For companies

Create a suitable corporate volunteering programme for your company with us

We are CO2-compensated

Corporate volunteering with heart & mind since 2015

With our extensive expertise, we support companies in planning and effectively implementing corporate volunteering measures. The focus of our work is always on the greatest possible added value for all those involved – the organisation to be supported, the company and its employees.

Get in touch and we will put together an offer tailored to your needs.

Request an offer

Corporate volunteering that suits you

For your effective and sustainable corporate commitment, we will find formats together with you that reflect your company values as well as the interests of your employees. You can choose between social team events, action days for the entire workforce or a software-supported corporate volunteering programme.

Consultancy with purpose & lasting effect

We advise you from the initial idea to the final implementation and work closely with you to develop a sustainable strategy for your corporate volunteering – including measures to activate employees and stakeholders. To do this, we draw on our many years of experience with a large number of clients, whom we have supported in the planning, implementation and evaluation of their corporate volunteering measures.

Partner organisations throughout Germany

Our network consists of 2,031 non-profit organisations throughout Germany. This means that we currently offer you access to numerous volunteering opportunities that cover a wide range of topics, target groups and sustainability goals. In addition, we can also acquire specific projects at your company location on request.

2031
Non-Profits
10268
Volunteering
Opportunities
500+
social
team events

Discover our corporate volunteering offer

Social Days

Create your social team event with us for a motivated team & a better world

On a Social Day, your employees work together on a fixed date for a good cause. This strengthens team spirit and contributes to a better world. The work of the participants either benefits a charitable organisation, e.g. by renovating a common room in a children's home. Or they create added value for society, for example by removing rubbish from a riverbank as part of a clean-up.

The opportunities for Social Days are various: job application training for refugees, excursions with senior citizens, preparing care packages or meals for the homeless, building raised beds in a youth club or joint clean-ups in a park - in our partner network of more than 2,031 non-profit organisations, there is something for everyone and always something to do.

We work together to find a suitable charitable activity at your desired location that suits you and your employees. We always make sure that the Social Day activities are geared to the needs of the organisation so that the commitment results in a real win-win situation.

Once you have decided on a Social Day activity, we will make the arrangements with the organisations, procure the necessary materials and ensure that everything runs smoothly on the day of the event.

We recommend group sizes of 10-20 people in order to provide effective support in an organisation or at a location. In most cases, there are not enough tasks and rooms available for more people.

For larger groups or teams that may also be spread across different locations in Germany, we offer Social Days in which several projects are carried out in parallel. These can even take place partially or completely digitally. An event like this allows over 1,000 employees to take part. In doing so, we ensure that everyone has a meaningful role and a meaningful task to make a positive impact while ensuring efficient collaboration.

In order to achieve a sustainable and positive impact for the non-profit organisations, you should plan a certain budget. Depending on the type of commitment, there may be costs for materials (e.g. for wood, paint or plants) that cannot be covered by the locations. You should also factor in catering for the volunteers involved.

We at vostel.de take care of the organisation and ensure that everything runs smoothly. In addition to the material and catering costs incurred, we therefore charge a service fee. This fee depends on the number of participants and the overall organisational effort.

By taking these costs into account, we ensure that the commitment is attractive and effective for both the participating volunteers and the charitable organisations supported. Together, we create a lasting impact and leave a tangible and visible positive influence.

Volunteer Management Tool

With our Volunteer Management Tool, you can easily organise, manage and track your corporate volunteering activities and create meaningful reports.

With our Volunteer Management Tool, you receive a customised platform filled with selected non-profit projects that is specifically adapted to your corporate design and preferences. You can make this platform available to your employees to give them easy access to social commitment as part of their working hours.

You decide which volunteering opportunities are offered on the platform in terms of topics, interests and skills, group sizes, duration and locations. We customise the platform according to your wishes and thus offer a tailored and diverse selection for your employees.

We provide your employees with a wide range of volunteering opportunities via our volunteer management tool. They can choose between social team events or volunteering as an individual, e.g. in a pro bono project. Your employees can easily register on the volunteering platform, find a suitable project and register directly for an assignment or get in touch with a social organisation. In their dashboard, they can keep an eye on their commitment and manage it.

The Volunteer Management Tool allows you to track the progress of the volunteering activities at a glance via a smart dashboard. You can record information on the number of participants, hours worked, favourite areas of volunteering, employee feedback and the impact of your corporate volunteering measures. Our tool also generates detailed reports to analyse the success of your volunteering activities and communicate them both inside and outside your company.

If desired you can activate our in-kind donation tool within the Volunteer Management Tool and enable your employees to provide in-kind donations matching the requests from our non-profit network.

The security of our IT infrastructure and user data is a top priority for us and is subject to the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

We would be happy to give you a personalised tour of our Volunteer Management Tool.

Request a tour

Our clients' experiences

What are the next steps?

In order to prepare an offer for your individual corporate volunteering measures, we need some information. Based on this, we will be happy to advise you personally.

Number of people

How many employees should be involved in the programme?

Frequency

Are you planning a one-off or repeated volunteering of your employees?

Location

Where should your corporate volunteering activities take place?

Budget

Have you planned a budget for your corporate volunteering activities?

Time frame

What is the time frame you are planning your corporate volunteering activities in?

Request an offer

Our dedicated customers

Corporate volunteering - definition & added value

Corporate volunteering describes the charitable commitment of companies and their employees. It offers the opportunity to take on social responsibility and at the same time strengthen team spirit and satisfaction. As part of corporate volunteering activities, employees get involved either individually (e.g. in pro bono projects) or together as a team in so-called social days. They offer their skills and time to make a valuable contribution to society. There is a wide range of possible volunteering opportunities, from environmental protection and education to tackling poverty. Every company can find a suitable challenge and get involved in society in this way.

Corporate volunteering has a positive impact both on society (corporate social responsibility) and on the company itself. It helps to tackle social problems and improve the company's image at the same time. Employees benefit from the opportunity to get personally involved, develop their skills and make a charitable contribution together with their colleagues. This allows companies to increase their attractiveness as an employer and build long-term relationships with their employees (employer branding).

A meaningful corporate volunteering programme is structured differently for each company and depends on various factors: How many employees do you have? Which charitable topics are important to you? How often and at what intervals do you want to enable your employees to get socially involved? Should corporate volunteering activities be coordinated via a digital tool? And how can such a programme be communicated well internally?

Based on these questions, we work with you to develop a strategy for a tailor-made corporate volunteering programme that has real added value for your company, your employees and society.

We support you throughout the entire process, from the conception to the implementation of your corporate volunteering programme. The more support you receive from us, the less (time) you will need to invest. When preparing your corporate volunteering programme, we take care of arrangements with the non-profit organisations, handle the entire planning and implementation and, if required, set up your company's own volunteer management tool to simplify the administration of activities and the internal communication of the programme to your employees. Usually your effort is limited to the arrangements with us and internal communication with your employees and stakeholders.

Rebecca Brumma Corporate Volunteering

Do you have questions?

Get in touch with us, we look forward to hearing from you.