{"id":3920,"date":"2019-09-23T08:38:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T08:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/?p=3920"},"modified":"2019-09-23T08:38:06","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T08:38:06","slug":"new-hallam-staff-volunteering-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2019\/09\/23\/new-hallam-staff-volunteering-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"New Hallam staff volunteering policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2019\/09\/23\/new-hallam-staff-volunteering-policy\/academic-departments\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3921\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3921\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2019\/09\/23\/new-hallam-staff-volunteering-policy\/academic-departments\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/09\/Academic-departments.jpg?fit=844%2C564&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"844,564\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Academic-departments\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/09\/Academic-departments.jpg?fit=700%2C468&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3921 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/09\/Academic-departments-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/09\/Academic-departments.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/09\/Academic-departments.jpg?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/09\/Academic-departments.jpg?w=844&amp;ssl=1 844w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The University has introduced a new staff <a href=\"https:\/\/sheffieldhallam.sharepoint.com\/sites\/3005\/polproc\/SitePages\/Volunteering-Policy.aspx?source=https%3a\/\/sheffieldhallam.sharepoint.com\/sites\/3005\/polproc\/SitePages\/Forms\/ByAuthor.aspx&amp;web=1\">volunteering policy<\/a> to encourage staff to undertake volunteering by providing time off work. Volunteering has numerous benefits, including staff wellbeing and development, and can be incredibly valuable in supporting the communities in which we work.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteering leave is a new addition to the Hallam Deal, and the difference that volunteering makes to our communities contributes to the University\u2019s Transforming Lives ambition.<\/p>\n<p>There are numerous ways to get involved, whether through a one off event, or developing a longer term mentoring\/coaching relationship with an organisation. Useful links are provided <a href=\"https:\/\/sheffieldhallam.sharepoint.com\/sites\/3005\/polproc\/SitePages\/Volunteering-Policy.aspx?source=https%3a\/\/sheffieldhallam.sharepoint.com\/sites\/3005\/polproc\/SitePages\/Forms\/ByAuthor.aspx&amp;web=1\">here<\/a> to help staff get started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University has introduced a new staff volunteering policy to encourage staff to undertake volunteering by providing time off work. Volunteering has numerous benefits, including staff wellbeing and development, and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3083,"featured_media":3923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"New Hallam staff volunteering policy","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[21,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-staffnews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/09\/New-volunteering-policy.jpg?fit=1028%2C624&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8KEAX-11e","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4047,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2019\/10\/07\/sheffield-hallam-leads-parkrun-anniversary-research\/","url_meta":{"origin":3920,"position":0},"title":"Sheffield Hallam leads parkrun anniversary research","author":"Mark Greene","date":"October 7, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Hallam press release Research conducted by Sheffield Hallam University's Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) has found that volunteering can have a bigger impact on health and wellbeing than just running or walking. 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