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SUMMARY:Difficult Conversations
DESCRIPTION:Difficult Conversations\nThursday 22 February | 9.30am to 12.30pm | Online via Zoom\nTicket prices: Members £25 | Non-members £40 \n\nHaving difficult conversations can seem really daunting and this can be particularly challenging with volunteers. This session will give you some of the tools you need to start having these conversations as well as highlighting the importance of doing so. It will also look at how you can have conversations with your organisation in a productive and positive manner.\n\nThis event will cover:\n\n\nIncreasing confidence when having challenging conversations\nDeveloping assertiveness and negotiation skills\n‘Nipping concerns and issues in the bud’\nHaving solution-focused conversations\nSupport and tools for saying ‘no’\n\n\nAgenda\n9:30 – 9:45 – Welcome\, housekeeping and introductions \n9:45 – 10:25 –  Difficult conversations? Really? with Rob Legge \nThis session will support volunteer managers and those working with volunteers to advocate on behalf of volunteers as well as sticking up for yourself. It will look at why we need to have these conversations\, will provide an opportunity to brainstorm ways to have these conversations with your peers\, support and advice on ways to deliver these conversations and how to follow up. The session will equip you with the tools to say no successfully and look at our responses to stimuli and how we can best manage these. \n10:25 – 11:05 – What is a difficult conversation? Why is it difficult? How can you have a good conversation? with Jenny Whyte \n11:05 – 11:20 – Break \n11:20 – 12:00 – Challenging the Toxicity of Organisations with Martin Cowling \nUnfortunately\, from time to time\, we will encounter a culture that is\, in actuality\, toxic. It may be the culture of the organisation we are working in or within the volunteer pool or the wider community. Based on research for his forthcoming book\, Martin will outline what a toxic culture entails and provide insights on how to navigate and transform it. \n12:00 – 12.30 – Q&A \nAbout our speakers\nRob Legge \nRob has been a leadership and management trainer focusing on charities for the last 15 years. He works predominantly with small to medium charities\, with clients throughout the UK. \nRob uses a coaching style that creates a supportive learning environment for new and experienced leaders. Attendees enjoy\, have fun\, learn new skills and many return for additional training. One charity CEO called his work “transformative.” \nPrior to this Rob has held senior management positions with Oxfam as Head of Shops with 27\,000 volunteers\, Fundraising Director at RNIB\, Director of Community Services at Sense and ten years as CEO of Focus Birmingham. \nJenny Whyte \nJenny Whyte has worked in the voluntary sector for over 15 years in Volunteer management\, fundraising and Information and Advice provision. Her time spent delivering advice\, and her volunteering work with the communications course at the Dick Vet School for veterinary studies have made her a passionate advocate for having important conversations\, even though they can feel uncomfortable. \nMartin Cowling \nMartin is passionate about effective change\, leadership and impact. He has been a volunteer\, hands-on manager\, leader\, researcher\, and consultant working with very small grassroots organisations through to large social purpose organisations\, corporates and governments. He works with clients in 13 countries. Martin is a skilled presenter\, ranked as one of the top 100 speakers on philanthropy by Philanthropy 101. \nHe believes that people are the key to an organisation’s success and is passionate about ensuring that staff (paid and unpaid) have mutually beneficial relationships and contribute to making lasting positive change. Martin is a trusted partner for organisations\, offering a comprehensive range of services to empower leaders\, strengthen teams\, and drive impactful change. Through personalised coaching\, training\, resource mobilisation support\, and strategic guidance\, he equips organisations with the tools\, knowledge\, and networks they need to achieve lasting impact\, organisational excellence\, and social change. \nAVM members’ discount\nAVM members are eligible for a discount on the event ticket price. Please log in to your account so that your discount can be automatically applied. \nIf you’re not an AVM member\, you can join AVM today to gain access to this event\, as well as receiving lots of other benefits\, including access to free member-only events\, discounts for all public events and the annual AVM conference. You will also have access to the AVM BiteSize webcasts and AVM Replay videos of previous events\, including our annual conference. Members also have the opportunity to join our Mentoring Scheme and build their professional network through AVM Connect. \nJoin AVM today to access your discount on this event.
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/difficult-conversations/
LOCATION:Online on Zoom
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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SUMMARY:Ensuring the wellbeing of you\, your team and your volunteers
DESCRIPTION:Ensuring the wellbeing of you\, your teams and your volunteers\n7 December 2023 | 9:30am – 12:30pm \nTicket prices: Members £25 | Non-members £40 | Online via Zoom\nThis workshop brings together speakers from Sustrans\, Crisis UK and the Samaritans to share their experience of wellbeing strategies in volunteering\nWould you like to find out more about how to ensure the wellbeing of your teams and volunteers?\n\nAre you keen to learn what other organisations are doing to ensure wellbeing is at the heart of working with volunteers?\nBringing a blend of discussing theory and practical approaches to ensuring the wellbeing of volunteers\, alongside approaches to ensuring the wellbeing of those volunteer supervisors who may have to manage different volunteer issues\, we hope you will take away some ideas of how you can embed volunteer wellbeing as part of your strategy.  \nThe event will round off with a 20 minute optional session\, which includes some simple\, effective relaxation and breathing techniques to calm the mind and relax the body – useful when you are feeling stressed and entering an unproductive space\, followed by a short guided meditation. \nThis event will cover:\nIn this session you will have the opportunity to: \n\nLearn from research done by the Sustrans on how volunteering as an act achieves wellbeing and what makes a happy volunteer. Sustrans will share how they have used their research to further improve their volunteer experience and significantly increase their net promoter score in volunteers being happy to recommend them as a place to volunteer.\nLearn from Crisis UK about new initiatives they have introduced to support volunteers with wellbeing in their volunteering and beyond. In this session you will hear more about how Crisis is working to take a psychologically informed approach to volunteers and about the challenges they are encountering in introducing initiatives such as reflective practice for volunteers and wellbeing assistance programmes and the actions they plan to take to overcome this. They will also tell you more about what they learnt from doing workshops with volunteers about what does good look like.\nLearn about strategies for supporting the wellbeing of Volunteer Supervisors\, including understanding what makes having conversations with supervisors about wellbeing difficult and how to have a good conversation and manage the emotional load.\nLearn some simple relaxation\, breathing and meditation techniques that can be easily used to support your wellbeing and shared with others to help them.\n\nAgenda\nThis is a half day event\, starting at 9:30am\, and will be on Zoom \n9:30 – 9:45  Networking\, introductions and welcome \n9:45 – 10:00  Introductions to speakers and event \n10:00 – 10:30  Katie Aartse-Tuyn and Hannah Johnson – Sustrans \n10:30 – 11:00  Emma Vizor – Crisis UK \n11:00 – 11:10  Break \n11:10 – 11:50  Nicky Adams – Samaritans \n11:50 – 12:10  Q&A \n12:10 – 12:30 Vicky Peake – AVM (Optional relaxation session) \n12:30  Event ends \n  \nAbout our speakers/ contributors\nKatie Aartse-Tuyn is the current Head of Volunteering at Sustrans – leading UK-wide teams to maximise the impact of volunteering across the charity.  Katie is an innovative leader with 15 years of demonstrable strategic management experience in the third sector.  Katie is passionate about protecting the environment and promoting the impact that volunteering  has on individuals and communities as well as the organisations that involve them.  \nHannah Johnson is a researcher with experience in monitoring and evaluation with an interest in sustainability and society.  After a PhD\, 18 years ago she pivoted from pure science into the world of evaluation in the environmental/charity sector.  She has worked at Sustrans for 11 years\, and for six of those has been generating evidence to show the impact of 3\,500 Sustrans volunteers. \nEmma Vizor has worked in the volunteering sector for over 15 years in a range of roles and is now a Volunteering Partner at Crisis UK\, where she leads on a range of volunteer initiatives across the UK including the volunteer offer for supporting those experiencing homelessness.  Emma is passionate about volunteer wellbeing and has been leading on implementing new initiatives to support this. Emma is an AVM Events Volunteer; a volunteer role she loves doing – ensuring opportunities for volunteering professionals to learn and network and encouraging sharing of best practice across the sector. \nNicky Adams works as a Senior Lecturer in HR and Leadership at the University of Wolverhampton.  She has been a listening volunteer with Samaritans for nearly 30 years\, where she has held a variety of volunteer roles including an organisation-wide strategic learning and development role and senior volunteer leadership roles locally and regionally.  Nicky is currently Branch Director at her local branch\, a volunteer role and runs her own consultancy.  She has delivered a range of coaching and learning interventions\, much of it in the voluntary sector focusing on relationship building in different environments.  Her PhD research is in leadership development within volunteering.  \nVicky Peake is the Member Engagement and Events Officer at AVM.  Vicky has over 30 years experience in the third sector with diverse communities and beneficiary groups.  Her experience includes: growing high quality services in partnership with volunteers; fundraising and providing fundraising coaching\, advice\, support and training; and as a trainer and educator.  Vicky is also an experienced and qualified Qigong/Chi Kung teacher and has enjoyed teaching Qigong\, mindfulness and meditation in a range of settings since 2004. \nMaking this event more accessible for you\nWe will always make captions available on Zoom\, as standard. If you require lip speakers\, please let us know: we can make up to two places available free of charge. \nWe may be able to send you slides in advance\, if required. Please let us know when you check out. \nIf you need support to access this event\, please let us know when you book.  \nSee our event and conference FAQs for more information on Zoom’s accessibility. If you have any questions ahead of booking\, please do get in touch. \nAVM members’ discount\nAVM members are eligible for a discount on the event ticket price.  Please log in to your account: your discount will be automatically applied once you are logged in. \nIf you’re not an AVM member\, you can join AVM today to access your discount to this\, and future public events – including our annual conference\, which takes place every October – as well as other benefits of AVM membership\, including: \n\nExclusive member-only events\, including AVM’s book club  \nA back catalogue of selected past events (AVM Replay)\, in our Resources section of the website\nExclusive webcasts (AVM BiteSize)\, in our Resources section of the website\nAVM Connect\, which randomly connects you with another member for a chat\, to expand your networks\nAVM’s mentoring programme\n\nJoin AVM today to access your discount on your event. \nDon’t delay: this event has limited places\, so sign up today! \nTerms and conditions of ticket sales\nYou can pay by credit card or request an invoice at the checkout. We do require payment to be made before the event. \nThe agenda is correct at time of publication. AVM will contact you about any significant changes in advance of the event. \nSee our full terms and conditions below\, and familiarise yourselves with our cancellation policy\, and payment terms below.  \nWe know that plans can change. Depending on when you cancel\, we may be able to offer a partial ticket refund\, or under certain circumstances we may be able to arrange for your ticket to be passed to one of your colleagues. As your ticket is unique to you\, this includes the access links you have been sent\, please get in touch with us if you need to pass your ticket on to a colleague. They will not be able to access the conference unless we have processed the swap. Where a non-member is taking a member’s place at the conference\, we offer the option of purchasing membership for the non-member\, or paying the balance of a non-member ticket. \nAVM will not accept liability for any ability to attend this event due to technical issues with a delegate’s equipment. If technical difficulties prevent AVM from hosting this event\, we will endeavour to reschedule the conference to another date\, and a full or partial refund will be offered if the new date is unsuitable. \nFull terms and conditions are below.
