January 12, 2010
Employee Volunteering in the Netherlands, Corporate Forum, 20th IAVE World Volunteer Conference 2008
Employee volunteering is relatively new, but growing …
Large companies have volunteer programs
Volunteer Centers and Community Brokers
Market Exchange (companies and NGO’s)
National Volunteer Institute and Special University Chair
Regional Business Councils for Community Involvement
Univé Insurance Employee Volunteers
1) 20 Group projects organized and carried out each year by our employees
2) Individual employees volunteer to acquire skills or use present skills in new context
3) Youth coaching is developing in the Netherlands (various programs)
Fortis coaching worth equivalent of a training course (HR policy)
Double Pleasure National Project launch 2008 by MOVISIE, Matchpoint and Univé community internships for secondary school students (age 12-16)
employee volunteers nationwide
4) Univé structural project to support unpaid caregivers in the Netherlands
Volunteer projects for family respite care
Employees help caregivers with bureacratic forms
Human Resources program for employees who are also unpaid caregivers
New Caregiver Insurance (premium reduction)
