Give and Gain 2017
08 Mar 2017
Develop your team through volunteering - in a new way
In support of our social responsibility agenda, the University is once again taking part in Give and Gain Day.
This year, Give and Gain is changing.
In previous years this has been one national day where employee volunteering has been carried out organised by Business in the Community (BITC).
Now Give and Gain will be more than just one day of the year. BITC want to reflect the fact that businesses play a powerful role in their communities at any time of the year and will be working with businesses to encourage volunteering activities that use the skills of their volunteers to enhance their local community.
‘Fit4Fun’ – a fun-filled collaborative action day with a range of companies coming together to work with primary school children – is one of the last large scale physical challenges that will be happening this year, on Wednesday, 10 May.
The theme for the day is ‘healthy living’ and the aim is to support schools in promoting this message to their pupils. There will be up to 120 pupils taking part throughout the day, approximately 60 pupils each in both the morning and afternoon session.
How does it work?
Each company team (between five and ten volunteers) will have the opportunity to devise fun activities for a group of approximately ten to 14 primary school children around exercise and/or healthy eating. Pupils from local schools will have the opportunity to take part in your activity for 15 minutes with the groups of pupils then rotating round each of the activities.
Teams will receive a briefing pack with full details on the event including programme for the day and timings.
The University is encouraging managers who already have a planned team development activity in the pipeline, or are thinking about undertaking an event, to consider taking part in a Give and Gain Day activity.
Get involved
Responsibility for organising these days is devolved to individual managers. To register interest, find out more about local projects, and how you can participate in BITC-brokered Give and Gain Day activity, visit:
Or contact Gaynor Anthony, the BITC co-ordinator for the North West region for Give and Gain Day, or Gemma Obeng on:
There is a cost involved (minimum of £540 per team of up to ten people and £54 pp thereafter) which covers insurance, health and safety, administration and all brokerage arrangements.
You may already have built a relationship with a particular community organisation, and wish to return to them on Give and Gain Day outside the BITC-brokered arrangements. This is perfectly acceptable, as long as you have local management permission, and complete the necessary risk assessment documentation.
If you plan to do this, or have new ideas and opportunities for Give and Gain, register your intent with:
For further information about the University's staff volunteering initiatives visit:
For further information about staff learning and development, contact: