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Matchable volunteering is revolutionising the way companies volunteer. Far from the days of painting fences and picking up litter, Matchable finds you a perfect volunteering opportunity for your interests, skillset, and time available. Boasting clients like Primark, Lululemon and Dentsu, Matchable has created over £2m+ of impact value through volunteer partnerships. Today we're speaking to Foong, the founder, who shares her journey so far including:

• Her traditional asian upbringing and her 'tiger mum'
• Being sent to a French school in London. The only Asian kid, and the only non-French speaking kid
• Her mum's unique approach to pocket money
• The discipline her childhood gave her and how that's been useful in her career
• How she 'lived someone else's idea of success' with a career in a Big 4 accountancy firm
• The ultimate rebellion against her parents to become a startup founder
• The genesis of Matchable and the mission to revolutionise company volunteering
• How she's motivated by helping people find their purpose through volunteering
• How she set about becoming a founder and what a founder looks like today
• Her fear of public speaking
• The challenges involved in being a founder and how you're expected to do EVERYTHING
• Her approach to hiring and empowering people to own their area of the business
• The experience of volunteering through Matchable
• Reducing the volunteer matching journey from 3 months, to 3 minutes
• The focus on UX
• The range of organisation available on the platform - from traditional charities to more innovative impact startups
• Providing more flexibility to employees around their volunteering - opportunities from 30 minutes of contribution and encompassing a range of skills
• When the CEO of Dentsu volunteered to write a blog for one of their impact organisations
• The benefits for businesses of running a volunteering programme from ESG KPIs, to employee retention, to learning and development
• The hidden load of emotional labour that can land on leaders

Foong on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wai-foong-ng/

Visit: wearematchable.com

Rob on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-warren/

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