New research by Royal Voluntary Service reveals that nearly one in three UK workers now feels disengaged at work — and that number is growing. At the same time, analysis by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) shows that fully utilising the employee volunteering hours already allocated by UK businesses could generate up to £32.5bn in annual productivity gains.

Yet only a third of that time is ever used. More than 140 million volunteering hours go unused in UK workplaces every year.

This executive briefing sets out why employee volunteering is one of the most underutilised tools available to HR and People teams — and what organisations can do to change that.