Corporate Volunteering

Corporate volunteering with RNIB is not just an opportunity to give back, but a chance to transform your company's culture, engage your employees, and create lasting, positive change in the lives of those affected by sight loss. Our program offers a unique blend of benefits that extend beyond the realm of traditional volunteering, fostering a sense of purpose and togetherness within your team.

Get in touch with our corporate volunteering team by filling out our Corporate Enquiry Form, calling 0303 123 9999 prompt 4 or via email at [email protected].

• Make a real difference to the lives of people with sight loss
• Improve employee engagement
• Develop the skills of your team
• Deliver on corporate social responsibility
• Inspire innovation and inclusivity

“My colleague and I were thrilled to visit RNIB Peterborough in the run up to Christmas to support the Letters from Santa initiative. Being a parent myself, I know just how much magic those letters from the North Pole can bring, and every child should be able to experience that joy. Supporting the RNIB team by sorting and packing up the letters in their audio, braille or large print formats was such a rewarding, uplifting day, and a fantastic opportunity to donate some time to a really worthy cause.”

Ruth Turner-Blood, Head of Writing, Hallmark Cards UK & Ireland

Sooty box collector

Our Sooty Boxes play a vital role in generating funds and raising the profile of RNIB. We need volunteers to collect and bank the donations received through boxes in your local area. This is a fun and rewarding role that takes your employees out into the community. It's completely flexible - your employees can give as little or as much time to it as they'd like, and can can choose the location and whether they'd like to do it as an individual, pair or group.

Share your HR expertise

RNIB is making some changes to increase our impact. This involves modernising our HR function to grow in both effectiveness and efficiency. As we continue to put new ways of working in place, we're seeking some voluntary help for a limited time. We'd welcome hearing from you if you as an individual, or with your HR colleagues, could help our change programme.

Telephone group facilitator

We're looking for good listeners! Your employees will facilitate one of our weekly telephone groups that offer blind and partially sighted people the opportunity to socialise with others.

Each group runs for an hour and can be weekly, bi-weekly or monthly. This is a great opportunity for remote workers as it can be done from the comfort of the workplace or home office, and a group of employees can take turns to facilitate a weekly group.

Text preparer

Working individually or as a team, your employees will check and prepare scanned texts to help us transcribe books, periodicals, and study materials into an electronic format ready to produce large print, synthetic audio, braille or etext for a screen reader so that blind and partially sighted people have access to the information they need and enjoy.

Other corporate volunteering opportunities

Please visit our Volunteering Opportunities page to see all our corporate volunteering opportunities.

By partnering with RNIB, your organisation can play a fundamental role in creating a fairer society for blind and partially sighted people, leaving a legacy for generations to come. Find out more on our Corporate Partnerships page.

If your team has specialist skills or knowledge we could use to support people with sight loss we'd love to hear about them! We may be able to organise one-off events, recurring commitments or tailored projects.

We would love to talk to your staff about sight loss and the various ways they could support RNIB through fundraising. You can find more details on our fundraising page and contact the Fundraising team at 0303 123 9999 or email us at [email protected].

Explore all of our Challenge Events on our Challenge Events page. To contact the team to discuss organising your own event, call 0303 123 9999 or email us at [email protected].

To find out more about corporate volunteering at RNIB, please fill out our Corporate Enquiry Form, or call 0303 123 9999 and choose prompt 4 or email at [email protected].