The nature and type of volunteering and pro-bono activity undertaken by Livery Companies is broad. It includes but is not limited to the following.
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- Serving as a School Governor:
- For a Livery School
- For other types of school
- Serving as a Charity Trustee:
- On a Livery Company Charitable Fund
- On an independent Charity – but only if via the Livery.
- Support to schools:
- Providing speakers: STEM ambassadors,
- School visits, encouraging people to enter various trades
- One-to-one: Careers guidance, work experience
- Support to Further Education (FE) colleges
- Describe a trade or career
- Awards and bursaries
- Mentoring:
- Award winners, best in class
- Aspiring members, Juniors, Apprentices etc
- Postgraduate students
- Budding entrepreneurs
- Charity leaders
- Career and / or life mentoring
- Advisory workshops and programmes, for example:
- The Gift of Communication
- Financial viability and sustainability
- General purpose HR workshops – eg topics such as flexible working
- Business advisory support to charities:
- Employability support
- Information technology advice
- Management consulting advice
- Marketing support
- General professional advice
- Military affiliations:
- Mentoring of Servicemen and Women
- Advice on entering a trade or profession
- Professional development – personal and career advice
- Provision of “on the ground” support – often by younger talent, for example:
- Disaster relief charities
- RED engineers for disaster relief – who aim to train locals to deal with disasters as much as providing direct on the ground intervention.
- Serving as a School Governor:
Scope and definitions
- Scope should be limited to activities organized via the Livery Company.
- Pro bono – a service that in other circumstances would be paid for.
- Volunteering – a service not normally paid for.
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