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| New Report Reveals Skills-Based Volunteering Delivers "Long-Lasting" LearningAn independent evaluation report analysing the learning impacts over ten years of a leading skills-based volunteering programme has revealed outcomes that are "overwhelmingly positive and long-lasting."
By: Pilotlight The Awards include free access to the Pilotlight 360 programme – a remarkable eight-month package of charity leadership coaching worth an estimated £16,000. The support is led by business professionals who volunteer their expertise to help around twenty small charities each year. The latest findings show:
Long-time Pilotlight supporter Richard Goff, Chair of The People Director Partnership and HR Magazine's Most Influential Thinker in HR, said: "This hands-on support not only delivers real value to charity leaders and their organisations— Ed Mayo, Chief Executive of Pilotlight, said: "While volunteering is as old as the hills, using skills-based volunteering challenges as an integral part of leadership development is a genuine innovation. Can you make a difference to homelessness in Manchester or gender-based violence in Coventry? The results support charities in doing this and lead to authentic learning gains for business participants. This is learning by doing good." The independent evaluation of the Weston Charity Awards was carried out by Inside Impact, who state that "the Weston Charity Awards are achieving impressively positive outcomes… with most of the planned outcomes still being experienced today, even by the first cohort, a decade later." Analysis completed for Pilotlight in 2024 by the economics charity, PBE, concludes that because of the learning and well-being benefits, for every £1 spent on skills-based volunteering programmes through Pilotlight, businesses gain up to £3.60 as a return on investment. This short video (https://vimeo.com/ End
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