential volunteering time of employees in companies with volunteering programs is utilised, given employees in those companies usually have at least one day of volunteer leave each year. Bricknell says this is also true within Westpac, and puts it down to lack of awareness about options and how to manage the time commitment rather than a lack of interest.
A few years ago, he negotiated a compressed working week giving him one day a fortnight to focus on volunteering. They come back into the workforce energised. And Westpac benefits from that. We prioritise our support to our current social enterprise and community grant recipients, and to previous grant recipients who are still connected to Westpac through an employee Community Ambassador.
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