Corporate Social Responsibility at Department of Education

I'm personally involved with the Graduate Fundraising Committee. I help to organise events (BBQs, raffles, games nights, trivia, etc.) to raise money for a local charity.

Graduates play a large role in fundraising.

Every employee has a performance agreement which is reviewed and updated every 6 months and within our performance agreements is a 'corporate contribution' section. This makes it mandatory for every employee to complete some form of volunteering,/extra-curricular activities, whether it is baking food to raise money, joining one of the diversity networks or working a shift at the social club happy hour (held every 2nd Friday). As grads we are also involved in 'Grad fundraising' for our selected charity - this year Companion House - supporting locals who have moved to Canberra to escape war-torn countries. Through our fundraising efforts (bake sales, happy hours, a trivia night, selling chocolates etc) we have raised approx. $15,000. I am also involved in the Graduate Magazine, our grad cohort agreed to release 4 editions, I have helped to organise meetings, edit and write for the magazine.

I am a co-chair of an employee network. I was a chair of an event subcommittee and organised a departmental event which was a big hit.

Good. There are regular fundraising activities and charity events that employees at the department support.

People in the department are encouraged to have corporate contributions, such as contributing to charities or working on the different employee networks.

There are many CSR projects that take place.

Many fundraising events are run by the Graduates, the staff networks, the social club, and the department more broadly.

Participation in charitable projects is encouraged, and we are given time and opportunities to participate in them.

There are a range of projects run (cultural events, social club, diversity networks). Whilst some people in the department are very involved in these and really support the work of the various projects/initiatives, many people sign up to events/groups to tick off their corporate contribution and then don't actually contribute anything. Personally, I am co-chair of the Graduate Trivia Night (an event the graduate cohort organises every year), I'm a member of the Graduate Fundraising Committee and the Social Club committee, and am co-convenor of the Career Development Stream of the Women's Network.

The company runs many training events to ensure the physical and mental health of employees. It also celebrates a huge range of festivals/Days.

Works to enact positive societal change for the Australian community based on the government of the day.

Fundraising for a plethora of charities is rampant.

Graduate fundraising committee has been awesome and our supervisors have been extremely flexible in allowing us to participate in such activities.

There is a lot run through the networks - i.e. the Women's Network running a Share the Dignity campaign etc.