🌱 What are community volunteer days?

Great question!

Community volunteer days are paid days where you’re encouraged to give back to a cause that matters to you. Whereby offers full support for you to donate your time and energy to initiatives in your local or global community!

These days can be booked on Bob, and we’ll celebrate your contributions - both individually and as a team. 🙌

<aside> 👕 Reward! 🏆👕 Complete six community volunteer hours to receive a limited-edition Whereby T-shirt!

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💛 Why would we create this initiative?

The purpose of Whereby’s community volunteer program is to:

• Support meaningful causes and serve the communities in which we live and work
• Use our position of privilege for good, especially in communities that require extra support
• Address issues that impact quality of life across the world in all locations, like climate change, world hunger, and LGBTQ+ rights.

We believe giving back creates impact - not just for the community, but for us as individuals. These days are designed to be purposeful, people-centred, and values aligned, in line with our Vision, mission & values.

At the same time, we want to recognise that participating in these activities will also enrich and inspire the lives of our everyone in our team.

Community is not subjected to locality - you can take a global view, just like we do with our vision: a world where anywhere works.

🏆 Volunteer Scoreboard & Charity Fund

We believe in recognising and rewarding impact - not just inside Whereby, but in the communities we care about. That’s why we’re introducing the Volunteer Scoreboard.

Each time you log volunteer hours on Bob, they’ll count towards your total time. At the end of the year, the top 3 volunteers (based on hours logged) will each get to choose a charity to receive a donation from the Whereby Charity Fund. 🎉

Whether you’ve been mentoring, cleaning up a park, donating time to a cause or organising something awesome - we want to see it logged!

⏱️ Make sure to log your hours under “Community Volunteer Hours” in Bob to be counted!

📅 How to book a Community Volunteer Day

We have created a “time off” type called ‘Community Volunteer Hours’ on Bob.

All you need to do is book a ’Community Volunteer Hours’ using the “time off” option in Bob (no approval needed!) Please inform your manager and ensure it works with your team’s plans.

<aside> ⚠️ On the day: Please make sure you set your slack status and out of office.

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