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We partner with like-minded charities and community organisations to support programmes that have local, national and international impact.
Skills-based volunteering is a powerful resource for driving operational growth, which ultimately helps you achieve your mission and enables GSK and ViiV Healthcare to be workplaces where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive so together we can get ahead.
This programme connects you with talented professionals looking to give back, allowing you to access expertise in areas such as marketing, web development, operations, strategy and more.
When you join, you get unlimited access to a suite of services...
On-demand project support
Access expert pro bono consultants to fill every skill and staffing gap
On-site volunteers
Recruit in-person volunteers for your next community event
Technical training
Get technical advice and training on new software
Coaching
One-on-one coaching and professional development
Custom work, at no expense to you
Get specific deliverables done for every need including translation, website creation, donor letters, HR handbook, and more
Get a walk through of your membership
Join our Catchafire 101 webinar where a nonprofit advisor will guide you through everything to get started.
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Catchafire has been such a game changer. It has connected us with passionate and driven individuals who have a knack for their craft, saving our organization a lot of time and money. We are a small organization with a team of 6 and the Catchafire volunteers have given us great work and more time to spend on the communities we serve.
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Our project catalog has 150+ pre-scoped templates built by industry experts, allowing grantees to get a request up and out to pro bono consultants in minutes.
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About this programme
GSK and ViiV Healthcare have partnered with Catchafire to connect our talented colleagues with our charitable partners needing professional and capacity building support. This resource offers an opportunity to connect with skilled volunteers through over 150+ different types of projects where you will work with subject-matter experts to achieve tangible deliverables, get answers to burning questions and/or solve organisational challenges.
Catchafire is the largest, online tool that connects social good organisations with talented professionals looking to donate their skills. Charities and community organisations invited to participate in GSK's Nonprofit Programme have access to Catchafire’s innovative virtual platform and programming. These resources leverage a network of more than 100,000 skilled volunteers who will help with needs such as website development, online marketing, strategic planning, professional development and other areas of critical work.
Frequently asked questions
New around here? Start with the basics.
Catchafire is an online platform for virtual, skills-based volunteering. Through Catchafire, professionals are able to directly support causes they care about by helping nonprofits with projects that match their skill sets. And because projects can be completed from anywhere, Catchafire makes it possible for organisations and skilled volunteers to connect for good, from all around the world!
Skills-based volunteering is a high impact form of volunteering that allows an individual to donate his or her professional skills and expertise, which in turn allows a nonprofit to build its capacity and focus more efficiently on its mission.
Skilled volunteers help nonprofits fill critical knowledge and staffing gaps, they work as thought partners on strategic projects, and they complete specific projects that require specialized skills, training, or experience. Very often, the relationships between volunteers and nonprofits extend far beyond the scope of the initial project that brought them together.
A specific example of skills-based volunteering is a marketing professional who volunteers to help a nonprofit create a marketing strategy.
We are partnering with Catchafire to provide our charitable partners with access to virtual, skilled volunteers. We believe that by providing this valuable resource for capacity building and strategic project work, we can help our charitable partners amplify and accelerate the impact they have on the communities and clients they serve.
No. Your access to Catchafire is sponsored through this programme, so it’s completely free for your organisation.
In order to participate, you must first register your organisation and then post your first project or consultation call. Get started by visiting the Project Menu to browse through over 150+ detailed project types.
You can work on an unlimited number of projects and calls throughout your membership. Once you finish a project, just make sure to mark it “complete”.
Your posted projects are visible initially to only GSK and ViiV Healthcare employees. After this 10-day exclusivity period, projects will be visible to Catchafire’s entire skills-based volunteer community of 40,000+ talented professionals on the platform and millions more via Catchafire's partnership with LinkedIn. Those who are interested in your organisation’s cause area and who have the skills required for your project will be able to apply.
Note: In some instances, as a result of contractual obligations, some projects will only be made available to GSK and ViiV Healthcare employees.
Skills-based volunteers may apply to your projects from all across the country and around the world. We encourage you to engage with virtual skills-based volunteers. If you prefer to work with somebody local, please expect it to take longer than normal to receive applications from a professional in the area.
On average, projects are matched within two weeks. If you are not seeing the response you hoped for, please reach out to [email protected], and one of Catchafire's Nonprofit Advisors will get in touch with you.
After the interview, you can log into your account dashboard and ACCEPT or PASS on the match. Once both parties accept, you are officially matched and can begin the project! If you need to exchange any materials or have follow-up conversations to determine if it is a good fit after the interview, you are encouraged to do so.
Absolutely! Schedule a call, or email your questions to [email protected] and one of Catchafire’s Nonprofit Advisors will be in touch within 24 business hours.