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Getting on Board raises the profile of board-level volunteering, supporting employers to encourage their staff to become school governors, trustees or board members of public bodies. It does this by talking to employers about the benefits to themselves, their staff and the community, delivering seminars to employees, and facilitating individuals' search for a position of interest on a board.
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Board-level volunteering benefits employers, employees and the community alike. £100,000 would make a HUGE difference to the work we are able to do. For employers, it can raise the company's corporate responsibility profile, provide a cost-effective means of professional development and help them to become employers of choice. For employees it can offer the opportunity to increase and improve their skills - especially their soft skills - as well as improve their CV, work/life balance and bring personal satisfaction. For charities, schools and public bodies, and through them the wider community, the benefit is clear: help in securing the sort of board they need to help them deal with the new and formidable challenges they face. Volunteering on boards also increases mutual understanding between the voluntary, private and public sectors. Getting on Board was launched in 2004, became a registered charity in 2005 and was one of three finalists in the Best New Charity category of the UK Charity Awards 2006. It has run employees seminars for Ford Motor Company, Marsh, Shell, BT, Government Office East and the Welsh Assembly, amongst others. Getting on Board has exhibited at high profile venues such as the Public Services Leadership Conference and the Home Office, and raised awareness of board-level volunteering among many employers, senior representatives of government department and employers' bodies ( for example, the Cambridge Business Community Action Network ).