Blogs - Association of Volunteer Managers

Blogs

How can we get more young people volunteering?

November 15, 2018

by Eddy Hogg I write this during #iWillWeek. A week which celebrates young people and the…

Blogs

Time for Change: International Volunteer Managers Day 2018

November 4, 2018

by Daniel Ingram Daniel Ingram, AVM Director, shares his thoughts on what this year’s International…

Blogs

Networking tips for AVM events

October 11, 2018

by Jo Gibney Networking… you might love it, you may hate it, or you might…

Blogs

The end of the committee? Volunteering structures in a changing world

September 4, 2018

by Sarah Merrington Even though I have worked in volunteer management for some time, and…

Blogs

We need to talk – handling emotions and challenging situations with volunteers

July 19, 2018

by Laura Elson I met a brilliant colleague of mine for coffee last week and…

Blogs

Building bridges between volunteering and research

July 3, 2018

by Shaun Delaney As a volunteer manager, I like my practice to be evidence-based. I…

Blogs

Reflections on the CIPD London Branch event: HR and Volunteer Management

June 22, 2018

by Karen Ramnauth CIPD Central London Branch joined up with the Association for Volunteer Managers…

Blogs

Building bridges – bringing together volunteer managers and voluntary sector researchers

June 13, 2018

Ruth Leonard, Chair of AVM, reflects on last week’s Building Bridges event. On the last…

Blogs

Volunteers’ Week: Saying thanks

June 7, 2018

Originally posted on the NCVO website. Saying thanks Whether we’ll admit it or not, we…

Blogs

Mentoring: Who do you think you are?

May 18, 2018

By Claire Knight Tweet to @bumblebore69 AVM member and mentoring scheme participant; Strategic Partnership Manager, Macmillan…

Blogs

Measuring the health and wellbeing benefits of volunteering

May 15, 2018

By Laura Hamilton, Laura Hamilton Consulting, and Gareth Williams, LGBT Foundation We were super-excited to be attending AVM’s first…

Blogs

Diversity event: Are you willing to be uncomfortable?

April 10, 2018

By Keeley Mooney Like a secret rabbit warren, Hanbury Hall appeared through the little coffee…

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.

Necessary

Always Enabled

Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously.

Cookie	Duration	Description
AWSALBCORS	7 days	This cookie is managed by Amazon Web Services and is used for load balancing.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement	1 year	Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category .
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional	11 months	The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".
pmpro_visit	session	The cookie is set by PaidMembership Pro plugin. The cookie is used to manage user memberships.
viewed_cookie_policy	11 months	The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.

Functional

Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features.

Cookie	Duration	Description
__cf_bm	30 minutes	This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management.
S	1 hour	Used by Yahoo to provide ads, content or analytics.

Performance

Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.

Cookie	Duration	Description
_gat	1 minute	This cookie is installed by Google Universal Analytics to restrain request rate and thus limit the collection of data on high traffic sites.
AWSALB	7 days	AWSALB is an application load balancer cookie set by Amazon Web Services to map the session to the target.

Analytics

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

Cookie	Duration	Description
_ga	2 years	The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors.
_ga_TM3E6EK72B	2 years	This cookie is installed by Google Analytics.
_gat_gtag_UA_8248980_1	1 minute	Set by Google to distinguish users.
_gid	1 day	Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.
CONSENT	2 years	YouTube sets this cookie via embedded youtube-videos and registers anonymous statistical data.
vuid	2 years	Vimeo installs this cookie to collect tracking information by setting a unique ID to embed videos to the website.

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads.

Cookie	Duration	Description
NID	6 months	NID cookie, set by Google, is used for advertising purposes; to limit the number of times the user sees an ad, to mute unwanted ads, and to measure the effectiveness of ads.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	5 months 27 days	A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface.
YSC	session	YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages.
yt-remote-connected-devices	never	YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video.
yt-remote-device-id	never	YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video.

Others

Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet.

Cookie	Duration	Description
COMPASS	1 hour	No description
m	2 years	No description available.

News and opinion

How can we get more young people volunteering?

Time for Change: International Volunteer Managers Day 2018

Networking tips for AVM events

The end of the committee? Volunteering structures in a changing world

We need to talk – handling emotions and challenging situations with volunteers

Building bridges between volunteering and research

Reflections on the CIPD London Branch event: HR and Volunteer Management

Building bridges – bringing together volunteer managers and voluntary sector researchers

Volunteers’ Week: Saying thanks

Mentoring: Who do you think you are?

Measuring the health and wellbeing benefits of volunteering

Diversity event: Are you willing to be uncomfortable?

About us

Latest updates

AVM Members

Legal