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/ensuring-the-well-being-of-volunteer-teams/
LOCATION:Online on Zoom
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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SUMMARY:How to Develop Your Volunteer Strategy
DESCRIPTION:Masterclass: How to Develop Your Volunteer Strategy\nWednesday 8 November 2023 | 9:30-12:30 | On Zoom | Members £40 and Non-members £60 | Maximum capacity 30\nThis AVM Masterclass is brought to you in partnership with Vision for Volunteering. The Vision for Volunteering is a ten-year movement to improve the future of volunteering. It frames this progress around five themes: awareness and appreciation\, power\, equity and inclusion\, collaboration\, and experimentation. Whether you are creating a volunteering strategy from scratch or updating an existing one\, these themes can be used to frame your approach to your strategy to ensure that you’re working towards an inclusive\, innovative\, ambitious and person-centred future for volunteering. \nIf you want to take your volunteer strategy from a dusty document in a drawer to a launchpad for building a movement around your cause\, this workshop is for you.  \nYou will learn how different organisations approach volunteer strategy development\, learn hints and tips about ensuring your volunteer strategy will succeed and explore with peers new approaches to strategy development in your organisation. \nThe session will use real life case studies and tips to cover: \n\nExploring why you might need a volunteer strategy \nCo-producing the strategy with volunteers and volunteer managers\nThe difference between a strategy\, plan and tactics \nUnderstanding the internal and external landscape\nAudit and analysis\nAligning with your organisation’s cause and goal\nAligning to volunteer motivations and preferences\nStaffing\, budget and ways of working – resourcing the strategy\nSome ideas for implementation\nEvaluating and reviewing your strategy live\n\nAbout the speaker\nLaura Elson has worked in volunteer involvement for almost 20 years and now works as an independent consultant specialising in supporting organisations to build ambitious and cohesive volunteer strategies that build movements around a cause. \nLaura has worked in volunteer leadership roles at a number of grassroots organisations\, Volunteer Centre Leeds\, Parkinson’s UK\, and England Netball. In 2015 she worked with Nesta and NCVO to research\, test and develop prison based volunteer centres and in 2018 set up a consultancy to focus on volunteering strategy projects full time. As a consultant she has helped a wide range of organisations develop innovative volunteer strategies including Kinship\, The Marine Conservation Society\, England Netball\, The Churches Conservation Trust\, The Solicitors’ Charity\, The Peak District National Park Authority and the MS Society.  \nLaura is an Associate Consultant with NCVO\, Consultants for Good and Fair Development. She volunteers as Strategic Lead for Volunteering with Yorkshire Netball\, and as a trustee of Getting on Board\, the national trustee recruitment and diversity charity. \nAbout the collaboration between AVM and Vision for Volunteering\nAVM is a member organisation of the Vision for Volunteering partnership board\, and is committed to supporting the 10 year project to help create a better future for volunteering. Find out more about the Vision for Volunteering vision and themes at visionforvolunteering.org.uk. \n\nMaking this event more accessible for you\nWe will always make captions available on Zoom\, as standard. If you require lip speakers\, please let us know: we can make up to two places available free of charge. \nWe may be able to send you slides in advance\, if required. Please let us know when you check out. \nIf you need support to access this event\, please let us know when you book.  \nSee our event and conference FAQs for more information on Zoom’s accessibility. If you have any questions ahead of booking\, please do get in touch. \nAVM members’ discount\nAVM members are eligible for a discount on the event ticket price. Please log in to your account: your discount will be automatically applied once you are logged in. \nIf you’re not an AVM member\, you can join AVM today to access your discount to this\, and future public events – including our annual conference\, which takes place every October – as well as other benefits of AVM membership\, including: \n\nExclusive member-only events\, including AVM’s book club  \nA back catalogue of selected past events (AVM Replay)\, in our Resources section of the website\nExclusive webcasts (AVM BiteSize)\, in our Resources section of the website\nAVM Connect\, which randomly connects you with another member for a chat\, to expand your networks\nAVM’s mentoring programme\n\nJoin AVM today to access your discount on your event. \nDon’t delay: this event has limited places\, so sign up today! \nTerms and conditions of ticket sales\nYou can pay by credit card or request an invoice at the checkout. We do require payment to be made before the event. \nThe agenda is correct at time of publication. AVM will contact you about any significant changes in advance of the event. \nSee our full terms and conditions below\, and familiarise yourselves with our cancellation policy\, and payment terms below.  \nWe know that plans can change. Depending on when you cancel\, we may be able to offer a partial ticket refund\, or under certain circumstances we may be able to arrange for your ticket to be passed to one of your colleagues. As your ticket is unique to you\, this includes the access links you have been sent\, please get in touch with us if you need to pass your ticket on to a colleague. They will not be able to access the conference unless we have processed the swap. Where a non-member is taking a member’s place at the conference\, we offer the option of purchasing membership for the non-member\, or paying the balance of a non-member ticket. \nAVM will not accept liability for any ability to attend this event due to technical issues with a delegate’s equipment. If technical difficulties prevent AVM from hosting this event\, we will endeavour to reschedule the conference to another date\, and a full or partial refund will be offered if the new date is unsuitable. \nFull terms and conditions are below.
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/develop-your-volunteer-strategy/
LOCATION:Online on Zoom
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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SUMMARY:Light Touch Volunteering
DESCRIPTION:Light Touch Volunteering\nThursday 7 Sept 2023 | 9:30am – 12:30pm  \nTicket prices: Members £25 | Non-members £40 \nOnline via Zoom \nIt’s increasingly important to engage volunteers in flexible and meaningful ways to meet their changing needs and circumstances.  Light touch volunteering can be time and cost effective\, self sustaining and is a quick and easy way for people to engage with volunteering\, as well as being empowering for volunteers and scalable.  There are many examples of light touch volunteering including Employer Supported Volunteering\, event or digital volunteering\, ambassadors and champions.  This event brings speakers together with practical experience of developing light touch volunteering opportunities to share their experiences and insights. \nThis event will cover:\n\nReflecting on opportunities to involve volunteers in new ways\nHearing about how technology can help\nUnderstanding different ways to describe and sell volunteering  \n\nAgenda\nThis is a half day event\, starting at 9:30am\, and will be on Zoom. \nProposed Agenda \n9.30-9.45      Networking \n9.45-10.00    Open and welcome (including mentimeter poll)  \n10.00-10.40  Matt Smith  Waffle \n10.40-11.20   Sherry Flanagan \n11.20-11.30   Break  \n11.30-12.10   Stacey McGowan \n12.10-12.30 Q&A  \nDon’t delay: this event has limited places\, so sign up today! Ticket prices: £40 non-members\, £25 AVM members \nTickets are on sale until 6 September and places are limited\, so book your place today to ensure that you don’t miss out! \nSpeakers\nMatt Smith\, Waffle\nSherry Flanagan\, RSPCA\nStacey McGowan\, Macmillan Cancer Support\n \nChaired by Ruth Leonard\, Association of Volunteer Managers \n\nMaking this event more accessible for you\nWe will always make captions available on Zoom\, as standard. If you require lip speakers\, please let us know: we can make up to two places available free of charge. \nWe may be able to send you slides in advance\, if required. Please let us know when you check out. \nIf you need support to access this event\, please let us know when you book.  \nSee our event and conference FAQs for more information on Zoom’s accessibility. If you have any questions ahead of booking\, please do get in touch. \nAVM members’ discount\nAVM members are eligible for a discount on the event ticket price. Please log in to your account: your discount will be automatically applied once you are logged in. \nIf you’re not an AVM member\, you can join AVM today to access your discount to this\, and future public events – including our annual conference\, which takes place every October – as well as other benefits of AVM membership\, including: \n\nExclusive member-only events\, including AVM’s book club\nA back catalogue of selected past events (AVM Replay)\, in our Resources section of the website\nExclusive webcasts (AVM BiteSize)\, in our Resources section of the website\nAVM Connect\, which randomly connects you with another member for a chat\, to expand your networks\nAVM’s mentoring programme\n\nJoin AVM today to access your discount on your event. \nDon’t delay: this event has limited places\, so sign up today! \nTerms and conditions of ticket sales\nYou can pay by credit card or request an invoice at the checkout. We do require payment to be made before the event. \nThe agenda is correct at time of publication. AVM will contact you about any significant changes in advance of the event. \nSee our full terms and conditions below\, and familiarise yourselves with our cancellation policy\, and payment terms below.  \nWe know that plans can change. Depending on when you cancel\, we may be able to offer a partial ticket refund\, or under certain circumstances we may be able to arrange for your ticket to be passed to one of your colleagues. As your ticket is unique to you\, this includes the access links you have been sent\, please get in touch with us if you need to pass your ticket on to a colleague. They will not be able to access the conference unless we have processed the swap. Where a non-member is taking a member’s place at the conference\, we offer the option of purchasing membership for the non-member\, or paying the balance of a non-member ticket. \nAVM will not accept liability for any ability to attend this event due to technical issues with a delegate’s equipment. If technical difficulties prevent AVM from hosting this event\, we will endeavour to reschedule the conference to another date\, and a full or partial refund will be offered if the new date is unsuitable.
