# Majority of employees receive no time off for volunteering, research shows - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/09/04/majority-employees-receive-no-time-off-volunteering/ - Published: 2019-09-04T09:15:52+01:00 - Author: Melanie May **Almost two thirds of employees do not receive any days off for volunteering, research has shown.** According to a study by employee experience platform [Perkbox](https://www.perkbox.com/uk), 63% of employees in the UK do not receive any days off from their work to volunteer. The figure rises higher in certain industries: 75% of those working in Healthcare, Architecture, Engineering and Building industries do not receive any volunteering days from their employers. ## Advertisement [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/)   [⌊perkbox⌉](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2019/09/International-charity-day-piece-08.2019-Blog-images-e1567589490677.jpg)   Overall, 16% of all workers receive only one day off to volunteer, and 12% receive more than one day. Professional Services and Arts & Culture are the sectors most likely to allow employees several days off to contribute to charities. Almost a quarter (24%) in these industries get more than one day off a year for volunteering. Those who work in Healthcare (8%), Retail, Catering and Leisure (7%), and Sales, Media and Marketing (4%) are the least likely to be given more than one day off to volunteer. When comparing across the country, London allows for the most volunteering days, with 41% of its workers receiving either one or more CSR days annually. This is followed by the North East, with 35% receiving the same amount.  Those in Scotland are least likely to be given any days off to volunteer, with 75% of its workers stating that they do not receive any CSR days from their work.   [⌊Perkbox⌉](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2019/09/International-charity-day-piece-08.2019-Blog-images4-e1567589587434.jpg)   42% of employed people state that they personally would most like to give back to healthcare charities through a variety of methods, including raising sponsorship money from marathons, 33% would like to give back to their local community and 31% would choose environmental causes. Perkbox also partnered with TalentPool to find what CSR practices job hunters would like to see their next employer involved in. ‘Addressing climate change’ (33%) and‘ helping the local community’ (30%) are most important, followed by ‘fundraising for charitable causes around the world’ (24%) and ‘driving healthcare initiatives’( 13%). Chieu Cao, Co-founder at Perkbox said: > “It’s clear that workplaces need to be doing more to allow employees to take time > and contribute to charities. With already limited personal time, without being > given volunteering days, those in full-time positions must fit volunteering into > their evenings and weekends, causing them to juggle commitments. This often means > that volunteering can fall to the back burner – affecting both social consciousness > and society itself. > “By allowing employees to give back to the wider community and the charitable > causes that matter to them most, it can fulfil an important sense of purpose and > allow people to use their skills in a different way from their day-to-day work, > in turn, contributing to overall employee happiness. Companies must look past > their own goals to identify the needs of society as a whole, as those with employees > who want to help have a real chance to make a change.” * **[Dot Dot Dot celebrates 140 years’ worth of volunteering](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/09/12/dot-dot-dot-celebrates-140-years-worth-of-volunteering/)**( 12 September 2019) * **[Government to work with charities on volunteering push](https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/03/19/government-to-work-with-charities-on-volunteering-push/)**( 19 March 2020) * **[Platform launches to support community action](https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/05/28/platform-launches-to-support-community-action/)**( 28 May 2020) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)