A Newcastle-based technology company are giving their staff three days a year to volunteer at charities.
Solution Architect with Accenture, Dominic Taylor, is also the charity lead of the company, and in less than a year, more than 2,500 volunteering hours have been dedicated to different organisations in the North East.
Accenture primarily work in the health and public sectors, working on projects with various well-known companies.
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They have over 900 employees who are each given three days a year to volunteer and help charities in the region.
Some of the charities that they already work with are Durham Foodbank, The People's Kitchen, Marie Curie and The Ouseburn Trust, as they plan to expand and create links with other charities in the months and years to come.
Charity lead Dominic Taylor has spoken about what his role at Accenture, as well as the impact this kind of work has on staff on an individual level.
"It is amazing for us as a company based in the North East to be able to give back to the community in a way that clearly offers a tangible benefit to both the charities themselves and our staff.
"I have organised charity days in the past and it is always nice to see the changes that our staff can make in their very own communities.
"For the staff as well, it allows them to work in a different environment out in the open, building up connections and their own morale, and it shows them the value of volunteering and helping the charities closest to us."
Accenture also have a Tech4Good scheme, where their employees have contributed 1,200 hours of support, using their technical expertise to address critical business challenges faced by the organisation.
One of their Tech4Good initiatives is 'Tech Sessions', where they host virtual training for up to 20 different charities, focusing on various useful skills such as creating an online web shop, chairing an online meeting, design based thinking and creating marketing content.
If you are an organisation you volunteer with want to get in touch with Accenture about getting involved, email them at:
