Secondment programmes encourage employees from companies such as JP Morgan and John Lewis to contribute their skills to charities – but many choose to stayCharity secondments maintain become a accepted way for private-sector employees to share skills and explore interests with the safety net of a job to return to. But one US organisation hopes to take the secondment model a step further and nurture the next generation of charity leaders.
ProInspire facilitates year-long fellowships for private-sector professionals to work with nonprofits in the San Francisco Bay Area and Washington DC region. Since its launch in 2009,ProInspire says it has placed more than 120 fellows in 60 local and national organisations including Community Housing Partnership, Global Giving and Meals on Wheels America.
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Source: theguardian.com