Pilotlight Scotland has seen a 47 per cent increase in business leaders approaching it in the first quarter of the year.
This story first appeared in Business 7, a Scottish weekly newspaper, on 9 April 2010
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The organisation works to place teams of executives into small charities on a project management basis to utilise their business skills.
Chris Horne, director, said: "Just over two years after launching in Scotland, Pilotlight now has many stories to tell of charities that have grown as the result of input from our business volunteers.
"This has attracted a number of new business people to join us, who will often comment about being delighted to have found a way to give business skills in a meaningful, managed way, where real measurable impact can be seen."
The increase was also reported in The Times on 10 April 2010
Charity mentoring organisation Pilotlight Scotland has a reported a near-50% rise in the first quarter of this year in the number of executives giving up their time to volunteer at not-for-profit organisations.
Among the generous executives to volunteer with Pilotlight is Colin Temple, managing director of Livingston-based retailer Schuh and Richard Smith, a senior partner at Glasgow law firm Biggart Baillie.
The organisation claims that charities show an average of 48% growth in income two years after working with Pilotlight and an increase in the number of disadvantaged people they support by 71%. Not bad for three hours’ work a month.