Corporate Membership

How can your business demonstrate its commitment to corporate social responsibility?

 

How can your business promote itself as a community-minded employer and enhance its ​image?

 

How can it open up a wealth of learning and development opportunities for your work force or management team and enable them to use their skills and abilities to help others?

 

The answer is simple: by entering into a partnership with Rotary through the ​Corporate Membership route to the world of Rotary and all it has to offer.

 

So, what is Corporate Membership and how does it work? It is a channel of ​membership which allows a Rotary club to involve any business, non-profit, ​charity or government entity in Rotary by offering an alternative membership ​package to some of its employees.

 

In the Corporate Membership model recommended by Rotary Great Britain & ​Ireland, one of the company’s employees is inducted as the principal member of ​a Rotary club, and one, two, three or four others are termed ‘alternate members’.

 

Any of these people can attend meetings of the club and all receive information ​about the club and its activities.

 

The alternate members cannot stand for club office, and they do not have voting ​rights. The company only pays the subscription for the principal member which is ​the same level as all other individual members of the club pay.
 

“CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP ALLOWS A ​ROTARY CLUB TO INVOLVE ANY BUSINESS, ​NON-PROFIT OR GOVERNMENT ENTITY IN ​ROTARY, BY OFFERING AN ALTERNATIVE ​MEMBERSHIP PACKAGE TO EMPLOYEES”
 

The club is credited for one member on the Rotary database so, in essence, this is a membership shared ​among a group of busy working people who do not have the time to come to ​meetings on a very regular basis.

 

A club gains greatly. It has a new member and the name of Rotary becomes ​known throughout the business. Members are attracted who would otherwise ​not have time to join a Rotary club.

 

New partnerships are created that will become known in the community. The ​club is increasing resources and capacity for service and support in a wide variety ​of forms.

 

Your business gains through association with our world-wide organisation and ​employees have access to our Learning Centre with its myriad opportunities for ​developing leadership and social skills.

 

Your business can engage with service and volunteering activities both locally and ​internationally, leading to enhancement of the businesses profile of corporate ​social responsibility.

 

The world of business networking is opened up and the image of the company is ​enhanced through its engagement in community projects.

 

Furthermore, the business gains significant publicity by being showcased on the ​Rotary club’s website, in social media and other communications detailing ​employees’ involvement in Rotary activities. .

“THE BUSINESS GAINS THROUGH ​ASSOCIATION WITH OUR WORLD-WIDE ​ORGANISATION AND EMPLOYEES HAVE ​ACCESS TO OUR LEARNING CENTRE.”

Corporate members’ engagement will of course vary significantly depending on ​the nature of the business.

 

Principal and alternate members will come when they can to club meetings. ​Other engagement will vary tremendously and may include helping on the ​ground with community activities, working with youth projects, providing ​speakers, joining in fundraising and social activities, offering mentoring, ​application of particular skills, internships and much more besides.

 

Whoever the businesses may be, they are embedded in the club’s programme ​and are truly valuable partners in the promotion of the values and achievements ​of Rotary in any local community.​