Voluntary leave day for positive change within the community

HSBC Malta employees, both current and former, now have more ways to enjoy meaningful social work after the bank added a slew of new organisations and locations to its already extensive list of volunteering opportunities. HSBC Malta has put in place a Voluntary Leave Day programme, which enables employees to take a paid day off work and effect positive change in the community. Employees are also offered a list of places to volunteer at and even encouraged to propose a site of their choice for further consideration. In 2015, 315 days were taken for volunteering, equivalent to 7,650 hours. Even former bank employees have joined hands to bring together their social activities under the HSBC Malta Foundation. The initiative, ‘Experience in Action’, currently has 22 active members with more registrations on the way. The members say that even in retirement the values of service to the community HSBC developed in them during their time with the bank inspires them to keep on giving back. The latest entrants into the improved list of volunteering opportunities are a variety of Heritage Malta sites, including the National Museum of Archaeology and other museums ran by it, Ħaġar Qim...