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Want to “change the tune” of your volunteer management career? Consider mentoring.
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Want to “change the tune” of your volunteer management career? Consider mentoring.

November 5, 2019

by Angela Wilson International Volunteer Managers Day is coming (5 November) and this years’ theme…

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Change the Tune this International Volunteer Managers Day
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Change the Tune this International Volunteer Managers Day

November 5, 2019

by Ruth Leonard For me, the power of volunteering is people seeing a need in…

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My experience of the AVM Back to School Event
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My experience of the AVM Back to School Event

November 4, 2019

by Emily Poulter Having worked with volunteers for the past four years, I was long…

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Big up a Volunteer Manager on International Volunteer Managers Day, 5 November 2019!
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Big up a Volunteer Manager on International Volunteer Managers Day, 5 November 2019!

October 25, 2019

Angela Wilson is an AVM Director, and Head of Volunteering at MS Society. I’ve now…

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Launching CHAS Connect – volunteer alumni
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Launching CHAS Connect – volunteer alumni

September 25, 2019

by Morven MacLean A couple of years ago, an elderly volunteer (let’s call her Mary)…

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Managing Volunteers: Free and Easy?
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Managing Volunteers: Free and Easy?

September 2, 2019

by Annabel Smith When producer Beth Sagar-Fenton asked on Twitter for people to share tricky…

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Because you’re worth it! Managing flexible volunteering and risk
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Because you’re worth it! Managing flexible volunteering and risk

June 3, 2019

by Sarah Latto When I first saw the email advertising the ‘Risk Factor’ event, the…

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I didn’t expect to learn this about influencing change
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I didn’t expect to learn this about influencing change

May 22, 2019

by Amie Frayne It’s really important to me that the value of volunteers is recognised…

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Flexible volunteer management when there’s a risk it could all go boom!
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Flexible volunteer management when there’s a risk it could all go boom!

May 13, 2019

by Helen Johnston At AVM’s Risk factor event Helen Johnston shared how she established a…

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A Little Respect
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A Little Respect

March 24, 2019

“Oh baby please give a little respect to-ooooooo meeeeeeeeee!”, a line from the brilliant 1988…

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Love thy neighbour…
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Love thy neighbour…

February 4, 2019

by Carol Carbine I was recently discussing with a friend the complex demands we volunteering…

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The Diversity and Inclusion Groundhog Day…
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The Diversity and Inclusion Groundhog Day…

February 1, 2019

by Donna Bennett There has been much talk about diversity and inclusion in the third…

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