Survey for Skilled Volunteers in Tech
The Tech for Good Alliance is conducting a short survey to understand what helps tech companies turn good intentions into real charity impact. This survey is for individual employees in the Tech sector. Your input will help shape a practical report, with insights the sector can actually use. It should take just a few minutes, and your response will help define the benchmark for high-impact tech volunteering across the UK.
Have you participated in a skilled volunteering programme with your employer in the last 12 months?
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Yes
No
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How many days of volunteering does your organisation authorise per employee per year?
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1 day
2 days
3-5 days
6-10 days
11+ days
What percentage of your corporate volunteering utilises employees’ specialist skills?
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0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
I don't know
What specific tech skills are you or your tech employees most frequently contributing? (Select top 3)
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Web/app development
Cybersecurity & data protection
Data analysis & CRM strategy
IT infrastructure & cloud migration
Digital marketing & SEO
Project management
Product strategy
Artificial Intelligence
Other
How does your organisation choose the charities/nonprofits it supports? (select all that apply)
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Staff vote
Open application process
Personal connections of staff members
We work with a third party
We choose a theme
We choose local charities
Other
What is the primary driver behind your organisation's volunteering initiatives? (Select the top 3)
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) / ESG targets
Employee retention, engagement, and morale
Skill development for our tech team
Brand reputation and marketing
Desire to solve community/societal issues
Meeting our social value commitments in public procurement
Other
What is the single biggest barrier preventing you or your tech colleagues/employees from volunteering more frequently?
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Lack of time / conflicting commercial priorities
Difficulties finding the right charity partners
Effort required to scope projects
Lack of leadership buy-in or clear internal policy
Employees don't feel their specific tech skills match charity needs
Bureaucracy around approving volunteering
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How does your organisation measure the impact of your or your tech colleagues/employees' volunteering contributions? (Tick all that apply)
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A measurement of the hours put in
Financial value measured based on hours
Number of beneficiaries supported by the charity/nonprofit helped
Impact survey filled out by the charity/nonprofit
Other
In the next 12 months, do you expect your organisation's participation in skilled volunteering to: Increase significantly, increase slightly, stay the same, decrease slightly, or decrease significantly?
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Increase significantly
Increase slightly
Stay the same
Decrease slightly
Decrease significantly
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How is your organisation planning to achieve this?
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Increase the number of volunteer days
Offer more organised opportunities to volunteer, e.g. Hackathons
Nominate a company-wide volunteering day
Better promotion of volunteering allowance
Encourage managers to approve volunteering requests
I don't know
Other
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Why will it decrease?
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Because of commercial priorities or budget cuts
Because our current programme isn't working
Because our current programme has low uptake
Because people don't want to volunteer
I don't know
Other
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What is the primary reason you haven’t participated in skilled volunteering in the last 12 months?
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My organisation doesn't offer a volunteering programme
I want to, but my daily workload and commercial targets don't allow for it.
I don't know how or where to find charities that need my specific skill set.
I prefer to volunteer my time for non-technical activities
I volunteer outside of work
Other
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How many days of volunteering does your organisation authorise per employee per year?
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1 day
2 days
3-5 days
6-10 days
11+ days
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How big is the organisation you work for?
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1-10 FTE
11-50 FTE
51-100 FTE
101-500 FTE
501-1,000 FTE
1,001-5,000 FTE
5,000-10,000 FTE
10,000+ FTE
Are you happy to be contacted for an interview about your experience with skilled volunteering? If so, please leave your email address here.
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If you'd like to receive a copy of the report when it goes live, please leave your email address here.
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