Case Studies

Participation rates at United Way partners currently range from 12% to 50%. The critical success factors behind this rate are strong leadership support, strong program planning, engaging and meaningful volunteering opportunities and a "peer to peer, face to face" approach to Workplace Giving.

Fuji Xerox  HBF  Chevron  Sydney Ports

Zurich Financial Services has formed a partnership with United Way that incorporates all levels of the United Way partnership. Zurich has combined volunteer opportunities with Workplace Giving initiatives to reach a 12% participation rate nationally - raising over $135,000 in 2006 for community organisations. United Way provides over 20 volunteer programs per year and six "Seeing is Believing" programs to help staff understand how their work has helped communities.

"Zurich is delighted to be partnering with United Way Sydney for our national community program Community Connections. The program focuses on connecting our employees in tangible ways to their local communities through the donation of their time and money.

One of the strengths of a partnership with United Way is their ability to facilitate our engagement with a range of community organisations. This enables our employees to not only better understand some of the issues facing different sectors of our community but also the opportunity to get involved and 'make a difference' for some of these grass-root organisations - which our people get a real kick out of."
Alice Cahill, Corporate Responsibility Manager, Zurich Financial Services

Fuji Xerox Australia has been a long-standing United Way corporate partner with participation across eight sites nationally.

Workplace Giving program raises over $90,000 per annum which includes matching by corporate funds. In addition Fuji Xerox has integrated United Way's "Seeing is Believing" and Corporate Connect elements into its leadership development program.



HBF have a very vibrant workplace giving program with a high participation rate of 47% raising nearly $100,000 each year for a wide range of community issues covering youth, health, education, since they first joined us in 1997.



Chevron Australia partners United Way in workplace giving and its Corporate Connect volunteering programs. Their WPG " Change for Charity" program has raised over $70,000 for 32 Community Partners since the introduction in 2008. In 2008 more than 130 Chevron Australia volunteers provided over 850 hours of work in the community.



Sydney Ports: "We are excited about our partnership with United Way because it will deliver a range of opportunities for our employees to support grassroots community projects in Sydney. We like the idea that at least 90 cents in each donation dollar will reach these projects and we can interact with them to see the impact of our contribution."

Greg Martin, CEO, Sydney Ports Corporation.