Committing for a short period
Employees can apply their experience to community service projects during their working hours through the SNCF short-term skills-sharing programme. Find out how it works.
An innovative approach
As well as providing financial support to our non-profit partners, our employees also contribute their time and skills. Under this programme, created by the SNCF Group Foundation and HR Department, our people can apply their experience to a good cause.
Supporting a project of their choice
If their manager agrees, all SNCF employees—based on their availability and areas of interest—can spend 1 to 10 days a year helping our partner non-profits on a community service project, either alone or with their colleagues.
Who can join the programme?
Any employee (including temporary employees and work-study participants), whatever their job, can join the short-term skill-sharing programme. With 150 different job categories at SNCF Group, SNCF Group Foundation offers non-profits access to the skills of employees working in wide-ranging fields.
Above all, our skills-sharing programme is about the experience of building community and forging bonds between people. It’s also a source of pride and motivation for the employees who take part, adding an enriching dimension to their professional lives and highlighting their skills. At SNCF Group, we encourage employees to get involved in this programme, which brings personal convictions and community values into their everyday jobs.
What are the benefits of volunteering?
- Broaden your horizons through exposure to diversity
- Develop your skills
- Improve your observation and listening abilities
- Foster open-mindedness
- Gain perspective and become more empathetic
- Increase your sense of pride in your company and team
- Discover new ways of collaborating and working
How?
Pro bono activities employees can sign up for include:
- Offering their professional skills to a non-profit
- Helping a disadvantaged young person with their studies, career plans, or business project
- Contributing their skills to a non-profit at specific events, like the Outreach Days
- Taking part in a Team Pro bono seminar organized by their manager.
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