Volunteering

Mobil employee volunteers at Take 5 & Te Whare Marama Inc community house, Lower Hutt

One of the most effective and rewarding ways that we can contribute to our local communities is through our employees.

Mobil has taken a proactive approach to encourage and support employee participation in the community through our Volunteer Involvement Program and our Day of Caring (an employee volunteering event).

Mobil has also partnered with Volunteering New Zealand to promote safety and risk management guidelines for volunteering programs. 

Volunteer Involvement Program
Mobil's Volunteer Involvement Program supports the volunteer work of employees who give their personal time to community organisations. Mobil offers employees who are involved as volunteers the opportunity to apply for $1,000 grants to assist the organisations they volunteer with.

Schools, scouts, kindergartens, conservation groups and welfare organisations have all benefited from Mobil’s VIP donations since the program was introduced in 2004.

Day of Caring
Working in partnership with United Way, the Mobil Day of Caring brings employees from all parts of our operations together for a day's community volunteering work.  The program, which was introduced in 2008, has supported a number of organisations:

• Take 5 & Te Whare Marama Inc Community House, Lower Hutt
• Ronald McDonald House, Wellington
• Alzheimers Auckland Inc

Learn more about United Way New Zealand

Volunteering New Zealand
Volunteering New Zealand is the national peak body working to advance volunteering in our community. Mobil's support of Volunteering New Zealand includes funds to help develop safety and risk management guidelines.

Volunteering New Zealand operates as a national body to promote, support and represent volunteering.  It is an association of regional volunteer centres and national organisations with a strong commitment to volunteering. These organisations are from all sectors and areas of New Zealand society.  

According to Volunteering New Zealand’s website :

• Volunteers make up 67 percent of the non-profit workforce, equal to 133,799 full time positions.
• More than one million New Zealanders are actively involved in volunteer work − about one third of all aged 10 and over.
• New Zealanders contribute 270 million hours of formal, unpaid work for non-profit organisations annually.

Learn more about Volunteering New Zealand