A member of staff from a finance sector company gets time off work to volunteer with the Manx Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Douglas-based ICM Group, which provides corporate services to international clients, runs a volunteer scheme for staff.
Every year, staff get the opportunity to use two work days to help a charity of their choice.
Senior administrator for ICM Aviation Andy Duggan is a regular weekend volunteer for the Manx SPCA and chose to use one of his volunteer days to give the charity some extra help.
Andy said: ‘I regularly visit the ManxSPCA to walk the dogs. They only have a small number of staff and the amount of time that they have to spend with the animals can be extremely limited due to the number of daily tasks they have to carry out.
‘They rely heavily upon volunteers to assist. During my volunteer day I walked the dogs and also helped redecorate the main kennel buildings.
‘As a volunteer with the ManxSPCA you can walk dogs that are either rescued or at the ManxSPCA for boarding. You can also assist with dog, cat and small animal socialising.
‘You can also help out with collection of charitable donations from around the island, maintaining the ManxSPCA grounds, main buildings and nature trail, as well as assisting staff with fundraising events and in their charity shop.
‘I am currently organising a bag pack for them which will take place on April 4 at Tesco’s store in Douglas.’
Margaret Mansfield of the ManxSPCA said: ‘We would like to thank the ICM Group for giving Andy the day off to help us.
‘He is one of our regular volunteers anyway but to have some extra time from him was a great help. If anyone would like to find out more about volunteering with us or making a donation, further information can be found on our website www.manxspca.com.’