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/avm-event-light-touch-volunteering/
LOCATION:Online on Zoom
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230713T123000
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SUMMARY:Volunteering and the Cost of Living Crisis
DESCRIPTION:Volunteering and the Cost of Living Crisis\n13 July 2023 | 9:30am – 12:30pm  \nTicket prices: Members £25 | Non-members £40 \nOnline via Zoom \nThe impact of the cost of living crisis on people\, organisations and communities across the UK is profound.  Volunteering is no exception to this.  \nAt this event we will consider the research around the impact of the cost of living on volunteers and volunteering\, the implications for your volunteering programme and practical support on how to address the challenges posed by the crisis. We will also consider how volunteers are integral to tackling the crisis and what this means for us as volunteer managers and leaders. \nThis event will cover:\n\nUnderstanding the impact of the cost of living crisis on volunteers and volunteering\, including increased demand for services\, challenges around recruitment and retention and the health and wellbeing of volunteers.\nPractical guidance on how to support your volunteers and address the challenges posed by the crisis within your volunteering programme.\nUnderstanding how volunteers are integral to tackling the crisis and what this means for volunteer managers and leaders.\n\nAgenda\nThis is a half day event\, starting at 9:30am\, and will be on Zoom.  \n09:30-9.45    Networking\, introductions and welcome \n9.45 – 10.00 Open and welcome \n10.00 -10.40 Sarah Latto\, Volunteer Scotland – Impact of the cost of living on volunteers and volunteering \n10.40 – 11.20 Leanne Shipley\, Community Action Northumberland – Warm hubs \n11.20 – 11.30 Break \n11.30 – 12.10 Miranda Beebe\, The Trussell Trust \n12.10 – 12.30 Q&A \n12:30 Event ends \nAbout our Speakers\nSarah Latto – Policy Officer\, Volunteer Scotland \nSarah is an experienced volunteer manager and now uses this experience to try and ensure that volunteering is better reflected in Scottish Policy. She joined Volunteer Scotland in April last year as their Policy Officer and her role involves drafting responses to consultations\, engaging with elected representatives and consulting with the wider volunteering sector to ensure their views and experiences are reflected in policy recommendations. \nPrior to this role\, Sarah was the Volunteer Development Manager for Shelter Scotland for 5 years where she introduced a range of innovative initiatives focused on improving volunteer inclusion. She was also the voluntary chair of the Scottish Volunteering Forum\, a network of organisations committed to increasing the visibility of volunteering\, from 2017-2021.  \nLeanne Shipley – Warm Hub Co-ordinator\, Community Action Northumberland \nLeanne is a Warm Hubs Co-ordinator at Community Action Northumberland and previously worked as an energy advisor for the same organisation. In her current role Leanne manages the Northumberland Warm Hub scheme. The scheme has been running for 8 years across 42 community buildings and village halls. Her role also involves the roll out of the Warm Hub scheme across the country\, including working with local lead agencies\, providing advice\, support and guidance regarding the implementation of Warm Hub schemes in line with the Warm Hubs toolkit in their regions. \nMiranda Beebe – Head of Volunteering\, The Trussell Trust \nMiranda has over ten years’ experience as a senior leader in national\, complex organisations\, keeping people at the heart of operational and strategic change. In her current role Miranda oversees the charity’s volunteering programme\, providing transformational leadership to empower The Trussell Trust’s network of 30\,000 food bank volunteers to have the confidence\, capacity and capability to deliver the range of services needed to deliver their shared strategy and vision: to end the need for food banks in the UK. \nTickets are on sale until 5 July and places are limited\, so book your place today to ensure that you don’t miss out! \nMaking this event more accessible for you\nWe will always make captions available on Zoom\, as standard. If you require lip speakers\, please let us know: we can make up to two places available free of charge. \nWe may be able to send you slides in advance\, if required. Please let us know when you check out. \nIf you need support to access this event\, please let us know when you book.  \nSee our event and conference FAQs for more information on Zoom’s accessibility. If you have any questions ahead of booking\, please do get in touch. \nAVM members’ discount\nAVM members are eligible for a discount on the event ticket price. Please log in to your account: your discount will be automatically applied once you are logged in. \nIf you’re not an AVM member\, you can join AVM today to access your discount to this\, and future public events – including our annual conference\, which takes place every October – as well as other benefits of AVM membership\, including: \n\nExclusive member-only events\, including AVM’s book club\nA back catalogue of selected past events (AVM Replay)\, in our Resources section of the website\nExclusive webcasts (AVM BiteSize)\, in our Resources section of the website\nAVM Connect\, which randomly connects you with another member for a chat\, to expand your networks\nAVM’s mentoring programme\n\nJoin AVM today to access your discount on your event. \nTerms and conditions of ticket sales\nYou can pay by credit card or request an invoice at the checkout. We do require payment to be made before the event. \nThe agenda is correct at time of publication. AVM will contact you about any significant changes in advance of the event. \nSee our full terms and conditions below\, and familiarise yourselves with our cancellation policy\, and payment terms below.  \nWe know that plans can change. Depending on when you cancel\, we may be able to offer a partial ticket refund\, or under certain circumstances we may be able to arrange for your ticket to be passed to one of your colleagues. As your ticket is unique to you\, this includes the access links you have been sent\, please get in touch with us if you need to pass your ticket on to a colleague. They will not be able to access the conference unless we have processed the swap. Where a non-member is taking a member’s place at the conference\, we offer the option of purchasing membership for the non-member\, or paying the balance of a non-member ticket. \nAVM will not accept liability for any ability to attend this event due to technical issues with a delegate’s equipment. If technical difficulties prevent AVM from hosting this event\, we will endeavour to reschedule the conference to another date\, and a full or partial refund will be offered if the new date is unsuitable. \nFull terms and conditions are below.
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/volunteering-and-the-cost-of-living-crisis/
LOCATION:Online on Zoom
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230420T093000
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SUMMARY:Volunteer Engagement post-Covid
DESCRIPTION:Volunteer Engagement post-Covid\nTicket prices: £40 non-members | £25 AVM members \nTickets are on sale until 5pm\, Tuesday 11 April\, so don’t delay\, book today! \nAre you thinking about how best to engage volunteers post-covid? Does the cost-of-living crisis mean you need to think about how you can do this cost effectively? How do you ensure your engagement is inclusive? This workshop will be exploring volunteer engagement\, in person\, virtual\, blended and how we can ensure we are considering inclusivity in our engagement plans. Our speakers will be covering:  \n\nLearnings from an in-person/hybrid volunteer appreciation event in Aberdeen\, that will hopefully be the first in a series of events across Scotland – the planning and considerations made\, the delivery\, the learning and how to blend with anything remote \nBuilding an engaging virtual programme for volunteers; the key engagement technology\, opportunities and tools that can be used and virtual best practice \nEnsuring however engagement is delivered\, it is an inclusive experience including sharing experiences of addressing Race Equity to ensure inclusive engagement \n\nOur speakers are Liz Wigelsworth and Ruth Zokas from Chest\, Heart and Stroke Scotland; Matt Lynch from Moonshot and Rosie Ellingham and Najah Mijir from the Scouts. \nSave with AVM membership!\nIf you’re not an AVM member you can join AVM today. If you add a membership to your basket\, the members’ discount will be applied to this event. \nAVM members\, please log in to access your discount. \nProposed Agenda:\nThis is a half day event\, starting at 9:30am\, and will be on Zoom (read our Zoom tips for getting the best out of online events).   \n9.30-9.45 networking \n9.45-10.00 open and welcome \n10.00-10.40 – Liz Wigelsworth & Ruth Zokas – Chest\, Heart and Stroke Scotland – In person/blended engagement  \n10.40-11.20 – Matt Lynch\, Moonshot  – virtual engagement  \n11.20-11.30 – Break  \n11.30-12.10 – Rosie Ellingham & Najir Mijir\, Scouts – ensuring engagement is inclusive  \n12.10-12.30 Q&A  \nYour joining instructions and Zoom link will be emailed the week before the event.  \nAbout our speakers\nLiz Wigelsworth\n\nLiz has worked in the volunteering sector for over 15 years\, developing volunteering programmes across a number of charities including the MS Society\, Anthony Nolan and the Princes Trust. Currently Liz is the Head of Volunteering at Chest\, Heart & Stroke Scotland – a charity that involves 1\,000s of volunteers to raise funds\, ensure the running of its shops\, support people affected by chest\, heart and stroke conditions and carry out micro actions across Scotland.     \nLiz leads a team of five to harness the positive impact of volunteering across the charity. The team leads on the development and delivery of the volunteering strategy\, ensuring volunteers have a great experience across the organisation\, feel safe\, supported\, appreciated and empowered to become ambassadors for Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland in their communities. Liz is passionate that volunteering brings people together to tackle some of the major challenges we face including health and wellbeing and loneliness and isolation.  \nRuth Zokas\n\nRuth has worked in the charity sector for 15 years and has worked at Sense Scotland\, Erskine\, Maggie’s Centres\, and now at Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland. Ruth started out working in the fundraising team and after 10 years moved into the volunteering team as she developed a passion for working with volunteers. \n Currently\, Ruth is the Volunteer Development lead – Engagement\, and her role is to communicate and motivate existing volunteers and over 150 volunteer line managers. \nMatt Lynch\n\nMatt’s experience with the Walt Disney Company early in his career began to shape his vision for how powerful a guest experience could be when you have an engaged and purpose driven front line team. He leveraged that experience to serve front liners in some amazing organizations both in the United States and the United Kingdom. \nMatt served in Major League Baseball for the Atlanta Braves from 2007-2013 as Director of Guest Services\, opened The College Football Hall of Fame in 2014 as Vice President\, Fan Experience and relocated to the United Kingdom as Head of Guest Services at iconic Wembley Stadium from 2014-2016.  Matt was on the opening team of Disney’s fourth theme park\, Animal Kingdom in 1998 and opened Disney’s London Production of The Lion King in 1999. Matt founded MoonShot in 2016 and has supported both front line and volunteer training and engagement projects with clients such as the NFL\, City of London\, City of Los Angeles\, Women’s Euro 2022 and Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix. \nMission Highlights: \nOpening Team: Disney’s Fourth Orlando Theme Park – Animal Kingdom – 1998 \nOpening Team: Disney’s London Theatre Production of The Lion King – 1999-2002 \nDirector of Guest Services – The Atlanta Braves – 2007-2013 \nOpening Team: Vice President\, Fan Experience – The College Football Hall of Fame – 2013-2014 \nHead of Guest Services – Wembley National Stadium Limited – 2014-2016 \nRosie Ellingham & Najah Mijir – to follow\nMaking this event more accessible for you\nWe will always make captions available on Zoom\, as standard. If you require lip speakers\, please let us know: we can make up to two places available free of charge. \nWe may be able to send you slides in advance\, if required. Please let us know when you check out. \nIf you need support to access this event\, please let us know when you book.  \nSee our event and conference FAQs for more information on Zoom’s accessibility. If you have any questions ahead of booking\, please do get in touch. \nTerms and conditions of ticket sales\nYou can pay by credit card or request an invoice at the checkout. We do require payment to be made before the event. \nThe agenda is correct at time of publication. AVM will contact you about any significant changes in advance of the event. \nSee our full terms and conditions below\, and familiarise yourselves with our cancellation policy\, and payment terms below.  \nWe know that plans can change. Depending on when you cancel\, we may be able to offer a partial ticket refund\, or under certain circumstances we may be able to arrange for your ticket to be passed to one of your colleagues. As your ticket is unique to you\, this includes the access links you have been sent\, please get in touch with us if you need to pass your ticket on to a colleague. They will not be able to access the conference unless we have processed the swap. Where a non-member is taking a member’s place at the conference\, we offer the option of purchasing membership for the non-member\, or paying the balance of a non-member ticket. \nAVM will not accept liability for any ability to attend this event due to technical issues with a delegate’s equipment. If technical difficulties prevent AVM from hosting this event\, we will endeavour to reschedule the conference to another date\, and a full or partial refund will be offered if the new date is unsuitable.
