Case Studies

We are pleased to showcase our latest volunteering project case studies all brokered by us and with volunteers from our employer partners helping community partners. If you would like to watch our latest videos click here.

Grow your own food in school

Volunteers supported teams of students to create a plan of what to grow in their new plastic bottle greenhouse, taking into account, seasons, growing conditions etc. More ...

Pitching simulation @ Microsoft

Volunteers from Microsoft - Advertising team welcomed sixth form students from a local Academy to their offices and facilitated the students to create their own pitch. More ...

BlueBay volunteers provide I.T Training

An team from BlueBay volunteered their time to provide training in Office 2007 to a charity staff who had recently had it installed at their offices More ...

Plastic bottle greenhouse @ local primary school

Department of Health volunteers helped get the whole school involved in collecting bottles and, together with 6-11 yr olds, built a Plastic Bottle Greenhouse during the school's Sustainability Week More ...

A-Level law students visit to Ministry of Justice

An interactive day filled with presentations, workshops and discussions with senior level policy makers and law-practitioners More ...

Cross-government task force support homeless charity with their client survey

Volunteers from the Home Office and HMRC support charity with client survey, from design, to interviews, to analysis of findings and report writing More ...

Work placement for person with mild learning disabilities

Two week work experience placement with the Department of Health for someone with mild learning disabilities More ...

Peer mentoring cross-sector relationship

Director of Strategy for Office for Disability issues (ODI) and the CEO of an advocacy charity were matched as part of an ongoing partnership between the two organisations. More ...

Six month secondment placement

Usha was seconded from Ministry of Justice to a small civil society organisation where she honed skills and confidence to start up her own company More ...

Financial capability project @ local primary school

Barclays volunteers ran the Barclays Money Skills programme supporting children to think about what they can do with money through fun, practical and engaging activities More ...

Construction Site visit by Land Securities

Volunteers from Land Securities showed students interested in construction and engineering around the building site of the new BBC headquarters More ...

Policy team engage with day centre for older people

Staff from the Commission on Funding of Care and Support spent the day at a Day Centre for older people More ...

Employability outreach for young people

Soft skills support for young people on social housing estate. Programme included: CV, Interview, professional skills and etiquette and enterprise. More ...

Three year sustainable partnership

Three year partnership involving a number of projects including: garden renovations; trips for children and families; pro bono space planning; and funding. More ...

Anti-Bullying DVD, Launch Event

Office for Disability Issues partnered up with a local charity supporting adults with learning disabilities to help launch an anti-bullying DVD More ...

Employability Mentoring Project

Mentoring Project delivered by DfT in Partnership with South Westminster Renewal Partnership More ...

The Apprentice

Apprentice style project which resulted in a two weeks' work experience for one of the young candidates More ...

Garden make-over

Aegis staff volunteered to revamp and do up the gardens of a Community Day Centre so that clients and staff would enjoy the gardens free from weeds, overgrown hedges and rubbish. More ...

Welcome to My Community

Volunteers from DfE engaged with the parents from a Westminster Primary School through open consultation and discussion to encourage them to become more of a part of the school community More ...

Welcome to My School

Volunteers work with primary school children to create a welcome book which is then translated into several languages to help for when new children and parents join the school More ...

Employability Workshop

Spencer Stuart (recruitment company) went to Paddington Academy to conduct employability workshops there. More ...

Storytelling without books

Storytelling without books at a Westminster Primary school with a group of senior Barclays managers. More ...

Christmas Lunch Project

Jonathan from the Home Office spent a day volunteering, read his description here More ...

Transforming school's outdoor play areas

Three separate teams of PwC volunteers totally transform the outdoor play areas for a local school in Westminster, whilst contributing valuable assets/tools to the school curriculum More ...

GoogleServe 2010

Four teams of Googlers got out into the community to help a community centre and a housing association with practical support More ...

A Partnership Case-Study
Westminster City Council was a founding member of Time and Talents for Westminster in 1996, and has had a strong strategic involvement in programme since then