Volunteer Scheme

Section:Working Hours and Time Off

Source: Cabinet Member, Regulatory, Compliance and Corporate Services and Chief Executive

Issue Date: October 2021

Employee volunteering is when volunteers are supported by their employer, either during work time or in their own time, to undertake volunteering activity.  

Through the Scheme the Council will release employees for two days paid leave and three days unpaid leave(or pro-rata equivalent) from normal duties in a 12 month period to continue current volunteering or undertake new volunteering activities.

Details of the scheme can be found below. 

Volunteering Scheme (word 1.1MB)

 


Last Updated on Tuesday, February 3, 2026

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