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Themed volunteering proves a success
During the last quarter we promoted homelessness as a particular focus for employer supported volunteering. We had an overwhelming response to our ask (Author: )

DH, WCC, ETAT win Partnership of the Year Award
Department of Health, Westminster City Council and the ETAT (Encouragement Through The Arts) jointly win the Partnership of the Year Award at Westminster Volunteer Awards on 13th June, 2012 (Author: )

Event: Building partnerships and managing expectations 19th April 2012
The event promises to be a great opportunity to share with one another good practice on partnerships between employers and community groups. A number of our partners will be speaking at the event including, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Westminster Society (Author: )

CrowdfundSW1 Launched at Microsoft HQ
CrowdfundSW1 launched a new initiative to help support local charities and community groups by providing them with a platform to promote their projects and increase awareness. (Author: )

Recent Event: Online Marketing Workshop Microsoft Bing team
We are proud to highlight a recent employee volunteering project which involved over 20 employee volunteers and offered free training to 60 charities. Time and Talents supported the Bing team to create a workshop around the needs of charities (Author: )

Published: new study on the role of the broker in Employer Supported Volunteering
Study by Dr Lee, Massey University, New Zealand, which included 30 in-depth interviews with brokers, community and employer organisations (Author: )

Xmas collections by local employers
In December TTW supported collections by volunteers from local employers including British Land, Dept for Energy and Climate Change, CIMA, Barclays, Home Office, Dept for Health, John Lewis, PwC. The companies collected for local charities. (Author: )

Charity Starts Online - Volunteer Run Workshop 20.02.11
Starting out on your online journey is exciting, but can be daunting, particularly as the pace of change quickens. And yet we all know that making the most of the internet and an online presence can give your charity a real edge (Author: )

Event Summary- Opening Doors: innovating ways to support the community from the workplace
Time and Talents' workshop brought together representatives from business, education, government and charities to hear examples of some successful workplace volunteering schemes and to consider ways in which they could help the local community and benefit (Author: )

Press release: Volunteering in your workplace event
This event is for leaders from businesses and charities to share their experiences and ideas around employee volunteering within the workplace. This is a great way to learn more about this topic, about each other and also contribute your own thoughts (Author: )

TTW to run European Year of Volunteering Pilot
Volunteering England selected Time and Talents for Westminster to support its EYV programme. We are running two pilot projects and accompanying this with case studies and toolkits. (Author: )

Trends of Excellence in Employee Volunteering Released June 20, 2011
The first report, which focuses on the basic infrastructure and company support that excellent EVPs , found companies should Consider investing at least $179 per employee (Author: )

Our Impact Report 2010-11 now online
Read about our flagship projects from last year, thoughts from our partners, recap on our events and how we are contributing to positive change together. (Author: )

Council publishes budget report
Council publishes budget report (Author: )

Peer-mentoring
Building cross sector learning relationships that enhance leadership both sides (Author: )

Our response to Office for Civil Society consultation paper
We wanted to share our response to the consultation submitted by the Cabinet Office Office for Civil Society entitled Supporting a Stronger Civil Society An Office for Civil Society - consultation on improving support for frontline civil society (Author: )

Acevo publishes guide to cross sector learning relationships
The publication of this 'how to' guide comes at an important time for seizing the initiative to find ways of increasing understanding between the voluntary, private and public sectors. (Author: )

New project case studies - 18th Feb 2011
We are pleased to showcase the latest case studies showcasing the employee volunteering projects happening in Westminster (Author: )

Giving Green Paper: Third Sector, 17 January 2011
The introduction to the Giving Green Paper asserts that one of its main aims is to "increase levels of giving and mutual support in our society and catalyse a culture shift that makes social action a social norm". (Author: )

Hot off the press! Cabinet Office report on Civil Society
An Office for Civil Society consultation on improving support for frontline civil society organisation (Author: )

Previous News Stories
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Good Neighbour Award for employer partners
WECH awards Time and Talents and partners for volunteer projects engaging with WECH residents and the organisation (Author: )

BBC catches drift of ESV
BBC Radio Oxford talks to employees about the benefits of Employer Supported Volunteering (Author: )

New Government affirms commitment to voluntary sector
In an open letter Nick Hurd, new Minister for Civil Society, reaffirms the Conservative government's commitment to voluntary organisations.. (Author: )

March 2010: Employer Supported Volunteering Rountable
ESV Roundtable with Nick Hurd MP, Shadow Minister for Charities, Social Enterprise and Volunteering. (Author: )

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January 2010: The Future of Volunteering
Improving Support Magazine describes personal accounts about the process of Employer Supported Volunteering (Author: )

July 2009: Baroness Neuberger publishes review of volunteering in the civil service
A review by Baroness Neuberger, the Prime Minister’s Volunteering Champion - July 2009 (Author: )