Employee Engagement:

Mobilise your employee champions

Once you have your communications plan and community champions network in place, the next stage of your communications approach should include recognition and celebration of what your volunteers have achieved.

Prudential UK & Europe have described how their volunteering awards have developed into an effective mechanism for inspiring employee volunteers. Read more about Prudential UK & Europe's volunteering awards:

• Prudential UK & Europe's Employee Volunteering Awards (EVAs) (44 kb)
• Prudential UK & Europe EVAs website feature (279 kb) 

Volunteer recognition schemes have also been put in place by the following CommunityMark companies:

M&S

• M&S Awards Scheme (99 kb)

BT

• BT Chairman's awards 2009 (275 kb)

Barclays

• Barclays - Chairman's Awards (150 kb)
• Barclays 2008 Chairmans Award information pack (1297 kb)

PwC

• PwC Volunteering Award Scheme (336 kb)

Cadbury

• Cadbury Chairman's Awards (185 kb)

Sainsbury’s

• Sainsbury's Local Heroes (669 kb)

Visit Prudential UK & Europe, M&S, BT, Barclays, PwC, and Sainsbury's websites