There are many benefits in supporting volunteerism among your staff. It is truly a win-win-win opportunity. For the Employer Enhanced public image and brand recognition Increased employee and customer loyalty Less staff absenteeism, less turnover More attractive to prospective employees More attractive to prospective customers and investors More motivated employees Positive media coverage at little or no cost Enhanced employee skills like collaboration, communication and influencing help develop leaders and strengthens teams
	For the Employee An opportunity to meet new people and grow their personal network Learning new skills, becoming more marketable Employees who volunteer tend to get promoted beyond what would have been expected without volunteering Recent University of Ottawa research indicated that volunteer work increases the annual earnings of volunteers over non-volunteers by 6 to 7% Builds self-esteem, promotes tolerance and understanding				For the Community Greater social capital and community cohesion (volunteers are the single greatest contributor to quality of life in a community) Enhanced health, education and social services Volunteering promotes historical, artistic and cultural enrichment Builds strong communities - strong communities attract new businesses
	Points That Count Support the community in line with the passions of your employees. To download the Points That Count brochure, click here. (.pdf)
	Would you like to learn more? From Canada, Volunteer Canada has some great resources available for free to download or to purchase. Find them here. From the USA, ServiceLeader.org gives us Bests Practices in Employee Volunteerism. To learm more, click here. From England, Volunteering England lists a variety of articles, case studies and related links. Read them here. And from Australia, Volunteering Australia has a great summary on the effects of employee volunteering programs. Download it here.