Skills Share
Covid-19 Update: Skills share has traditionally been a programme of virtual employee-volunteering. We are currently looking to engage with employee-volunteers to help develop an Employability resource pack of videos, fact sheets and virtual mentoring to support York residents who may have lost employment directly due to Covid-19 to support them in looking for new employment. These resources may include how to write a CV, interview tips or looking at transferable skills.
Skills Share provides opportunities for employee-volunteers to share their business expertise with voluntary community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations to help them become more sustainable. By supporting VCSE organisations, employee-volunteers can bring about lasting change.
Who is it for?
● VCSE organisations could get support with a specific project such as a marketing plan
● Individuals or teams of employee-volunteers can provide support, experience and guidance on a specific project to a VCSE organisation
How does it work?
Employee-volunteers act as ‘critical friends’, providing support, expertise and guidance and asking questions that challenge and help the VCSE organisation to move forward with their projects.
Get involved
● For VCSE organisations who are interested in gaining support from employee-volunteers please complete the Expression of Interest Form which can be found here and return the completed form to info@yorkcares.co.uk.
● For employee-volunteers who are interested in taking part please contact us on info@yorkcares.co.uk and we will then send over our skills audit form for you to complete. Once we know your skills and interests we will then be able to match you with a relevant project.
For more reasons to get involved read our case study about previous skills share activities.
Watch a video of Megan talking about the Skills Share programme.