The volunteering approach is a concept that increases the intrinsic motivation of employees, adds value to their sense of belonging and is becoming increasingly important. When the relationship between volunteering and happiness is examined, research shows that people who volunteer live happier lives. Panasonic Life Solutions Turkey, which has many special applications in volunteering; With an approach that believes that sustainable development will be realized through investment in people and society, it carries out corporate social responsibility projects that add value to life. The strong organization believes that the main added value to be obtained in this field will provide a high added value with in-house volunteering programs.

Gönül Piggy Banks turn into happiness for the village school students...

Panasonic Life Solutions Turkey Volunteers have been actively involved in many social responsibility projects so far, recognizing that every benefit provided for society and life turns into value. Panasonic Life Solutions Turkey Volunteers, who have many exemplary practices in volunteering, have also been deemed worthy of the most successful volunteering program award given by the Private Sector Volunteers Association in recent years. Volunteers of the organization; The "Support to Vocational Education" Coaching Program contributes to projects such as campaigns for village schools, Give Gain Employee Volunteering Days, afforestation projects, blood donation campaigns, recycling projects, supporting non-governmental organizations in the Istanbul Marathon and many other projects by taking an active role. In order to support the sensitivity of employees about volunteering, Panasonic Life Solutions Turkey facilities also have a "Heart Piggy Bank". Employees throw their surplus toys and stationery or the materials they will buy new into this piggy bank. The piggy bank is opened by a group of volunteers consisting of employees, the materials are separated, packaged and set off to turn into a smile on the faces of the students of a school in need.

"Volunteering gives people empathy, it gives them reasons to smile."

Panasonic Life Solutions Turkey HR and Corporate Development Executive Board Member Mutlu Kutlu expresses the importance the company attaches to volunteering with the following words; "As Panasonic Life Solutions Turkey , we carry out all our activities with the goal of 'A Better Life, A Better World' . Our aim in encouraging our employees to take part in volunteering projects is to ensure the awareness of their individual responsibilities towards society, our world and a sustainable future. I think that volunteering programs, which we aim to contribute to the realization of our sustainable development goals, are also a very important concept that increases the intrinsic motivation of our employees and adds value to their sense of belonging. When the London School of Economics examined the relationship between volunteering and happiness, it found that people who volunteer live happier lives. Volunteering gives people empathy, strengthens their social bonds, and provides reasons to smile. All these positive factors that come with volunteering make important contributions to making people more loving and tolerant individuals. To give a current example of our practices, Panasonic Life Solutions Turkey Volunteers participated in the 41st Anniversary Fair held last month. In the Istanbul Marathon, she ran with Tohum Autism Foundation to support children with autism. The interaction, sensitivity and motivation that our employees provided among themselves both before and during the run was really worth seeing. In addition, I believe that the practices we have put forward in terms of volunteering have a mission that encourages and spreads for other organizations. In the past years, at the invitation of Maryna Saprykina, the President of the Ukrainian CSR Association, we had the opportunity to share our experiences in volunteering by being invited as an exemplary company from Turkey at the Volunteering Forum held in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine. This example shows that increasing the awareness of even a single person about volunteering is also a source of motivation for us.