# Skills-Based-Volunteering-Public

**Repository Path**: mirrors_github/Skills-Based-Volunteering-Public

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: Skills-Based-Volunteering-Public
- **Description**: Template for setting up a Skills-Based Volunteering Program
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: main
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2021-10-22
- **Last Updated**: 2026-02-28

## Categories & Tags

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## README

# Skills-Based Volunteering Program

## About

This is the public repo for GitHub's Skills-Based Volunteer program that is run under Social Impact's Tech for Social Good portfolio, and is in partnership with various social sector organizations. Organizations are welcome to fork this repo.

### Objective
Skills-Based Volunteering Programs aim to match skilled employees with partner social sector organizations to help solve their strategic and technical problems through short term engagements. 

## Getting Started


### Open Projects
|Project   | Anticipated Start Date  | Anticipated End Date   |  Status |
|---|:---:|:---:|:---:| 
|  [Example Grassroots Community organization - Strategy Planning](https://github.com/github/Skills-Based-Volunteering-Public/issues/2)   |  September | November | 2 volunteers |

  
 
### How to Sign Up - _this should take less than 1 hour_
1. [Browse current volunteer asks in Issues](https://github.com/github/Skills-Based-Volunteering-Public/issues)
2. Confirm with your Team/Manager you are available to volunteer and provide the acknowledgement confirmation message
    - [Here](https://github.com/github/Skills-Based-Volunteering-Public/blob/main/Manager%20Acknowledgement/Manager%20Acknowledgement%20Form%20-%20Hubbers%2C%20Skills-based%20Volunteering.md) is a sample of what you can send to your Team/Manager to confirm your involvement and a [Employee Toolkit](https://github.com/github/Skills-Based-Volunteering-Public/blob/main/Manager%20Acknowledgement/Employee%20Toolkit%20on%20requesting%20for%20Manager%20Acknowledgement.md) to help you out on this
    - Manager's please refer to the [Team/Manager Acknowledgement Toolkit]([https://github.com/github/SI-skills-based-volunteering/blob/main/Manager%20Acknowledgement/Manager%20Toolkit%20Reviewing%20Acknowledgement%20Requests.md](https://github.com/github/Skills-Based-Volunteering-Public/blob/main/Manager%20Acknowledgement/Manager%20Toolkit%20Reviewing%20Acknowledgement%20Requests.md)) for more information.
4. Sign up for the intro to tech for social good and topic webinars training
5. Assign yourself to the [Issue](https://github.com/github/Skills-Based-Volunteering-Public/issues) with the volunteer ask you want.

\*Note that every employee who wishes to volunteer must complete the general tech for social good webinar and any webinars related to their partner org's topics.\*

_Please do not reach out to partner orgs directly! This cuts down on confusion and streamlines communication_
### Volunteer Profiles Currently in Need
**Who can Volunteer**

All employees are welcome! 

**Skills**
- JavaScript devs
- Python
- Wordpress
- PHP
- React
- HTML/CSS
- JS

**Experience**
- GitHub Actions experts 
- Devs who have worked with WordPress
- Documentation specialists
- People with tech consulting / tech scoping experience
- Product Management


## What's in this Repo

### Partner Organizations 

Check out the [Partner Organization](https://github.com/github/Skills-Based-Volunteering-Public/tree/main/Partner%20Organizations) page for more information on orgnaizations you can help out.



### FAQs

[See the Wiki](https://github.com/github/SI-skills-based-volunteering/wiki)


### Case Studies of GitHub's SBV program
[Mobile Pathways](https://socialimpact.github.com/insights/Skills-Based-Volunteering-case-study-Data-visualization-with-Mobile-Pathways/)


### Webinars

Learn about the best practices for skills based volunteering through training webinars.