Welcome to Social Impact Solutions

Corporate Skilled Volunteering Engagements from Link UP London

Engage teams. Develop skills. Grow leaders. Change communities.  

Empower your people to lead, develop, and thrive by using their skills for social impact. 

Social Impact Solutions – Link UP London’s Corporate Skilled Volunteering programme – strengthens core skills, gives teams hands-on leadership experience, boosts wellbeing and engagement, and delivers measurable impact for London communities and your organisation.

It also solves a common challenge: finding meaningful ways for staff to use volunteering days.

What We Offer:  

  • Customised team volunteering tailored to your objectives
  • Support for ESG, CSR and Learning & Development strategies
  • Opportunities for teams to step outside the day-to-day, think creatively, and lead with purpose
  • Impact tracking for internal reporting

Participants return with more confidence, stronger leadership skills and enhanced wellbeing. Companies like Amazon UK report improved employee skillsets and engagement after partnering with Link UP London.

Of the 100s of Corporate Volunteers engaged:

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developed their skills through volunteering
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felt a renewed sense of value in their professional skills
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reported positive impact on wellbeing and confidence
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had a better understanding of challenges faced by charities

How Link UP's Social Impact Solutions can help

We make skilled volunteering easy and rewarding

Benefits for your company:

  • Boost engagement, morale, and retention while building a purpose-driven culture
  • Strengthen leadership through real-world problem-solving and deliver measurable social impact to meet ESG / CSR goals

For your people:

  • Develop skills, creativity, and empathy while gaining wellbeing from meaningful work
  • Lead and innovate in new contexts

For your community:

  • Better-resourced charities tackling issues like food poverty, digital exclusion, and youth opportunities

We offer flexible programme formats for every corporate partner

Our Programmes

Social Impact Solution engagements include:

  • A two-hour Flash Consulting session 
  • A full-day Marathon Day format
  • A flexible multi-month Be The Change project consultancy format 

Engagements are:

  • Completely bespoke to each corporate partner 
  • Can be tied to ESG or people/leadership development goals 
  • Can be organised around a priority geographical area or issue or cause area focus 

We have a strong track record with corporate partners across industries

Link UP London is the strategic partner for skills-based employee volunteering at Amazon UK. We’ve also partnered with organisations across professional services, consulting, market research, energy, and telecommunications, including:

  • PA Consulting
  • Quantum Market Research
  • Smart DCC
  • Virgin Media O2
  • Related Argent
  • Gate One Consulting

Since 2016, Link UP London has built deep expertise in connecting skilled volunteers with London charities – and since 2023, we’ve expanded to link charities with corporate skilled volunteers. Through Social Impact Solutions we have:

  • Engaged 230+ corporate volunteers with over 80 London charities 
  • Delivered, £140K+ worth of skills invested into communities, equating to over 1,000 hours of advice-giving
  • Impacted the lives of over 412,000 Londoners
  • Generated return on investment of £5.40 per £1 committed to Social Impact Solutions programming

MARATHON DAYS

Structured single day engagements to share expertise and provide facilitated guidance to charitable organisations around a key development challenge

FLASH CONSULTING

A time-limited 2 hour ‘advice clinic’ providing guidance to a group of charitable organisations

BE THE CHANGE PROGRAMME

Signature programme of deeper, structured engagements with charitable organisations ranging from 3 to 4 months

Explore Our Previous Corporate Events

Past Events

We make it easy to unlock meaningful Corporate Skilled Volunteering engagements

What people say

Great experience taking the time to help support an incredibly valuable cause. An Opportunity to take time from your day job and utilise skills in a different way.

Volunteer, Amazon, November 2025

Thank you for the opportunity! It was a real pleasure to take part. I hope our input proved helpful for the charities and supports the amazing work they continue to do.

Volunteer, Leading Global Consultancy, September 2025

The event helped me draw from my business experience to deliver tangible and impactful solutions for charities.

Volunteer, Amazon, November 2025

I really valued the chance to share my expertise while also learning from the team I was supporting. What I appreciate most about Link UP London is how they connect professionals with local organisations that are making a real difference. It’s a fantastic way to give back while using your professional experience to create tangible impact.

Volunteer, Leading Global Consultancy, September 2025

This experience taught me new ways to apply my skills, but also another area where I can help. I feel like there is real value in doing this and meeting great people.

Volunteer, PA Consulting, February 2025

Fabulous event which enables us to utilise our day-to-day skills in a meaningful and impactful way. What a room of engaged and motivated individuals means you can only walk away full of enthusiasm.

Volunteer, Smart DCC, June 2025

Let’s start talking!

We know that every business has different needs and interests, so we will work closely with you to design a customised programme that is right for achieving your business’s social impact goals and tailored to the skills of your employees.

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