Taking the corporate volunteer challenge

Corporate volunteer day for colleagues at FSCS

Corporate volunteer day for colleagues at FSCS

As part of National Volunteering week, colleagues at FSCS wanted to get involved in some team events – Spitalfields City Farm seemed like an excellent choice! Laura Powell (Business Manager to the People Team) who organised the whole day said: “it was important to me to choose a charity close to our office, and also somewhere we could help out and really make a difference (especially in light of recent times).

Throughout the pandemic, the majority of us have been working from home and haven’t had the chance to interact with our colleagues face-to-face. Spending the day as a group at the farm was a great way for all us to re-connect, and as we were all from different areas of the business, it allowed us to work as a team with people we wouldn’t necessarily work with in the office.

The day itself was really varied and we were able to get involved in a variety of tasks including weeding, clearing pathways, litter-picking, shifting compost and grit, painting signs and were even able to get involved in some conversation work to support the local newt population – we were certainly kept busy!

It was a very rewarding experience – it was great to have the opportunity to support a local initiative right on the doorstep of our office and spend a day with our colleagues outside of the working environment.

Following our day volunteering on 2 June, Laura has received interest from other teams across the organisation asking how they can take part in helping out at the farm which is great to see!

A huge thank you to all of the team at the farm for organising the activities and supporting us on the day – we really enjoyed the experience!