The South Australian Government's Office for Volunteers has an exciting new corporate volunteering program, Corporates4Communities, run in collaboration with Heta Incorporated (external link).

Corporates4Communities matches volunteers from businesses with community organisations which need particular skills to make a positive impact on South Australian communities.

How the Corporates4Communities works for you

The program is coordinated by Heta Incorporated to help:

• Businesses provide expertise to assist community organisations in short term assignments and service delivery
• Community organisations access professional help in a whole range of skill areas including planning, marketing, finance etc.

Benefits for businesses

There are many mutual benefits for businesses and community organisations who take part in Corporates4Communities.

Actively supporting and encouraging employees to volunteer is an excellent example of how businesses can demonstrate their corporate social responsibility (external link).

It supports improvements in:

• Image and standing in the community
• Competitiveness
• Employee development and morale
• Retention and recruitment of employees

Benefits for community organisations

Through Corporates4Communities, community organisations can benefit from:

• Time, expertise, skills and energy volunteered by participating businesses
• A raised profile
• Better service delivery to meet the needs of the community

Further information

• Visit http://www.corporates4communities.com/ (external link)
• Visit our organisations who volunteer corporately page
• Contact Heta Incorporated by phoning 8212 7771 or emailing heta@heta.com.au.

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