Collaborating with companies

Companies partnering with volunteer organizations

Making a positive impact in Amsterdam is becoming increasingly important for businesses. Partnering with a volunteer organization can create meaningful benefits for both sides. The resources, expertise, and support that businesses provide are highly valuable to many non-profit organizations.

Are you interested in collaborating with companies more often? Preferably not for one-off short-term projects, but rather for a more impactful collaboration? VCA is happy to help. Along with the City of Amsterdam and Deedmob, we are one of the partners behind the Amsterdam website BusinessInvolved.amsterdam.

Helpful tips

• Be critical: find a company that aligns with your volunteer organization’s values ​​and vision. Only then will a lasting and impactful collaboration emerge.
• List three reasons why working with this company can be valuable to your volunteer organization .
• Consider what you as an volunteer organization have to offer the company: What’s in for them?

Make a call

The Business Involved initiative connects companies with volunteer organizations in Amsterdam. This involves structural and impactful connections between businesses and community institutions, giving employees—mostly English-speaking—the opportunity to engage in meaningful volunteer work. As an organization, you can put out a call for volunteers and also search through the available opportunities.

Business Involved gives companies a broad platform to communication its need for people, knowledge, and resources.

On this online platform, companies and their employees can find volunteer work and activities with a positive impact on Amsterdam and the entire region.

Ready to get started?

• Go to businessinvolved.amsterdam
• Register your organization
• Create a profile and submit requests for help
• Make good contacts with volunteers from companies

SDG’s

You can choose the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that best suit your organization, making it easy for a company to find the organization that best suits them: from climate action to health & well-being and everything in between.

Tailor-made advice

Business Involved doesn’t just connect employees with carefully selected volunteer opportunities. it also lets us organize information sessions and provide tailored advice for companies, highlighting which partnerships are the best fit. VCA is ready to help you find and capitalize on opportunities to make a positive impact on Amsterdam and the surrounding region.

Want to know more about collaborating with companies? Our project manager Rachida El Alami is happy to help you!