Partner Volunteering

The Idea

• Have people ring in who want something to happen

• Area for partners to sign up if they wish to volunteer

• Create a ‘buzz’ around the store for volunteering

• Publish case studies• Article in the Thame Gazette• Spread ‘The Waitrose Way’

Targets

• Complete at least 100 hours of partner voluntary hours before the end of the year

• Ask at least 5 people on our sections if they’d be interested

• Promote ourselves as well as Waitrose• Raise our profile as well as awareness

towards Partner Volunteering

Current Progress

• Acquired board by specialists• Thame Gazette may be able to publish the

press release for free• Can make use of the community board

downstairs• 21st September possibility of the first job• Tidy Thame in March

Next Steps

• Acquire a larger space to display volunteering information, table talkers

• Poster design in progress• Press release to be finished and given to

Thame Gazette• Design and cost of T-Shirts• Spreading the word about Partner

Volunteering around branch