Volunteering Challenge
Co-Designing a National Platform to Connect Charities with Corporate Volunteers
Industry
Client
Voluntary Sector
Tees Valley Combined Authority
The Volunteering Challenge brought together more than 15 VCSE organisations and private businesses to improve how corporate volunteering days are used to support charities. Edge designed and facilitated 10 co-design workshops, helping stakeholders co-create a new national platform that aligned charity needs with corporate resources. The project created a prototype MVP, later taken forward by a regional agency with funding support.
Key Objectives
Bridge gaps between private sector volunteering offers and charity needs.
Simplify and scale opportunities through a single platform.
Ensure small and marginalised charities’ voices were represented.
Our Approach
Facilitated 10 workshops with cross-sector participants.
Conducted research into user pain points and constraints.
Developed service frameworks and prototypes for the MVP platform.
Created consensus around a shared vision and common challenges.
Impact
Delivered a prototype platform to centralise volunteering opportunities.
Supported a successful funding bid for further development.
Enabled more meaningful use of corporate volunteering days.
