The Work at Heart Program
Embedding Business Volunteering
into Your Company Culture
A Program Designed
to Strengthen Your
Social Impact
The Work at Heart program helps companies embed Business Volunteering into their management practices in a simple, human, and effective way.
Developed by VBM, this program is built on solid, hands-on expertise and a direct connection with hundreds of nonprofits across Montreal that offer volunteer opportunities. Work at Heart helps managers implement a social engagement process that aligns the needs of community organizations with business objectives, fostering meaningful and sustainable social impact.
Key Areas of
Support
Let’s move into action, together
You must first complete the membership application form. After we receive your request, a validation meeting with a member of our team is used to clarify your needs and confirm the feasibility of your project within our program. The confirmation formalizes your membership with the CABM, which is a prerequisite to receive matching support and guidance, and it includes a mini-plan (objectives, matching criteria, preparation elements) so you can move forward with confidence.
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1
Membership
application form to
the VBM and
admission to the
program -
2
Needs and
eligibility validation
meeting -
3
Confirmation of
membership and
support -
4
Matching request
for a volunteer
activity -
5
Introduction to
the selected
non-profit and
volunteer training -
6
Impact survey
and receipt of
recognition
Matching
Once your membership is confirmed and your matching request is submitted, VBM facilitators search across our hundreds of member nonprofits to find organizations that fit your criteria by sharing your proposed volunteer activity. We then come back to you with one to three activity options and organization types. This step is handled anonymously. The company and the organization are put in contact once both parties accept the match.
Support & guidance
We support you in clarifying your objectives, gathering your needs, and validating feasibility, in collaboration with your team. Training is short and simple: brief readings and video capsules, followed by a mini-quiz, so everyone is well prepared to have an optimal experience.
Throughout the journey, we stay by your side with ongoing support and guidance that turns your initiative into a strategic and human lever, in coordination with the nonprofit.
After the activity, we work with you and the nonprofit to measure the impacts and deploy appropriate recognition, benefiting your company and the volunteers who took part.
Support Leading to the
Work at Heart Recognition
Program graduates can proudly showcase
their commitment to their communities through
the Work at Heart Recognition
Become a Member
and Benefit from
Our Tailored Support
and nonprofit network
Membership with the VBM is required to access matching and Work at Heart support; the non-binding membership application helps clarify your profile and prepare the validation meeting, and billing is sent only after confirmation.
You’ll benefit from practical tools, training, advice, streamlined matching, and increased visibility within our network.
Receive monthly inspiring tips, testimonials, as well as ideas and tools to grow your engagement.
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