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/volunteer-engagement-post-covid/
LOCATION:Online on Zoom
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230223T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230223T123000
DTSTAMP:20260531T082614
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SUMMARY:Corporate Volunteering - Developing impactful corporate volunteering partnerships
DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in building effective corporate volunteering partnerships that go beyond staff led fundraising events and painting the office walls? This interactive event will focus on how to develop and maintain a successful corporate or employer-supported volunteering programme for your organisation. During the session\, the speakers will discuss ways to identify and communicate with potential corporate partners; consider new and innovative volunteering opportunities that you can offer to local and national businesses; and develop strategies that will help you to manage and extend your corporate partnerships. They will share their experiences of building impactful corporate partnerships to demonstrate how this can be achieved in novel ways. \nWith guest speakers Helen Jones\, Deputy CEO at Cambridge and District Citizens Advice; Dewi Thomas\, CEO at Employee Volunteering and the NSPCC. \nAgenda\nThis is a half day event\, starting at 9:30am\, and will be on Zoom (the link will be emailed separately).\n09:30 Networking\, introductions and welcome\n10:00 Helen Jones\, Cambridge and District Citizens Advice\n10:40 Dewi Thomas\, Employee Volunteering\n11:20 Break\n11:30 NSPCC\n12:10 Q&A\n12:30 Event ends \nDon’t delay: this event has limited places\, so sign up today! Ticket prices: £40 non-members\, £25 AVM members \nTicket sales close at 17:30 on Friday 17 February so don’t delay \nAbout our Speakers\nHelen Jones – Cambridge and District Citizens Advice\nHelen is the Deputy CEO at Cambridge and District Citizens Advice. Until December 2022\, she was the Volunteer Development Manager at Citizens Advice Peterborough. In this previous role\, she was responsible for building and delivering the volunteering strategy as well as the recruitment\, training and ongoing management of our volunteers. Helen worked across the charity to ensure volunteers play an increasing role in the future work of the advice service\, including the social policy\, communications and advocacy. Helen led on external promotion of the charity brand by building links with local businesses\, attending events and conferences\, and delivering a programme of corporate volunteering. With an environmental and teaching background\, Helen is passionate about encouraging people to share their skills and experiences\, especially through voluntary work. Helen strives to engage with people and businesses from a range of backgrounds to think about how they can support their local community. Helen has more than 10 years’ experience of managing networks of volunteers\, both remotely and face to face\, within the charity sector.
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/corporate-volunteering-developing-impactful-corporate-volunteering-partnerships/
LOCATION:Online on Zoom
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221124T123000
DTSTAMP:20260531T082614
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SUMMARY:AVM Strategy Masterclass: How to develop your volunteer strategy
DESCRIPTION:If you want to take your volunteer strategy from a dusty document in a drawer to a launchpad for building a movement around your cause this masterclass is for you. The session will use real life case studies and tips to cover:\n\n\nExploring why you might need a volunteer strategy\nCo-producing the strategy with volunteers and volunteer managers\nThe difference between a strategy\, plan and tactics\nUnderstanding the internal and external landscape\nAudit and analysis\nAligning with your organisation’s cause and goal\nAligning to volunteer motivations and preferences\nStaffing\, budget and ways of working – resourcing the strategy\nSome ideas for implementation\nEvaluating and reviewing your strategy live\n\nJoin us on November 24\, 2022 from 09:30 to 12:30 with Laura Elson. \nThis Masterclass is aimed at those who are new to being in a strategy role\, looking to improve their skills in developing their volunteer strategy or wanting to pick up hints and tips on horizon scanning to influence the volunteering strategy for your organisation. \nTickets are £60 for non members/£40 for members (please ensure you are logged in to have your discount applied). Ticket numbers are limited to 30 places so get yours as soon as you can. \nTicket sales close on Thursday 17 November at 17:00. \n \nLaura Elson\, Independent Consultant and Researcher\nLaura has worked in volunteer involvement for 18 years’ and now works as an independent consultant specialising in supporting organisations to build ambitious and cohesive volunteer strategies that build movements around a cause.\n\nLaura started her career at university researching team dynamics in football volunteer programmes\, and went on to work in volunteer leadership roles at Volunteer Centre Leeds\, Parkinson’s UK\, and England Netball. In 2015 she worked with Nesta and NCVO to research\, test and develop prison based volunteer centres and in 2018 set up a consultancy to focus on volunteering strategy projects full time. As a consultant she has helped a wide range of organisations develop innovative volunteer strategies including The Marine Conservation Society\, England Netball\, The Churches Conservation Trust\, The Solicitors’ Charity\, The Peak District National Park Authority and the MS Society.\n\nLaura is an Associate Consultant with NCVO\, Consultants for Good and Fair Development. She volunteers as Strategic Lead for Volunteering with Yorkshire Netball\, and as a trustee of Getting on Board\, the national trustee recruitment and diversity charity.\n\n\nYou can find out more about Laura on LinkedIn or on her website: https://www.lauraelsonconsulting.com
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/avm-strategy-masterclass-how-to-develop-your-volunteer-strategy/
LOCATION:Online on Zoom
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220623T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220623T123000
DTSTAMP:20260531T082614
CREATED:20220509T090042Z
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SUMMARY:Providing ongoing support for volunteers with additional needs
DESCRIPTION:Ever wondered how you can provide ongoing support to those volunteers who may need a little more?\nWhat about when volunteer support needs change – how can you best manage this?\nAnd how can you create an environment that ensures all volunteers feel supported and included?\n\nThis event is for you! \nWe’re delighted to bring together expert speakers to share their experiences of taking different approaches to ensure volunteers are supported in a way that enables them to feel welcome\, included and supported and able to help your organisation achieve its objectives.  \nThey will also share useful tips that you may be able to implement in your own organisations. \n At this event you will: \n\nHear all about the success of a buddying system that enabled volunteers with different support needs to have a positive and supported volunteering experience\nLearn about how tackling specific issues within your volunteer culture can help address support needs\nHear real-life case studies of different examples of when adjustments have been made to meet a volunteers changing needs\n\nCome join us and be inspired by how other volunteer professionals have successfully adapted to support volunteers and create inclusive volunteering opportunities. \nAgenda\nThis is a half day event\, starting at 9:30am\, and will be on Zoom. \n9.30 Event opens \n09:45 Welcome and introduction \n10:05 Elena Pancino – Imperial War Museum \n10:35 Ed Wilson – Ramblers \n11:05 Break \n11:20 Amy Rugg – Crisis UK \n11:55 Q&A with speakers \n12:30 Event ends \nTicket prices: £40 non-members\, £25 AVM members.  \nSave with AVM membership!\nIf you’re not an AVM member you can join AVM today. If you add a membership to your basket\, the members’ discount will be applied to this event. \nAVM members\, please log in to access your discount. \nTickets are on sale until 1pm\, Monday 20th June\, so don’t delay\, book today! \nYour joining instructions and Zoom link will be sent by the morning before the event.  \nOur speakers\n\nEdward Wilson\nEd has held a number of roles in volunteer management over the last 15 years and is currently the Volunteering Development Manager at the Ramblers. His main area of work is the development of a high quality volunteer experience. Over his career he has focused on supporting and managing the volunteer journey for volunteers working with young people and volunteers who get people out and walking. Since 2014 he has been working in partnership with key volunteers to develop and implement a charity wide approach to volunteering to create a high quality and consistent volunteer journey and giving the tools to volunteer managers to do this.\nElena Pancino\nElena has been working in museums since 2017\, when she moved from Italy to London. After working in front of house roles\, she discovered that her real passion was in the volunteering sector. She took up the role of Volunteer Team Leader at IWM London where she has been working for the past two years. Elena believes that inclusivity is very important and part of her role consists in creating an environment where everybody will feel welcomed. The Buddy System – which she realised together with her colleagues and is the topic of her talk – is one meaningful step in this direction.\nAmy Rugg\nAmy started volunteering at the tender age of five\, when her mother helped found a local charity for vulnerable people in Upstate New York. Inspired by her early experiences\, she’s pursued further adventures in volunteering and travel\, relocating to the UK to live and work in a variety of roles including training volunteers to teach practical skills to refugees\, work with people with dementia\, deliver housing\, debt and benefit advice\, fundraise\, and support asylum seekers. Amy’s recruited\, trained and supported volunteers and staff for over 25 years and is passionate about championing the transformative role volunteers play in community life. A Volunteer Coordinator for Crisis UK\, Amy now recruits volunteers to support people with experience of homelessness.\n\nMaking this event accessible\nCaptions will be enabled on Zoom for those who need them. \nIf you need support to access this event\, please let us know when you book. If you have any questions ahead of booking\, please do get in touch. \nSee our event and conference FAQs for more information. \nSave with AVM membership!\nAVM members are eligible for a discount on the event ticket price.  \nExisting members: To access your discount\, log in to your members’ account. \nNot an AVM member? Join AVM today and buy your ticket at the same time to access your discount. Just add a membership to your basket and your discount to this event will be applied. \nAs well as a discount to this event\, while you’re an AVM member you’ll be eligible for discounts to future public events – including our annual conference in October – as well as other benefits of AVM membership\, including: \n\nInvites to exclusive member-only events\, including AVM’s book club\nAVM Connect\, our random matching\, connecting you to expand your networks\nAVM BiteSize webcasts\nA back catalogue of selected past events\, in our Resources section of the website\nAVM’s mentoring programme\n\nJoin AVM today and save today! \nDon’t delay: this event has limited places\, so sign up today! \nTicket prices: £40 non-members\, £25 AVM members. \nAVM members: please log in to access your discount. \nIf you’re not an AVM member you can join AVM today. If you add a membership to your basket\, the members’ discount will be applied to this event. \nTickets are on sale until 1pm\, Monday 20th June. \nFull terms and conditions of sale below.
