MGPA - Volunteering Team Challenge Project Management

The company’s aims were to offer employees the opportunity to spend a day out of the office working as a team on a community project that required the support of volunteers

CCWorks agreed to:

Phase 1: Sourcing

a) Agree a detailed brief with the project leader by e-mail/telephone
b) Source a range of appropriate team challenges for individual teams (for method, see below)
c) Produce a long-list of up to 6 projects with project outlines
d) Consult with the project leader to short-list a choice of two suitable challenges
e) Carry out further research on short-listed projects and present findings to client in the form of a short report and presentation (face-to-face)

Phase 2: Pre-planning

a) Produce a project plan and action list
b) Carry out an on-site risk assessment in advance of the Challenge
c) Act as co-ordinator with the voluntary sector partner
d) Liaise with the Project Leader for materials budget
e) Advise on internal communications to employees
f) Ensure all actions are carried out to enable the Team to turn up prepared to carry out the task by producing a detailed programme

Outcomes

The project was delivered on time, on brief and on budget
Employee feedback was overwhelmingly positive 56% said that the day met their expectations and 33% felt it exceeded their expectations
100% said they wanted to volunteer again
"It’s useful to have all the necessary information on one site. It is quick and easy for Santander staff to search for projects, with drop-down menus for further details. It is simple for the Santander administrator to track how many people have reserved and completed the volunteering projects. You can also upload photos of the completed projects, and the feedback forms allow Santander to report on the activities that have been completed "
Sheralee Morris, Community Relations Senior Manager
, Santander
"We chose to work with CCWorks rather than one of the large volunteering consultancies as we believed they could deliver our pilot, were flexible in their approach and client-focused. Working with them was a great experience and they delivered in all areas"
Patricia Wheway, Project Manager
, Tesco