Our employees devote their time and
expertise to create positive change in our communities around the world.
This gives them an opportunity to get to know some of our partner
organisations and develop professional skills in challenging
environments.
In return our partners benefit from strategic
planning, operational improvements and enhanced communications. Our two
flagship volunteering programmes are PULSE and Orange Days.
The PULSE Volunteer Partnership is a skills-based volunteering
initiative. Through PULSE, eligible employees are matched to a
non-profit organisation for three or six months full-time, contributing
their skills to solve healthcare challenges at home and abroad.
The PULSE programme enables our employees to work full-time with non-profit organisations, leveraging their professional expertise and knowledge for the good of the organisation and society.
What is PULSE?
The PULSE Volunteer Partnership is a skills-based volunteering
initiative. Through PULSE, eligible employees are matched to a
non-profit organisation for three or six months full-time, contributing
their skills to solve healthcare challenges at home and abroad.The PULSE programme enables our employees to work full-time with non-profit organisations, leveraging their professional expertise and knowledge for the good of the organisation and society.
What are the benefits of PULSE?
By using their expertise to help non-profits with their most pressing
problems, employees are able to make a sustainable difference to the
organisation and communities they serve. At the same time, employees
benefit from this experience as they come back re-energised and return
to GSK with fresh insights, ideas, and a renewed connection to our
mission to help people “do more, feel better, live longer.”
The impact of PULSE is evident from the data we collect from our volunteers, our non-profit partners, and the volunteers’ managers and colleagues at the end of a PULSE assignment. For example:
You can follow the journey of a selection of our employees currently on a PULSE assignment.
Our employees are a key part of our global partnership with Save the Children. Since the launch of the campaign in May 2013 GSK employees have raised over £1.65 million, which will be matched by funding from GSK.
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The impact of PULSE is evident from the data we collect from our volunteers, our non-profit partners, and the volunteers’ managers and colleagues at the end of a PULSE assignment. For example:
- 78% of non-profit partners agree that as a result of the PULSE volunteer, their organisation is doing something differently
- 91% of NGO partners state the impact of the PULSE volunteer was felt even 6 months after their assignment ended
- 91% of PULSE volunteers say that they are doing something differently at GSK after their return from assignment
You can follow the journey of a selection of our employees currently on a PULSE assignment.
Orange Day
Our other major volunteer programme, Orange Day, gives employees one paid day off each year to volunteer for their chosen local community project. Previous Orange Day projects include distributing food to homeless people in Malaysia, organising a careers workshop for unemployed parents in Poland and supporting a recreation campy for young girls in India.Our employees are a key part of our global partnership with Save the Children. Since the launch of the campaign in May 2013 GSK employees have raised over £1.65 million, which will be matched by funding from GSK.
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