Promoting skills-based volunteering in France
France
P&C is the first association promoting skills-based volunteering in France. Now present in 17 cities and operating 500 missions per year for more than 1500 organizations, P&C is growing quickly. Its international development started in 2012 with Germany and Canada. P&C promotes individual skills-based volunteering for volunteers seeking opportunities outside of their full-time jobs.
Our mission is to identify all competencies needed by NGOs, to frame missions that can be realized by individuals with full time jobs (80% of our volunteers) and a family life (70%), to find the best volunteer, and to monitor the link between the volunteer and the NGO during the mission. This past year, P&C ran 500 skills-based volunteering missions, spreading enthusiasm to 5000 professional volunteers. P&C’s added value to the community has been evaluated at about 15 million Euros since 2002.
Pro Bono Week takes place every year in October and celebrates the pro bono ethic of the thousands of professionals who volunteer their skills and professional expertise to support nonprofits all around the world.