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Volunteering
Our colleagues enjoy taking part in our community volunteering programme. Find out more below about what our team has been doing and how you can get involved.
How we're helping our community
Our team get paid leave to support their local community by giving their time, skills and resources. Our colleagues work together to support local wildlife projects, schools, beach cleans, mentoring young people and fundraising. Between April 2023 - March 2024, our team gave back:
467
The number of days our colleagues spent volunteering.
3,175
The number of hours our team spent volunteering.
366
The total number of Southern Water employees that have volunteered their time.
How we're helping our community
Our team get paid leave to support their local community by giving their time, skills and resources. Our colleagues work together to support local wildlife projects, schools, beach cleans, mentoring young people and fundraising. Between April 2023 - March 2024, our team gave back:
467
The number of days our colleagues spent volunteering.
3,175
The number of hours our team spent volunteering.
366
The total number of Southern Water employees that have volunteered their time.
Our colleagues have taken part in tree planting at Brooklands Park in Lancing, along with planting new hedgerows at Cliff Gardens in a new community garden project.
We're working in partnership with Kent Wildlife Trust and South East Rivers to help restore wetland areas.
We've worked with the RSPB at Pagham Harbour to help protect habitats.
We've worked with Turning Tides to revamp their centres in Littlehampton and Horsham. Turning tides is a charity helping to fight homelessness.
Our colleagues have been collecting litter and cleaning up many beaches and green spaces within our region.
We've helped pack food donations as part of our Tonnes of Tins campaign for food banks across our region.
Facilitated by Love Local Jobs Foundation we often mentor 12-15 young people each term.
Employee Volunteer, Jess
"Brooklands park is a special place for my family. It was lovely to have been able to add my own touch to it and it was really humbling to know we were helping create something for our children and future generations."
Employee Volunteer, Daniel
"I’m really proud to have the opportunity to manage this programme. We have lots of enthusiastic employees who love to volunteer and give back to our communities."