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/providing-ongoing-support-for-volunteers/
LOCATION:Online on Zoom
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220427T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220427T123000
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SUMMARY:Making an inclusive and accessible recruitment and onboarding experience
DESCRIPTION:Your joining instructions and Zoom link will be sent by the morning before the event.  \n\nDoes your organisation struggle to attract and recruit volunteers from a diverse background?\nDo you feel overwhelmed at trying to create an inclusive recruitment and onboarding process?\nHave you found barriers to diversifying your processes but have no idea where to start to make changes?\n\nThis event is for you! \nWe’re delighted to bring together expert speakers to share their experiences of creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment and onboarding experience for their volunteers and challenges they met along the way. They will also share useful tips that you may be able to implement in your own organisations. \nAt this event you will: \n\nHear ideas on how you could adapt your recruitment and onboarding process to be more inclusive\nLearn how organisations have overcome some of the barriers to inclusive recruitment\nReasonable adjustments that can be made to ensure your recruitment process is accessible to all\nHow to attract a diverse range of volunteers and what you might need to consider\nHave an opportunity to plan your next steps\, in small groups with your peers\n\nAgenda\nThis is a half day event\, starting at 9:30am\, and will be on Zoom. \n\n9.30 Event opens\n09:45 Welcome and introduction\n09:50 James Whyte\, Sight Scotland\n10:20 Jo Milligan\, Guide Dogs / Gingerbread\n10:50 Break\n11:05 Stephanie Mallender – Volunteering\, Sport England\n11:35 Q&A with speakers\n12:00 Breakouts to discuss next steps with your peers\n12:30 Event ends \n\nTicket prices: £40 non-members\, £25 AVM members.  \nIf you’re not an AVM member you can join AVM today. If you add a membership to your basket\, the members’ discount will be applied to this event in the basket. \nAVM members: please log in to your account and your discount will be automatically applied. \nTickets are on sale until 1pm\, Monday 25th April\, so don’t delay\, book today! \nIf you have any issues requesting an invoice\, please email us so we can sort this for you. \nOur speakers\nJames Whyte \nJames Whyte has held volunteering leadership roles for over two decades. He is currently volunteer development manager at Sight Scotland and Sight Scotland Veterans and is also a freelance trainer and Investing in Volunteers assessor for Volunteer Scotland. \nThroughout his career he has worked extensively in charities focusing on inclusion and diversity. His areas of professional experience and knowledge include visual impairment\, LGBTQ+ people\, HIV prevention & care\, youth work\, and sexual health. James has been a member of Scotland’s national strategic group for inclusion in volunteering since its inception in 2017 and is also a member of the governance group for the development of The Scottish Government’s new volunteering action plan. \nJo Milligan\nJo Milligan has worked in various organisations specialising in volunteer-led services. She has a particular interest in diversifying volunteer portfolios and a strong commitment to ensuring that volunteers experience a person-centred and empowerment approach\, during their engagement with an organisation. Jo has experience in the field of disability\, crisis support\, lone parenting\, visual impairment and continuous improvement. \nStephanie Mallender \nStephanie is Development Manager – Volunteering at Sport England. Stephanie will be talking about their recent research into workforce diversity projects\, as well as innovation research\, and the Vision for Volunteering over the next 10 years. She will also be joined by the England and Wales Cricket Board\, who will be sharing insights into the barriers and opportunities that exist within the sport and the work they are doing to understand and overcome them. \nMaking this event accessible\nCaptions will be enabled on Zoom for those who need them. \nIf you need support to access this event\, please let us know when you book. If you have any questions ahead of booking\, please do get in touch. \nSee our event and conference FAQs for more information. \nDiscount for AVM members\nAVM members are eligible for a discount on the event ticket price. To access your discount\, log in to your members’ account. \nIf you’re not an AVM member\, you can join AVM today and buy your ticket at the same time. If you add a membership to your basket\, your discount to this event will be applied. \nAs well as a discount to this event\, while you’re an AVM member you’ll be eligible for discounts to future public events – including our annual conference in October – as well as other benefits of AVM membership\, including: \n\nInvites to exclusive member-only events\, including AVM’s book club\nAVM Connect\, our random matching\, connecting you to expand your networks\nAVM BiteSize webcasts\nA back catalogue of selected past events\, in our Resources section of the website\nAVM’s mentoring programme\n\nJoin AVM today to access your discount on your event. \nDon’t delay: this event has limited places\, so sign up today! \nTicket prices: £40 non-members\, £25 AVM members.  \nAVM members: please log in to your account and your discount will be automatically applied. \nIf you’re not an AVM member you can join AVM today. If you add a membership to your basket\, the members’ discount will be applied to this event. \nTickets are on sale until 1pm\, Monday 25th April 2022. \nFull terms and conditions of sale below.
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/inclusive-accessible-recruitment-onboarding/
LOCATION:Online on Zoom
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220303T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220303T123000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220303T145748Z
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SUMMARY:Creating an inclusive volunteering culture (AVM Replay)
DESCRIPTION:This event took place on 3rd March 2022. \nDelegates can access the recordings and resources via the link shared post-event. \n\nIs your organisation’s culture creating barriers to involving volunteers?\nAre you struggling to know where to start with making the volunteering experience more accessible and inclusive?\nDo you feel overwhelmed by the number of considerations you need to make to create an inclusive volunteering experience?\n\nWe’re delighted to bring together expert speakers from organisations in the UK and the United States to share their experiences of making their organisation’s culture more inclusive to volunteers. Our speakers will share tips on how they empower and support volunteers to help effect change and the challenges they’ve encountered along the way. \n At this event you will: \n\nDevelop a greater understanding of what an inclusive culture for volunteers could look like\nHear more about person-centred approaches to involving volunteers\nLearn from organisations about how they have approached inclusivity\, equality and diversity\nGain new perspectives from volunteer managers in another country\n\nAgenda\nThis is a half day event\, starting at 9:30am\, and will be on Zoom (read our Zoom tips for getting the best out of online events).  \n09:30    Networking\, introductions and welcome \n09:45   Facilitated discussion: what is your current culture\, challenges and opportunities\, facilitated by Ruth Leonard (we will be using Menti for anonymity) \n10:15   The View from Across the Pond\, Q&A with Nicole R Smith\, Director\, Volunteer Service\, Back on My Feet and Alec Lawson\, Director of Experience and Operations\, Baltimore Center Stage \n10:45   Break \n11:00   Neil Bird\, Volunteer Development Manager\, Trussell Trust \n11:30    Helen Moore Start\, Volunteer Coordinator\, Greenwich Inclusion Project \n12:00  Q&A with Neil and Helen \n12:30 Event ends \nDon’t delay: this event has limited places\, so book your place today! \nTicket prices: £40 non-members\, £25 AVM members. Please log in to access your discount. \nOur speakers\n\nNicole R Smith\, Director\, Volunteer Service\, Back on My Feet\nAlec Lawson\, Director of Experience and Operations\, Baltimore Center Stage\nNeil Bird\, Volunteer Development Manager\, Trussell Trust\nHelen Moore Start\, Greenwich Inclusion Project\n\nAbout Nicole\nNicole is a Panamanian-American\, workforce development specialist\, published author of Game On! Relentlessly Pursue Your Dreams and the 101 Note-taking Affirmation Journal Series\, motivational speaker\, blogger podcast host of From The Suggestion Box; Navigating Feedback The Good The Bad and the Say Whaaatttt??? and dancer. She earned her Bachelor’s degree via a Division I full-ride track scholarship and after graduating\, she founded Step It Up! Inc.\, a non-profit dance organization. Her experience in sports and entertainment\, radio\, TV and the performing arts has spanned nearly 20 years covering the Chicago\, Houston and Miami markets. She has danced and cheered for four Professional and Semi-Professional sports teams\, has prepared more than 500 interns to enter the workforce and has inspired crowds upwards of 2000. She was a contributing writer for The Life of a Single Mom for two years and in October 2020 she was awarded an Emerging Leader Award from Alive Impact Awards for Volunteer Engagement Professionals. In 2019 she was listed as one of WLRN’s “Local Women Who Inspire You” and was selected as one of Legacy Miami’s Most Prominent and Influential Black Women In Business and Industry of 2019. She is passionate about giving back to her community and does so by sitting on the Boards of the Association for Leaders In Volunteer Engagement\, the Arts and Business Council of Miami and Ageless CHIC Magazine. \nAbout Neil\nNeil is Volunteer Development Manager at the Trussell Trust. Throughout his career\, he has been committed and passionate about Equality\, Diversity\, and Inclusion\, with a focus on ensuring that volunteering opportunities are open and accessible\, and a positive volunteering experience is had by all. Neil has worked and volunteered alongside people from many different backgrounds and across a broad range of protected characteristics on both a practical and policy level. \nNeil has met and learnt from some amazing people in the third sector\, and is committed to his own learning and development to better understand the challenges and barriers that people often face. Neil’s presentation will focus on his own personal experiences of inclusion and will provide an overview of his work with recruiting and supporting volunteers\, what he has done to create and support an inclusive volunteering culture\, including increasing the diversity of volunteers from a wide range of backgrounds\, ages\, and experiences. Some of his many highlights include his time as volunteer co-ordinator at Waverley Care\, where he planned and delivered new volunteering programmes across all services\, and as fund manager for Scottish Government’s Volunteering Support Fund\, which was established to recruit and support volunteers from disadvantaged backgrounds. \nNeil is currently working towards delivering a sustainable increase in the diversity of Trussell Trust volunteers\, alongside reviewing\, and updating all their volunteering policies and templates. This includes a strong focus on continuing to build an inclusive culture where people feel valued\, and their contributions are recognised. Neil believes that inclusion should be the golden thread that runs through all volunteering policies\, strategies\, management\, and programmes. \nAbout Helen\nHelen is a recent MA Graduate in Refugee Studies and an avid volunteer. Helen has 8 years’ experience in volunteer management\, across organisations large and small. Helen is currently coordinating a group of volunteers supporting the Greenwich Sanctuary Project. With her background working with refugees and migrants\, she is no stranger to the challenges of creating an inclusive program. \nMaking this event accessible\nCaptions will be enabled on Zoom for those who need them. \nIf you need support to access this event\, please let us know when you book. If you have any questions ahead of booking\, please do get in touch. \nSee our event and conference FAQs for more information. \nDiscount for AVM members\nAVM members are eligible for a discount on the event ticket price. Please check your latest members’ email for your discount code. To access your discount\, please add the code into the Coupon code section before you check out. \nIf you’re not an AVM member\, you can join AVM today to access your discount to this\, and future public events – including our annual conference in October\, as well as other benefits of AVM membership\, including: \n\nExclusive member-only events\, including AVM’s business book club\nA back catalogue of selected past events\nAVM Connect\, our random matching\, connecting you to expand your networks\nAVM’s mentoring programme\n\nJoin AVM today to access your discount on your event. \nDon’t delay: this event has limited places\, so sign up today! \nTicket prices: £40 non-members\, £25 AVM members. Please log in to access your discount.
