Team Volunteering
Whether you are a team of employees, friends or a family, volunteering is a great way of doing something different, hanging out together, and developing team skills.
Volunteer Centre Dundee has promoted team opportunities for voluntary organisations and helped to match them up to a group or organisation looking to volunteer.
"Team challenges? We got to take part in a fantastic team building exercise and have a lots of fun, whilst the charity got a really worthwhile piece of work completed at absolutely no cost to themselves - we were delighted and so were the charity."
Team Opportunities for Employees
People who work well together as a team are one of the most valuable assets any employer can have. There are many team building tools available but few are as satisfying, inexpensive and widely beneficial as a community challenge.
Rather than spending large amounts of money on a conventional team building day, connecting with a local community based organisation can provide both employers and teams with many benefits:
- Low cost
- An outstanding sense of achievement for all who take part
- A real team building experience impossible to replicate in the classroom
- An excellent PR opportunity
More and more companies, big and small, are now seeing the benefits of team volunteering challenges in their local community.
There is no charge for choosing one of our advertised team volunteering events. However if you would like the Volunteer Centre to act as a broker between your company and the host organisation a small charge will be levied.
Latest Team Volunteering Opportunities:
RNID: are organising a high profile Sporting Event on the 21st of March at Hampden Park in Glasgow. If you have a group interested email Louise Barry or Tel 01324 590888 Mobile: 07552 128424 Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland: are organising a number of events across the country from now until Dec for which they can accommodate groups of volunteers. For more information go to ‘latest news’ on the Volunteer Scotland website. MND Scotland: are holding their annual fun run around Strathclyde Park, Motherwell, on Sunday 16 th May 2010. They can accommodate groups of volunteers to with tasks such as marshalling the course, picking up empty water bottles, distributing goody bags and helping at the finish area. For further information email Dawn Hamilton or tel 0141 945 1077.
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National Spring Clean: During the month of April, this campaign encourages families, schools, community groups, environmental organisations and businesses to improve the cleanliness of their local areas. Groups can sign up for their clean up kit on the website.
Brae Riding Centre
Teams of volunteers are always needed to help out at the Brae Riding Centre for the disabled. There are lots of things a team of volunteers can get invovled in and your team will get the opportunity to see the difference the riding makes for those that take part. So come on and get out of your office and help make a difference to this wonderful place.
Date: Opportunities all year round - times arranged to suit organisation
Contact: Mary Sneddon, Manager, 07885 851881or email marysneddon59@hotmail.com
Location: The Centre is located on the A92 (Arbroath Road) just past Claypotts junction, behind Clearwater Housing Estate. Map available on website www.brae.org.uk
Corporate Community Involvement
Sun Microsystems employees take a well earned break
"The sense of achievement by teams when a challenge is finally completed, far exceeds any equivalent team building experience that could be gained in a training room"
Fiona Anthony, Standard Life
