Develop your Employees
There are lots of exciting ways your organisation can get employees involved in fundraising for the DofE. The donations we receive from our corporate partners support young people – especially those who might struggle to access the DofE due to barriers – to start their DofE journey.
DofE Business
Your company can run DofE Business in the workplace which improves employee engagement, retention, and skills development and helps your graduate or apprenticeship programme to stand out from your competitors. Every 18 months, a cohort of your young employees can embark on their Gold DofE Award whilst working within the business. This enables them to learn hard and ‘soft’ work-related skills side by side. Find out more about running the DofE in your business.
By partnering with the DofE, you are not only investing in your own young talent but enabling young people to learn important life skills which will make them invaluable in the workplace.
Employee Engagement
With a wide variety of events on offer to our supporters we hope you can find a fundraising opportunity with your colleagues. Why not put a team together for one of our partner events such as a 10k, half marathon, wing walk or even sky dive? Or why not go even bigger and let us help you run your own bespoke event. With your own dedicated Account Manager, we can co-create an event which meets your business objectives whilst engaging and motivating staff.
UK Power Networks (UKPN) has been a partner of the DofE since 2016. Our partnership has developed over this time and UKPN wanted to explore more ways to engage their employees and raise the profile of the partnership internally.
We worked with the Engagement Team at UKPN to organise The Royal Ramble – starting in Richmond Park and following a 20-mile route along the Thames, passing through some of London’s famous parks and landmarks and finishing at Tower Bridge. Over 300 UKPN employees took part raising over £40,000 which could help over 750 young people from marginalised backgrounds start a life changing DofE programme.
Our employees care about the important work the DofE do, so to find a way to combine employee engagement and charitable activity is always on our radar. The Royal Ramble ticks all the boxes, it builds engagement levels, increases the sense of pride employees have in their company and importantly raises vital funds for our long-term charity partner the DofE
– Alex Sturge, Head of Communications, Media and Engagement , UKPN
DofE Events
As a company who values their staff, why not say ‘thank you’, or reward long service, by purchasing places in one of our events. We offer everything from cricket on the Windsor Castle estate, golf days at some of the UK’s best courses to wing walking, skydiving and places in some of the UK’s biggest running events. Find out more about Fundraising events.
