Employees log over 1,700 hours of volunteering so far this year
Specialist lender OSB Group is highlighting its volunteering achievements during Volunteers Week, celebrated from June 3 to 9 this year.
Last month, OSB Group employees logged over 1,700 hours of volunteering in 2024, equivalent to 243 working days of community support for 46 organisations across the UK – putting OSB Group at 52% of its 2024 target of 3,300 hours.
All OSB Group employees are entitled to 14 hours of volunteering time per year, encouraging them to contribute time, skills, and expertise to local communities.
Employees have supported a variety of causes, including gardening, food banks, and animal sanctuaries. One notable partnership is with Friends of Di’s Kitchen, a food bank in Wolverhampton.
Victoria Bladon (pictured right), an underwriter for OSB Group, has organised 177 hours of volunteer support for Friends of Di’s Kitchen and coordinates the relationship between colleagues and the organisation. She also organises regular food donations to the charity.
“We are all experiencing the impact the cost-of-living crisis is having, but some members of our local community are really struggling to feed themselves and their families and that’s where Jan and her wonderful team of volunteers at Friends of Di’s Kitchen come in providing food to people in need across Wolverhampton,” Bladon said.
“Luckily, OSB Group gives us the opportunity to help our local community with 14 hours of volunteer work each year, which we have been putting to great use. Our team of volunteers at OSB have been giving a few hours each week to help deliver the food and it’s having such an amazing impact on the community. As of May 23, 2024, Friends of Di’s Kitchen have supplied food to 100,000 guests!”
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