Employee volunteering

Our volunteering programme offers Boots employees the chance to participate in a wide range of community activities in company time, sharing their expertise and knowledge with local schools, charities and voluntary organisations.

Examples of some of the initiatives our people are involved in include:

Pharmacy pre-registration volunteering programme

Community volunteering for pre-registration pharmacy graduates was set up within Alliance Pharmacy three years ago as part of a team building and personal development initiative for graduates prior to registration. They work in regional teams, have to source a local cause where their input can make a real difference, and organise themselves to deliver what is needed. Volunteering initiatives in 2007/08 have included helping with re-decorating homes damaged by the 2007 floods in Gloucester, ground clearance at a Marie Curie Hospice affected by storm damage, clearing over 200 metres of overgrown countryside pathway, and checking Christmas parcels to be sent to Siberia.

Look Good...Feel Better

Our No7 consultants use their time and expertise to support Look Good...Feel Better beauty workshops for women with cancer, an initiative sponsored by the cosmetic industry.

The free sessions take place in over 50 hospitals across the UK.  Over 80 Boots No7 Consultants regularly volunteer at these sessions, providing morale-boosting makeovers and advice on skin care and make-up. Boots also donated around 15,000 No7 products last year to support these workshops.

Suncare consultants

Boots expert suncare consultants are encouraged to get involved in supporting sun safety activity in their local communities. We give them resources to help them to do a great job in sharing their knowledge and expertise on why it is so important to be safe in the sun.  Throughout the summer many of our consultants help local schools and playgroups, work with health professionals to educate parents and children, and work with community groups to support events in parks and beaches.

Supporting local schools - breakfast clubs and reading volunteers

At our Nottingham support office many of our colleagues volunteer at breakfast clubs and reading with children, at local schools.