Corporate Volunteering

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Volunteering WA manages a highly reputable, professional and comprehensive corporate volunteering service. The Corporate Volunteering Program provides valuable and meaningful experiences to corporate employees and much needed support and resources to the Western Australian community.

Corporate members provide their employees with volunteering leave, which is often tied to their corporate social responsibility priorities and employee engagement goals. From there, their employees can attend corporate volunteering team days where they will contribute to their community through team-based and skills-based volunteering at a variety of different organisations.

A volunteer from Bankwest cutting materials at a table

Our impact

  • 387
    corporate volunteering team days
    Hosted by Volunteering WA in 2025.
  • 116
    Western Australian organisations supported
    Through Volunteering WA’s Corporate Volunteering Program in 2025.
  • 17300
    hours
    of volunteering was contributed
    By corporate volunteers through our program in 2025.

Types of Corporate Volunteering

Team-Based Volunteering

Team based projects are one day projects completed within normal business hours (Monday to Friday) by teams ranging from 5 to 50 volunteers.

Volunteer activities could include tree planting, gardening for aged care clients, packing baby hampers for new parents, repairing bikes for youth programs, painting and site maintenance, wildlife rehab, food preparation for families in need, sorting and packing donations. Volunteering WA manages all logistics, including planning, coordination and support, making participation smooth and low-effort for your organisation.

Skills-Based Volunteering

Skills based volunteering involves discrete one on one projects in which a corporate volunteer utilises their individual or workplace skills to assist a non-for-profit or community organisation.

Project commitments are generally 8-12 hours spread across a few weeks or months and are tailored to suit an employee’s Volunteer Leave Allowance. Projects include skills in areas such as Human Resources, Strategic Planning, Business Development, Project Management, Risk Assessment, Mentoring and Coaching, and many more.

  • A volunteer using tools in a factory
    Wheelchairs for Kids corporate volunteers spending their time helping out on the assembly line, contributing to the production of wheelchairs for kids around the world.
  • Two volunteers with brooms at Cat Haven WA
    Corporate volunteers at Cat Haven often assist with tidying, gardening, organising materials, and other duties to help cats feel safe and relaxed while in their care.
  • A group of volunteers wearing high-vis vests stand around a table
    Save the Children corporate volunteers help sort donations in their warehouse via category, cleanliness and quality, which is then distributed to retail shops across WA.

Benefits for Businesses

Volunteering WA has over 800 member organisations, and we understand where the need is within the community for corporate volunteers. This makes us well placed to help find the right opportunity to meet the requirements and passions of your employees.
  • Corporate Volunteering Portal
    A branded portal can be set up for your company so employees can search for and book in volunteering opportunities.
  • Liaison
    We liaise with organisations to secure volunteering placements and organise logistics (including catering, transport, safety and run sheet).
  • Evaluation
    We collect feedback from employee volunteers and beneficiary organisations to determine your impact and provide an end-of-year report.

What do other businesses think?

Hear what real corporate volunteers have to say about the program.
  • Awesome day, interacting with my team, Volunteering WA, the Salvation Army and the recipients.
    A volunteer using a mixing bowl, surrounded by baking ingredients
    Rio Tinto volunteer
    following a Salvation Army team day
  • It was such a rewarding day knowing that we were helping to set up kids for success.
    Bankwest volunteer
    following a Give Write team day
  • The tangibility of holding baby clothes up item by item was an emotional experience.
    BHP volunteer
    following a Little Things for Tiny Tots team day

Benefits for Community Organisations

Our Community Volunteering program gives community organisations the chance to welcome motivated corporate teams into your work. It’s an opportunity to tackle projects that need extra hands, access specialist skills, and meet new supporters.
  • Access extra hands and specialist skills
    Corporate volunteers can tackle labour-intensive tasks and offer professional expertise your organisation may not have in-house.
  • We’ll handle the logistics
    Volunteering WA manages all logistics, including planning, coordination and support, making participation smooth and low-effort for your organisation.
  • Turn volunteers into supporters for your cause
    Build awareness and connections as corporate volunteers learn about your mission and may become ongoing supporters, advocates or future volunteers.

What do other organisations think?

Hear what real participants have to say about our Corporate Volunteering Program.
  • We’ve had 3 days’ worth of work done in 5 hours. Corporate teams smash out a lot of work!
    A corporate volunteer holding up a donation at the Save the Children warehouse
    Save the Children
  • Their contribution has been invaluable in helping us maintain a safe and functional environment.
    WA Wildlife
  • Their help was invaluable, and we would not have achieved the level of clean up that we did without them.
    Pannawonica School

Join the program today

Contact us to start reaping the benefits of corporate volunteering, or to ask any questions you have about the program. To access our corporate volunteers, you must first be a member of Volunteering WA.
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Rio Tinto corporate volunteers at a People Who Care team day