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/creating-inclusive-culture/
LOCATION:Online on Zoom
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211201T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211201T123000
DTSTAMP:20260531T082614
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SUMMARY:A Hybrid Approach to Managing Volunteers (AVM Replay)
DESCRIPTION:Do you struggle to engage volunteers and maintain connection remotely?\nAre you considering adapting your current volunteering programme to a more hybrid model?\nDo you want tips on how other organisations have successfully adapted to the new digital world?\nWell\, look no further\, this is the event for you!\n\nWe’ve brought together volunteer managers to share their experience of working in a hybrid model and supporting volunteers remotely. Our speakers will share tips on how set up a hybrid model and how they provide wellbeing support to volunteers remotely. There will be a panel discussion\, giving you the chance to gain more insight from our speakers. You’ll have the opportunity to network with other volunteer managers as well as reflect and plan what you’ll do next. \nAt this half-day event you will: \n\nHear from organisations who promote remote and virtual volunteering opportunities\nLearn tips for engaging volunteers remotely and maintaining connection\nHear about the benefits of including remote volunteering in your volunteering programme\nLearn how to support the wellbeing needs of remote volunteers\, in a hybrid model\nHear from an organisation who has had to adapt from traditional volunteering roles to managing virtually and the changes they have had to make\n\nAbout our speakers\nLindsay Marston\, Volunteer Manager\, Chester Zoo \nLindsay is the Volunteer Manager at Chester Zoo\, working alongside a Volunteer Officer and the conservation education and engagement team.  Together they offer a high-quality volunteering experience\, connecting volunteers with wildlife\, conservation and Chester Zoo. Through volunteering\, individuals can act as ambassadors for wildlife and support visitors to consider how they could live more sustainably or take action to protect wildlife. Chester Zoo has recently been awarded a Green Recovery Fund grant to help create a new 10-mile nature corridor in Chester; Lindsay will support a new volunteer coordinator to enable people to support this project through community volunteering. \nLucy Owens\, Volunteer Manager\, Catalyst Stockton\nLucy joined Catalyst in September 2020 managing a team of volunteers providing COVID support through the town’s community hub. Since then\, she developed and launched a new volunteering strategy for Stockton on Tees\, in close partnership with Stockton Borough Council and managed the development of a new volunteering team at Catalyst. Her role now focuses on the strategic development of volunteering across Stockton on Tees and supporting charities and organisations in their work with volunteers. Lucy has experience working for several national charities\, including Girlguiding\, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award\, Family Lives and the National Trust.  \nHer master’s research examined the impact parkrun events have on the communities in which they’re held\, including the motivations of and benefits to the volunteers who make them possible. As a volunteer running coach and regular events volunteer\, Lucy has an insight into the volunteer experience from both sides.   \nAndrew Berrie\, Mental Health At Work – National Lead\, Mind\nAndrew supports the ambitions of the Thriving at Work Leadership Council in driving employer action across the UK and oversees delivery of the Mental Health at Work website and Mental Health at Work Commitment. The Mental Health at Work Commitment is a simple framework for organisations to improve and support the mental health of their people. It builds on what we know: based on the Thriving at Work standards\, pulling from the pledges and standards that are already out there\, using up-to-date research\, from UK employers and mental health experts. To date over 1300 organisations have signed the Commitment. \nOver the last three years Andrew has led the Time to Change Employers Programme\, Blue Light (Emergency Services) Programme\, Mentally Healthy Universities Programme and Mind’s work with the Midlands Engine Mental Health Productivity Pilot supporting a wide range of organisations of varying size\, across multiple sectors and across the UK. He is passionate about working with organisations to develop their wellbeing and mental health programmes\, campaigns and initiatives and the role of communications as a catalyst for social change. \nWatch again with AVM Replay\n\nA Hybrid Approach to Managing Volunteers\, Lyndsay Marston\, Chester Zoo\nA Hybrid Approach to Managing Volunteers\, Lucy Owens\, Catalyst\, Stockton\nSupporting the wellbeing of volunteers and wellness action plans\, Andrew Berrie\, Mind\n\nNot an AVM member?\nIf you’re not an AVM member\, you can join AVM today to gain access to these recordings\, as well as other benefits of AVM membership\, including: \n\nA back catalogue of selected past events\, in our Resources section of the website\nDiscounts to future public events – including our annual conference\, which takes place every October\nAVM BiteSize webcasts\nExclusive member-only events\, including AVM’s book club\nAVM Connect\, our random matching\, connecting you to expand your networks\nAVM’s mentoring programme\n\nJoin AVM now
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/hybrid-approach-to-managing-volunteers/
LOCATION:Online on Zoom
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210930T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210930T160000
DTSTAMP:20260531T082614
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SUMMARY:AVM Masterclass: Co-production: how to involve volunteers in planning and decision making
DESCRIPTION:Co-production: how to involve volunteers in planning and decision making\nA masterclass session on involving volunteers in planning and decision making through co-production\nThis event has now ended.\nAre you trying to involve volunteers in strategic planning and decision-making so they feel more invested in the organisation and its future direction? \nVolunteers have a wealth of ideas\, skills and experience to bring to the table and they have already shown their commitment to your organisation. Would you like to understand how to ensure their voices and opinions are heard while setting clear boundaries and managing expectations? Do you want to know how to create a safe and brave space suitable for volunteers\, operational staff and senior managers to tackle strategic planning cohesively? \nWell\, look no further\, this is the event for you! \nWe’ve invited a co-production professional\, and the experts by experience (volunteers) she works alongside\, to share their experience of engaging volunteers in strategic planning and decision making. Our speakers will deliver a powerful masterclass\, sharing tips on how to involve volunteers in big picture thinking within your organisation. \nThey will share the MS Society co-production toolkit filled with ideas and resources that you can utilise in your own organisation. There will be the chance to take part in action learning sets in order to put some of the learning into action and consider how you might take forward the ideas and suggestions put forward during the masterclass. \nYou’ll have the opportunity to network with other volunteer managers as well as reflect and plan what you’ll do next to embed co-production into your volunteering strategy. \nAt this event you will: \n\nhear from a co-production expert about how you can implement co-production into your organisation\nhear from experts by experience (volunteers) involved in co-production\nlearn about the MS Society’s co-production toolkit and how to implement it\nparticipate in an interactive learning session to discover how you could embed co-production within your organisation\n\nAs this is a masterclass\, we will be limiting to 30 participants\, so don’t delay\, sign up today. \nWatch again with AVM Replay\nAVM members can watch the co-production masterclass. \nNot an AVM member?\nIf you’re not an AVM member\, you can join AVM today to gain access to these recordings\, as well as other benefits of AVM membership\, including: \n\nA back catalogue of selected past events\, in our Resources section of the website\nDiscounts to future public events – including our annual conference\, which takes place every October\nAVM BiteSize webcasts\nExclusive member-only events\, including AVM’s book club\nAVM Connect\, our random matching\, connecting you to expand your networks\nAVM’s mentoring programme\n\nJoin AVM now \n  \n 
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/co-production-masterclass/
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210616T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210616T123000
DTSTAMP:20260531T082614
CREATED:20210506T085855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T115515Z
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SUMMARY:Volunteer Power: engaging volunteers to make change (AVM Replay)
DESCRIPTION:This event took place June 16th\, 09:30 – 12:30 \n\nDo you want to unlock the power of volunteers to help create social change?\nAre you looking for ways to enable volunteers to use their voice to influence and put pressure on decision makers?\nDo you want tips on how to show the impact of volunteers who raise awareness and campaign for your charity?\n\nWell\, look no further\, this is the event for you! \nWe’ve brought together volunteer managers and campaigners to share their experience working with changemaking volunteers. Our speakers will share tips on how they empower and support volunteers to help effect change and the challenges they’ve encountered along the way. There will be a panel discussion\, giving you the chance to gain more insight from our speakers. You’ll have the opportunity to network with other volunteer managers as well as reflect and plan what you’ll do next to unlock the power of volunteers to create social change. \nAt this event you will learn: \n\nHow to empower and support volunteers to use their voice to make change\nHow to involve volunteers with lived experience in campaigning or awareness raising\nTips on dealing with challenging situations involving staff and volunteers when volunteers go “off script”\nHow to show the impact of volunteers in making change happen\n\nWatch again with AVM Replay\nAVM members can log in to access to the recordings from this and other events. Watch: \n\nMorgan Vine\, Head of Policy and Influencing at Independent Age\nKaye Brennan\, Head of Campaigning at The Wildlife Trusts\nCaroline Mark\, Head of Volunteer Engagement at Prostate Cancer UK\n\nNot an AVM member?\nIf you’re not an AVM member\, you can join AVM today to gain access to these recordings\, as well as other benefits of AVM membership\, including: \n\nA back catalogue of selected past events\, in our Resources section of the website\nDiscounts to future public events – including our annual conference\, which takes place every October\nAVM BiteSize webcasts\nExclusive member-only events\, including AVM’s book club\nAVM Connect\, our random matching\, connecting you to expand your networks\nAVM’s mentoring programme\n\nJoin AVM now \n 
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/volunteer-power/
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210428T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210428T123000
DTSTAMP:20260531T082614
CREATED:20210315T092202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T115539Z
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SUMMARY:Developing a Lead Volunteer Model (AVM Replay)
DESCRIPTION:Are you looking to develop a lead volunteer model in your organisation?\nMaybe you’re exploring how to build capacity to reach more service users?\nAre you open to learning from existing charities who have success in this area?\nAre you looking for a way to offer development opportunities for your existing volunteers?\n\n\n\n\nVolunteer Managers have told us that Lead Volunteers is a priority for many in 2021\, so we’ve brought together people in the sector who have experience of implementing a lead model and they will share their learnings during this event. You will also hear from the perspective of a lead volunteer. \n\n\n\nAt this event you will learn: \n\n\n\n\nHow to develop a lead volunteer model\nHow to involve volunteers in the planning process\nSome of the bumps you might encounter along the way\n\n\n\n\nWatch again with AVM Replay\nAVM members can log in to access the recordings from this and other events. Watch: \n\nAlan Bennett and Eleanor Coker\, The Scouts\nLucy Baines and Yolanda Martin\, London Youth Games\nCaroline Kendall\, Canal & River Trust\nLucy Goodway\, Edward’s Trust\n\nNot an AVM member?\nIf you’re not an AVM member\, you can join AVM today to gain access to these recordings\, as well as other benefits of AVM membership\, including: \n\nA back catalogue of selected past events\, in our Resources section of the website\nDiscounts to future public events – including our annual conference\, which takes place every October\nAVM BiteSize webcasts\nExclusive member-only events\, including AVM’s book club\nAVM Connect\, our random matching\, connecting you to expand your networks\nAVM’s mentoring programme\n\nJoin AVM now \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/developing-a-lead-volunteer-model/
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210211T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210211T123000
DTSTAMP:20260531T082614
CREATED:20210126T133323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T115606Z
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SUMMARY:Job searching in Covid times (AVM Replay)
