Tag: Pilotlight

Linklaters partners with Pilotlight to launch UK’s first social impact programme

Stuart Mitchell

Linklaters has partnered with Pilotlight, the UK’s leading cross-profession pro bono charity, to support the UK’s first social impact programme for climate action.  The programme aims to enhance the effectiveness of charities tackling climate and sustainability challenges by bringing in skills and expertise from businesses to assist. The initiatives included in the programme range from Pilotlight Impact Day, a high energy event where teams of professionals take on specific, strategic challenges that charities face and provide suggested solutions, to Pilotlight Insight programme, in which teams are matched to emerging and…

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Workplace volunteering could unlock billions in the UK economy

Stuart Mitchell

Workplace volunteering has the potential to boost productivity, improve employees’ wellbeing, and generate billions for the UK economy, according to a new report by Pro Bono Economics (PBE).* The report – ‘Triple dividend: How workplace volunteering can make us happier, healthier and more productive‘ – which has been produced for business volunteering charity Pilotlight, found that net productivity gains of between £1.6 billion – £2.8 billion could be unlocked for the UK economy by expanding workplace volunteering opportunities.** PBE’s analysis revealed that 17 – 23 million employees currently do not…

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100,000 skilled volunteers needed to support the UK’s environmental charities, says Pilotlight

Stuart Mitchell

New research from Pilotlight estimates that 100,000 skilled “climate volunteers” are needed to accelerate environmental action in the UK. Published today, the findings reveal an urgent need amongst environmental charities for professional support from skilled volunteers. As Prime Minister Rishi Sunak rolls back the UK’s climate commitments, pressure is set to fall on environmental NGOs even further to help drive impact. Pilotlight’s survey of nearly 300 environmental charities found that almost two thirds (63%) are actively looking for professional support from skilled volunteers. The skills gap is greatest for smaller…

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Simplified access to free support for small charities

Stuart Mitchell

A new initiative to make it easier for small charities to access free professional support was launched on Friday 23 June, during Small Charity Week by 19 organisations offering skilled volunteering, all members of the UK Pro Bono Association.   Seven out of ten small and medium-sized charities say that they are actively looking for pro bono professional skills to support what they do – but only four out of ten find it. The new initiative will close this gap, with the charities offering pro bono and free support and services…

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