Get ready for Volunteers' Week! ??
Chapter One UK
We transform children's futures with one-to-one online reading support at the time they need it the most.
In this issue: we give you top tips for celebrating Volunteers’ Week; congratulate Sellafield Ltd and Programme and Project Partners (PPP) for being highly commended at the UK National GO Procurement Awards; announce the winner of the Chapter One and Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation story competition; share details about our 2 July Partner, Volunteer and School Recognition Awards - plus shine a light on volunteers from 思科 , Clyde & Co and Liberty Global !
3 things for Volunteers Week! ??
We are looking forward to Volunteers’ Week 2024 from 3-9 June and celebrating the amazing contribution our partners and volunteers make to closing the reading gap in the UK. Here are 3 key ways you can get involved:
1) Contribute to our recommendations on running an impactful employee volunteering scheme
The evidence is conclusive. Employee or workplace volunteering is no longer a ‘nice to have’ but a MUST DO. Take our survey to help us create and share our set of recommendations on introducing and running successful volunteering schemes.
It’s anonymous and short! Fill it out here.
?? Closing date: COB Thursday 23 May. Participants will receive a free copy of the findings during Volunteers’ Week 2024!
2) Sign up for our webinar: Unlock Opportunities for Social Impact in Education ??
On 5 June at 1pm, we are excited to be collaborating with Governors for Schools on a webinar showcasing how companies can leverage volunteering to deliver socio-economic impact. Join us to:
?? Explore the impact employers can have through supporting their people into volunteer roles
?? Discover the socio-economic impact of the corporate partnerships on offer
?? Hear from your peers Dan Heffernan , Strategic Social Value Lead at AtkinsRéalis , and Alison W. , 5 Million Futures Education Lead at 德勤 , about the value Chapter One and Governors for Schools bring to their organisations
3) ?Support our Childhood Trust and Champions for Children fundraising campaign ??
Save the date! From 4-18 June every donation made will be matched until we reach our target of ￡8,000. One donation, twice the impact!
Sellafield Ltd and Programme and Project Partners (PPP) recognised at UK Procurement Awards ??
Huge congratulations to our partners Sellafield Ltd and Programme and Project Partners (PPP) for being highly commended in three categories, including Social Value, at the UK National GO Procurement Awards 23/24. Their work with Chapter One in West Cumbria is a key way in which they work with their supply chain to respond to local social and economic challenges.
Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation and Chapter One announce winner of story competition ??
A group of pupils from a Chapter One primary school in Bermondsey were invited to the West End offices of Sodexo this month for the announcement of the winning book in our story competition with our Platinum Partner Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation .
Celebrating our partners, volunteers and schools ??
On Tuesday 2 July, we invite our online reading volunteers, corporate and school partners to join us either in-person or online for our annual Partner, Volunteer and School Recognition Awards. This event will be a celebration of our partners’ and volunteers’ individual and collective achievements, an opportunity to hear from and celebrate our school partners and teachers, and the presentation of some awards.
In-person places have all been allocated but you can join the waitlist, and of course you can still register for virtual attendance! If you have registered for an in-person ticket but can no longer attend, please do let us know so we can give your space to another volunteer!
When: Tuesday 2 July, 2024, 5-7.30pm (timings for virtual attendance: 6.00pm for approximately 6.10pm - 6.45pm)
Where: Salesforce , Blue Fin Building, London, SE1 0SU or online (presentations only)
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Partner updates ??
As we continue planning for the new school year in September, we are excited to announce our next wave of new corporate partners for 2024-25! A huge Chapter One welcome to the below companies who are joining as new corporate partners in September:
?? HWF Partners
?? Solenis
We are delighted that Bevan Brittan LLP and Oakland International Limited will be joining us as founding Birmingham partners, alongside HS2 (High Speed Two) Ltd , Mace Dragados UK & Ireland , Lendlease , Fieldfisher , Howden , Clyde & Co , AtkinsRéalis and 霍金路伟 .
We are also excited to announce that the Decommissioning Delivery Partnership (DDP) Social Impact , will also be upgrading to a Gold Partner from September.
Read more about our corporate partnership levels here. If you are also looking for an employee volunteering opportunity with measurable impact, we have a waiting list of schools wanting to take part in our Online Reading Volunteers Programme, and we still need more partners and volunteers for our expansion into Birmingham schools! Please get in touch with Sarah Taylor , our Business Development Manager at [email protected], if you want to find out how to get involved.
Why we partner with Chapter One??
Joy ABOIM , Senior Community Impact Lead, People, Policy and Purpose at our Gold partner 思科 , talks about how their Partnering for Purpose initiative enables the company to sponsor additional teams of Chapter One volunteers by engaging its channel partner community.
Why I volunteer ??
We shine a light on Luisa Lamb , from our Silver partner Clyde & Co : "Chapter One is a fabulous opportunity to support a child’s reading through an employer-supported volunteering model."
Why I volunteer ??
Rochelle Bennie from our Silver partner Liberty Global tells us: "There’s a real sense of achievement, both for her and for me, when we increase the reading level."