DESCRIPTION:Are you facing redundancy\, and want some tips on finding your next role?\nAre you unsure how the pandemic is having an impact on job searches now?\nMaybe you’re looking for a new volunteer management job\, and finding things tough.\nMaybe you’re a recruiting manager looking for insight to improve the recruitment process for candidates.\n\nWe know finding a new job is a stressful experience\, and the additional pressures of online interviews don’t make it easier. That’s why we’ve invited a career expert\, a recruiting manager (in the volunteer management profession)\, and an expert in building and maintaining resilience to this event\, to share with you how to develop skills to apply and secure a new job in volunteer management\, and develop resilience through your job search. \nAt this event you will learn: \n\nHow to update your CV so it stands out in a crowded job market\nTop tips for finding the right jobs\nHow to make the best impression in online interviews\nHow to gain and maintain resilience during your job search.\nWhat recruiters are looking for right now\n\nRecruiting managers may also be interested in this event\, to hear how RNIB have anonymised their recruitment processes in order to reduce bias in recruitment. \nWatch again with AVM Replay\nAVM members can log in to access the recordings from this and other events. Watch: \n\nCassandra Kamara\, Volunteering Engagement and Support Manager\, RNIB\nAdam Stacey\, Director at Charisma Charity Recruitment\nCharlotte Hinks\, Acacia Coaching and Development\n\nCheck out the latest jobs on AVM’s job board on Trello. \nSee our Tips and resources when looking for a new role. \nNot an AVM member?\nIf you’re not an AVM member\, you can join AVM today to gain access to these recordings\, as well as other benefits of AVM membership\, including: \n\nA back catalogue of selected past events\, in our Resources section of the website\nDiscounts to future public events – including our annual conference\, which takes place every October\nAVM BiteSize webcasts\nExclusive member-only events\, including AVM’s book club\nAVM Connect\, our random matching\, connecting you to expand your networks\nAVM’s mentoring programme\n\nJoin AVM now \n 
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/job-searching-covid-times/
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201210T094500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201210T123000
DTSTAMP:20260531T082614
CREATED:20201102T155257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T115705Z
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SUMMARY:Engaging Younger People: Tapping into the energy of the under 25s (AVM Replay)
DESCRIPTION:Do you struggle to recruit younger volunteers? Are you keen to make progress in this area but aren’t sure where to start? If so\, this event is for you! Join us to discuss how we can make sure younger  volunteers are part of our organisations’ futures. \nStarting with a panel discussion\, we’ll hear from a mix of volunteer managers and young volunteers talking about their experiences. Covering organisations starting out in youth volunteering to those still innovating after many years\, this will be an interactive session hosted by #iwill Ambassadors. After discussing areas of your own concern and helping each other to tackle those issues\, and with help from panel members\, we’ll come back to hear a marketing expert present on the reality of marketing to younger people. \nIn this event you will: \n\nHear from volunteer managers about their experiences in recruiting and working alongside young volunteers\nGain insight from a marketing specialist on what engaging young people means\nReflect on the viewpoints of young volunteers themselves\nDiscuss and analyse your own challenges in this area\, and plan for action with other volunteer managers\n\nWe’re delighted that our panel discussion will be hosted by #iwill Ambassadors from Wales and England\, and our panel will include young volunteers from RNIB and MACS. \nEvent delegates will also be able to watch our exclusive BiteSize with Ian Newbery\, Volunteers and Training Manager at The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Manager and SE regional volunteer at The Scouts Association. In this BiteSize\, Ian discusses the recent history of youth volunteering opportunities\, as well as previous and current practice\, and how young people’s engagement with organisations has evolved over time. Ian also talks about how organisations are adapting to respond to these changes\, as well as thoughts about the current crisis and how that is impacting youth volunteering. \nWatch again with AVM Replay\nAVM members can log in to access the recordings from this and other events. Watch: \n\nPanel discussion and Q&A\nMarketing to Younger People (Matt Haworth\, Reason Digital)\nBiteSize with Ian Newbery (Volunteers and Training Manager at The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Manager and SE regional volunteer at The Scouts Association)\n\nNot an AVM member?\nIf you’re not an AVM member\, you can join AVM today to gain access to these recordings\, as well as other benefits of AVM membership\, including: \n\nA back catalogue of selected past events\, in our Resources section of the website\nDiscounts to future public events – including our annual conference\, which takes place every October\nAVM BiteSize webcasts\nExclusive member-only events\, including AVM’s book club\nAVM Connect\, our random matching\, connecting you to expand your networks\nAVM’s mentoring programme\n\nJoin AVM now
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/engaging-young-people-in-volunteering/
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200925T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200925T130000
DTSTAMP:20260531T082614
CREATED:20200824T102414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T115734Z
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SUMMARY:New to Volunteer Leadership - Ten Essential Building Blocks (AVM Replay)
DESCRIPTION:Are you a new volunteer manager or leader feeling a bit isolated and looking for support to get you on the right track? Perhaps volunteer management has been added to your job role and you’re not sure where to start? \nThis event will explore the key building blocks of effective volunteer management and leadership. It will also connect you to the wider volunteer management and leadership community\, through AVM\, the Association of Volunteer Managers. \nIf you are new to volunteer management or leadership\, or if volunteering has been added to your role\, at this event you will: \n\nHear from experienced volunteer managers and leaders sharing top tips and advice\nLearn how to design your volunteering culture with diversity and inclusion embedded from the start\nBuild confidence to be the voice of volunteers in your organisation\nReflect on your day to day challenges and learn how to move forward\nDiscover peer support and networking opportunities by connecting with the wider volunteer management community\n\nWatch again with AVM Replay\nAVM members can log in to access the recordings from this and other events. Watch: \n\nNichole McGill–Higgins\, CIPD (The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) Co-chair EmbRACE Network\nNeil Monk\, AVM Director\n\nNot an AVM member?\nIf you’re not an AVM member\, you can join AVM today to gain access to these recordings\, as well as other benefits of AVM membership\, including: \n\nA back catalogue of selected past events\, in our Resources section of the website\nDiscounts to future public events – including our annual conference\, which takes place every October\nAVM BiteSize webcasts\nExclusive member-only events\, including AVM’s book club\nAVM Connect\, our random matching\, connecting you to expand your networks\nAVM’s mentoring programme\n\nJoin AVM now
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/10-building-blocks/
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200730T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200730T120000
DTSTAMP:20260531T082614
CREATED:20200730T090000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T115806Z
UID:130136-1596103200-1596110400@volunteermanagers.org.uk
SUMMARY:Getting Unstuck: Learning to Unlearn (AVM Replay)
DESCRIPTION:An AVM Masterclass\, with Lucy Gower\nAre you having the same conversation over and over again about volunteer management\, but don’t feel you are getting anywhere? Do you feel like you’re dealing with the same issues year on year\, and job to job? In this online masterclass\, you’ll learn to unlearn your assumptions and explore techniques to help you get unstuck\, so you can move forward positively. \nIn the first part of the masterclass with Lucy Gower\, an innovation pioneer from the world of fundraising\, will share universal techniques to help us unlearn what we think we should do. In the second part\, you will work in small groups on particular challenges where you’re currently feeling stuck\, applying the techniques you’ve learnt to your volunteering contexts. \nIn this masterclass you will: \n\nDiscover techniques to get to the root of an issue\nLearn how to analyse and challenge your own assumptions\nExplore ways to unlearn assumptions and thinking patterns\nIn small groups\, share with your peers your challenge\, and practice some of the techniques you have learned today\nHave opportunities to network with other volunteer managers.\n\nAbout Lucy Gower\nLucy Gower is founder and director at Lucidity. She is a coach\, trainer and facilitator specialising in giving people the confidence and tools to think creatively\, get unstuck\, develop new ideas and make their innovations happen. She is bestselling author of The Innovation Workout and a global speaker on innovation. Lucy is passionate about helping people get unstuck\, unlock their creativity and get the important work done. She enjoys working on projects with the potential to make a positive impact on the world. \nLucy was the first Innovation Manager at the NSPCC\, where she helped teams to think creatively and support them to turn their good ideas into action. \nLucy is also founder of the Lucidity Network\, which she set up to to help leaders\, teams and organisations have the confidence to think clearly and get powerful results. \nLucy lives in Devon\, and is PA to Gary Gower\, a Wire Fox Terrier. \nWatch again with AVM Replay\nAVM members can log in to access the recordings from this and other events. Watch: \n\nGetting Unstuck\n\nNot an AVM member?\nIf you’re not an AVM member\, you can join AVM today to gain access to these recordings\, as well as other benefits of AVM membership\, including: \n\nA back catalogue of selected past events\, in our Resources section of the website\nDiscounts to future public events – including our annual conference\, which takes place every October\nAVM BiteSize webcasts\nExclusive member-only events\, including AVM’s book club\nAVM Connect\, our random matching\, connecting you to expand your networks\nAVM’s mentoring programme\n\nJoin AVM now \n 
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/getting-unstuck/
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200512T093000
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SUMMARY:Leading Change in Volunteering (AVM Replay)
DESCRIPTION:Covid-19 is a change that has been forced on us almost overnight. We’re all having to deal with uncertainty\, and the changes we’re making now will impact our volunteers and organisations in the longer term. How can we build effective and sustainable volunteer management practices that work for now and for later? \nThis online learning event will help you: \n\nExplore change theories and approaches\nHear from volunteer managers who have led (or are leading) through change and the lessons they have learnt\nReflect on how you approach change and any areas for growth\nReflect on how you and your organisation are managing the uncertainty of coronavirus and adapted to changing needs\nDiscuss\, analyse\, network and plan for action with other volunteer managers in small breakout groups.\n\nWatch again with AVM Replay\nAVM members can log in to access the recordings from this and other events. Watch: \n\nAVM BiteSize\, ‘Change Management Theories’\, Shaun Delaney\, NCVO\nAlan Murray\, Head of Volunteering and Employee Engagement\, RSPB\nAndy Broomhead\, Head of Volunteering\, Diabetes UK\nEmily Hughes\, Head of Volunteering\, GirlGuiding\n\nNot an AVM member?\nIf you’re not an AVM member\, you can join AVM today to gain access to these recordings\, as well as other benefits of AVM membership\, including: \n\nA back catalogue of selected past events\, in our Resources section of the website\nDiscounts to future public events – including our annual conference\, which takes place every October\nAVM BiteSize webcasts\nExclusive member-only events\, including AVM’s book club\nAVM Connect\, our random matching\, connecting you to expand your networks\nAVM’s mentoring programme\n\nJoin AVM now
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/leading-change/
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200309T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200309T163000
DTSTAMP:20260531T082614
CREATED:20200113T114829Z
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SUMMARY:Maintaining Bridges: Together shaping the volunteering research agenda
DESCRIPTION:This is event is now sold out\, and our waiting list is now also full. \nFollowing on from the ‘Building Bridges Workshop’ in 2018 at NCVO and a Panel Discussion at the VSSN Research Conference 2019\, the aim of the ‘Maintaining Bridges event is to bring together volunteer involving organisations\, volunteer managers\, policy makers and researchers\, to strengthen collaborative working around volunteering research. This event has four objectives: \n\nbuild on the previous discussions and report on progress\nshare existing knowledge on current developments in volunteering research and practice\,\nidentify future research priorities\,\nbuild active research collaborations.\n\nDraft Programme\n12.30 – 13.30 Arrival\, light refreshments \n13:30 – 14.00 Welcome\, introductions\, aims of the day\, successes from last time \n14.00 – 15.30 Four Special Interest Groups Workshops \n\nVolunteer Management\,\nDiversity\, Inclusion and Exclusion\,\nThe volunteering environment\,\nInnovations in volunteering\,\n\n15.30 – 15.45 Tea break \n15.45 – 16.15 Sharing learning \n16.15-16.30 Next steps and closing. \nThe event is free but places are limited so please register at Eventbrite. \nTwo travel bursaries of up to £100 each will be available for representatives of organisations with an annual income of under £ 10\,000. Please email hello @ volunteermanagers.org.uk if you would like to discuss a bursary.
