Local community volunteering through our Give me five scheme

With over 600 registered employee volunteers on our community scheme Give me five, staff offer their expertise matched with up to 30 hours of work time to support local community projects.

 

Anglian Water employees gave local communities 14,912 hours of their own time in the year ending March 2009 matching this with work time of 2,325 hours.

Community activities ranged from volunteering with local scouts, through to being a school governor, environmental support through our RiverCare programme to supporting victims of crime.

Our community volunteers can really make a difference to their local community, as well as gain development skills which can be easily transferred to their day job.

As a business, we take our responsibility to support local communities seriously to educate them about climate change and ensure key messages such as water saving, reaches our customers - volunteering is a great way to get these messages across.

Our charitable partners gain real ’in kind’ benefit from such activities, allowing them to make their budget go that bit further.

Volunteer activities include:

RiverCare

In partnership with the environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy, Anglian Water employees support local communities to participate/set up active volunteer groups to address environmental issues, by adopting stretches of river and undertaking 'clean up' activities.
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Otter spotting

In partnership with the Wildlife Trusts our employees have been trained to monitor otter numbers on our water and wastewater sites.
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Environmental team builds

Working with partners such as the RSPB, Wildlife and Woodland Trusts and Froglife, teams of Anglian Water staff work to develop their team building skills whilst making a difference to the local environment.
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Adopt a school/one off classroom and assembly support

This employee scheme allows schools who have relations working for Anglian Water to get preferential access to our education programme. Volunteers also can support schools with water related and interactive classroom sessions and assemblies.
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Governors, sports coaches etc

Anglian water staff offer regular support the schools sector as Governors, Sports coaches and running out of school clubs to name but a few.
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Make a Difference Day

This annual event is recognised by our business, where our employees work in teams to support on off environmental projects in our local communities. This is in support of the charity Community Service Volunteers (CSV).
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Community presenters

Anglian Water volunteers can support local community groups by explaining the work that we undertake and the challenges we face.
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Education Business Partnerships

Across the Anglian Water region we look to support our EBLO/EBP partners by supporting a variety of enterprise, science and geography linked initiatives.
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Careers ambassadors

Experienced Anglian Water volunteers support the careers knowledge of secondary school students by offering one off sessions in schools.
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Charity support

Anglian Water employees offer their time and expertise to the charity sector including St John Ambulance, Life guards, Sue Ryder and Victim Support to name just a few.
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