'Chamber MarketPlace - Community Support'
Community Support
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce has a growing number of voluntary sector members. The Chamber is passionate about ensuring that businesses from all sectors are represented and make a positive contribution to a vibrant local economy, the Voluntary Sector is an important part of this.
The business and voluntary sector are vital to local sustainability, as significant employers and as a positive influence on communities across the two counties. Developing the right links is important and the Chamber wants to enhance the opportunities for engagement between the two sectors.
The Chamber has consulted with voluntary and community sector members and in addition to the range of voluntary sector membership benefits already provided, we have developed two new online services.
MarketPlace is the online platform that enables businesses, to promote services and access, announce and share the latest business opportunities.
The chamber has enhanced this to include a section that is dedicated to voluntary sector member organisations.
It has two objectives, the first is to enable voluntary sector members to promote their charity to the business community and the second is to provide a platform for engagement with business, to generate volunteers, particularly business people with specific skills, to provide support as trustees.
You can post three opportunities and its FREE OF CHARGE.
Register on the website to submit your ‘opportunity’ within ‘MarketPlace Community Support’ or call the Chamber on 0845 641 1444 or download the help guide here which includes top tips on how to promote your voluntary organisation.
Click here to view the Chamber MarketPlace Community Support Section
(If you recruit new volunteers and/or have been supported by local business as a result of using ‘MarketPlace Community Support’ please e-mail us by clicking here)
Top Tips For Promoting your voluntary organisation.
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Describe who you are, why you were set up and where you are located.
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Who is your target group, and what impact does your organisation have within the local community, what difference does it make?
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How are you funded and why should a business support your organisation.
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Provide a quote from some one that has used your organisation.
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If you want support for events, publish your programme.
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If you are looking for volunteers, be specific about the skills that you require and the commitment that is needed. Describe why it is important to your organisation, to expand its volunteer base.
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Provide contact details or website address.
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