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Volunteers’ Week 2020: Resilience and determination – why volunteers are never more needed

June 2, 2020

Andy Broomhead, Head of Volunteering at Diabetes UK, shares how they adapted plans to celebrate…

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Volunteers’ Week 2020: L&D For Volunteers in the Covid Age

June 1, 2020

Nigel Ross, an L&D Professional specialising in the voluntary sector, shares his thoughts on how…

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What’s the point of volunteer managers… part 2

May 26, 2020

‘What’s Next’ is this year’s International Volunteer Managers (IVM) Day theme, and it is the…

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Volunteer engagement during lockdown

May 20, 2020

Guest blog from Jo Rhodes-Jaio, Senior Volunteers Manager, Tate. When we closed our doors at…

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What’s the point of volunteer managers?

May 14, 2020

Here at AVM we believe that volunteer managers are vital in ensuring any volunteering effort…

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Using Design Thinking to innovate and problem solve

May 4, 2020

A practical guide for leaders of volunteers To complement our BiteSize mini series on design…

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Moving to action – addressing inclusion and diversity in volunteering

April 27, 2020

By Annabel Smith In our AVM Bitesize, we chat with Dr Helen Timbrell and Hadji…

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What I actually do

March 16, 2020

Andy Broomhead is Head of Volunteering at Diabetes UK At the end of every week…

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Fame without fortune

November 29, 2019

by Anonymous “What’s the one thing you wish people knew about your job” That’s a…

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Being a Volunteering Manager at a Higher Education Institution (UK)

November 27, 2019

by Mariana Rocha The post originally appeared on Mariana’s blog. Read the original article. For…

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Being More Pirate: reflections on AVM’s 2019 conference

November 21, 2019

by Hannah Kinghorn I have now finished my second month as an Alumni Volunteer Manager…

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Collaborating to improve volunteering

November 6, 2019

Guest blog by Carly Benton, Volunteering Development Manager at Lymphoma Action. Lymphoma Action’s Volunteering Development…

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Volunteers’ Week 2020: Resilience and determination – why volunteers are never more needed

Volunteers’ Week 2020: L&D For Volunteers in the Covid Age

What’s the point of volunteer managers… part 2

Volunteer engagement during lockdown

What’s the point of volunteer managers?

Using Design Thinking to innovate and problem solve

Moving to action – addressing inclusion and diversity in volunteering

What I actually do

Fame without fortune

Being a Volunteering Manager at a Higher Education Institution (UK)

Being More Pirate: reflections on AVM’s 2019 conference

Collaborating to improve volunteering

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