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/maintaining-bridges/
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190904
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190905
DTSTAMP:20260531T082614
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SUMMARY:AVM's Back to School event -- September 4
DESCRIPTION:Want to know how student volunteers can transform your work?\nKeen to benefit from digital volunteering\, but not sure where to start?\nLooking to take charge of your professional development?\nWant to challenge your practice to promote diversity?\n\nJoin us and go back to school with the London School of Economics. \n[TABS_R id=111788] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTwitter\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease use the hashtag #AVMSchool to join the conversation and involve others in this event.
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/back-to-school/
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190716T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190716T163000
DTSTAMP:20260531T082614
CREATED:20190514T110044Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220120T110654Z
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SUMMARY:Grand design: blueprints for training\, funding and demonstrating value
DESCRIPTION:Want to know how to develop meaningful training?\nKeen to secure funding\, but not sure where to start?\nLooking to influence change through your evaluation of impact?\nSeeking to demonstrate volunteering’s value but don’t have time?\n\n\n‘Everything is designed. Few things are designed well’ -Brian Reed\, UX Designer \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTwitter\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease use the hashtag #AVMDesign to join the conversation and involve others in this event.
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/grand-design/
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190619T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190619T160000
DTSTAMP:20260531T082614
CREATED:20190307T120554Z
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SUMMARY:Forging connections: strengthening volunteer management's impact -- June 19\, Bristol
DESCRIPTION:How can we reduce the barriers to a wider range of people engaging with our volunteering?\nWhere can I find an innovative way to demonstrate volunteering’s impact and value?\nHow can we encourage\, enable and support people to step forward for their community?\nWhich different approaches can I use to effectively communicate with large teams or remote volunteers and colleagues?\n\n\nAVM is delighted to return to Bristol for a second year with four leaders of volunteering who are driving forward the volunteer management profession. Together with you\, they’ll tackle three important\, vast and interconnected challenges… \nThose who could most benefit from volunteering are the same people who are significantly less likely to volunteer. Does a community engagement approach to volunteering reduce the barriers to volunteering that people with less education\, income and life chances face?    \nWhen making recommendations or putting together a case for support you need supporting evidence – otherwise you’re just expressing an opinion. Volunteers are often our greatest advocates: are we missing out on a key opportunity by not involving them in building and demonstrating impact? \nThe true test of whether we’ve moved people or changed something\, is if it continues to move or change without us. Does influential marketing and communications hold the key for volunteer managers to increase buy-in\, recruitment\, retention and help manage change?   \nJoin us at the premier event for volunteer managers in the South West to connect with learning\, colleagues and good practice to strengthen the impact of your work. \n–Scroll past the programme to secure your ticket–\nProgramme\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10.00am\nArrivals\, networking\, coffee and tea\n\n\n\n10.30am\nWelcome from our hosts\nAndrew Hancock\, Head of Volunteering\, SS Great Britain\n\n\n10.35am\nIntroductions and icebreaker\nDaniel Ingram\, AVM\n\n\n10.55am\n[expand title=”Is community engagement the answer to volunteering’s diversity and recruitment challenges? (click to learn more)“]\n\nIn an era characterised by loneliness and isolation\, do we need formal volunteering roles or friendship? In this interactive session Stephen will help you explore the boundaries between volunteering and community engagement. He’ll enable you to: \n\nQuestion the rules we place on volunteering and weigh up their pros and cons\nExplore ways you could widen your impact by taking a different approach to volunteering\nEvaluate the risks and how we can minimise them\nConsider the role of the modern leader of volunteering\, and the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead\n[/expand]\nStephen Dale\, Head of Community Partnerships\, Dorothy House Hospice Care\n\n\n11.45am\n[expand title=”Flexible benefits – growing a small charity’s volunteering through marketing a new approach (click to learn more)“]\n \nHear how Sofia launched a new volunteering initiative using a digital platform and the strategic approach of Volunteer Makers. She’ll share how effectively marketing the new approach led to increased buy-in\, recruitment\, retention and helped manage change. Sofia’s session aims: \n\nTo share how to get heard as a smaller charity and the importance of marketing and communications to volunteer engagement.\nTo demonstrate how thinking about volunteering in its broadest sense\, across an organisation\, offers opportunities to engage more supporters and from a more diverse background.\n\n[/expand]\nSofia Carosi\, Corporate\, Community and Events Fundraiser\, HorseWorld\n\n12.15pm\nLunch [1 hr 5 m] – provided for you\n\n\n\n12.45pm\nFree guided tour of the SS Great Britain – optional\nVolunteer Tour Guides\, SS Great Britain\n\n\n1.20pm\n[expand title=”Most Significant Change – using stories to demonstrate your impact (click to learn more)“]\n\n‘In my work\, I’d been reporting for 5 years on criteria set by Macmillan’s head office. I wanted to better demonstrate the reality of the amazing work our volunteers do when sat down face to face with someone affected by cancer. \n‘This session will share my experience of using a qualitative\, participatory process for measuring impact\, called the Most Significant Change technique. This uses stories of impact and brings together a range of different stakeholders with varying perspectives to decide collectively on which stories best demonstrate significant change.’ \nWhat worked and didn’t? How did he adapt the methodology to suit their time frame and organisation? How did he use the findings to influence change? Piers will answer these questions and enable you to: \n\nConsider who the main stakeholders are in your work and who you want to influence.\nBegin developing a plan for using the Most Significant Change technique in your work.\n\n[/expand]\nPiers Cardiff\, Volunteering Services Manager\, Macmillan Cancer Support\n\n\n2.10pm\nGroup activity\, networking\, coffee and tea\n\n\n\n2.35pm\n[expand title=”Now we’re talking – transforming digital volunteering communications (click to learn more)“]\n\nJo will share how creating a clear communication strategy helped get buy in from colleagues to her plans and the key tools she’s developed to effectively communicate with a large remote team of volunteers. The session aims to: \n\nShow how other departments can be open to working with you and the benefit of working with communication experts.\nDemonstrate the benefit of measuring engagement.\n\n[/expand]\nJo Keller\, Volunteering and Resourcing Manager\, RNIB\n\n\n3.05pm\nQ&A session \nOur speakers answer your questions and discuss the key points with all our delegates.\n Jo Keller\, Piers Cardiff\, Sofia Corosi and Stephen Dale\n\n\n3.30pm\nAction planning and wrap up \nWe reflect on what we’ve learnt today and how we can continue learning and applying it in our workplaces.\nDaniel Ingram\, AVM\n\n\n3.50pm\nClosing remarks and finish\n\n\n\n\n \nTwitter\nPlease use the hashtag #AVMBristol to join the conversation and involve others in this event. \nVenue\nGreat Eastern Hall\, SS Great Britain\, Great Western Dockyard\, Gas Ferry Road\, Bristol\, BS1 6TY
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/forging-connections/
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190521T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190521T163000
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SUMMARY:Risk factor: flexible volunteering and risk management -- May 21\, London
DESCRIPTION:Seeking to make volunteering more flexible while maintaining a high standard of risk management? \nLooking for a way to manage risk more efficiently and effectively? \nKeen to influence a culture change from risk avoidance to active risk management?\nWant to work more productively with your health and safety colleagues? \n\n\nWe know that formal processes\, such as paperwork and compliance training\, can demotivate volunteers and restrict what leaders of volunteering can achieve. But the need to manage risks effectively within the third sector has never had a higher profile. \nThe total costs of workplace self-reported injuries and ill health to organisations in 2016/17 was £3 billion. Whilst one in five volunteers feel their volunteering is becoming ‘too much like paid work’\, with inflexibility and unreasonable expectations being key factors. \nIs it possible to meet our duty of care at the same time as fully meeting the needs of our volunteers and our organisation? \nThis event features two volunteering leaders who have found a way to strike that balance. They will discuss how they worked with their stakeholders to ensure their projects are successfully and safely delivered for all involved. You have the opportunity to connect\, learn and share with them and other volunteer managers at this brand new event. \n–Scroll past the programme to secure your ticket–\nProgramme\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1.00pm\nArrivals\, networking\, coffee and tea (lunch not provided)\n\n\n\n1.30pm\nWelcome\, introductions and icebreaker\nDaniel Ingram\, AVM\n\n\n1.45pm\n[expand title=”Risky Business – Flexible volunteering in archaeology (click to learn more)“] \n \nHelen will discuss how she’s established a successful flexible volunteering model within a context of managing the technical requirements and risks that archaeological fieldwork can dig up. You’ll takeaway: \n\nHow you can achieve high quality and technical results without it costing the earth.\nThe benefits and challenges of running a truly flexible volunteer model.\n\n[/expand]\nHelen Johnston\, Senior Community Archaeologist\, Museum of London Archaeology\n\n\n2.15pm\nWorkshop activity\n\n\n\n2.35pm\n[expand title=”How to stay in control when managing risk (click to learn more)“] \n \nIn 2017\, NCT identified one of their volunteer led services as an area of high risk. Hear how Catherine managed the project from a threat of service closure\, through staunch opposition from some volunteers\, to a new model that sets safety standards after securing a significant investment from their Board of Trustees. This session aims to: \n\nHelp you build the confidence to tackle risk in your organisation.\nShow you how to engage volunteers and other stakeholders at every stage of a project and the value of doing so.\n\n[/expand]\nCatherine Bartlett\, Volunteer Development Manager\, NCT \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3.05pm\nBreak and networking\n\n\n\n3.20pm\nGroup activity                                                               \n\n\n\n3.45pm\nQ&A session \nOur speakers answer your questions and discuss the key points with all of our delegates.\nHelen Johnston and Catherine Bartlett\n\n\n4.10pm\nAction planning and wrap up \nWe reflect on what we’ve learnt today and how we can apply it when we return to the workplace.\nDaniel Ingram\, AVM\n\n\n4.25pm\nFinish\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nTwitter\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease use the hashtag #AVMRisk to join the conversation and involve others in this event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue\nSt Pancreas Community Association\, 67 Plender Street\, Camden\, London\, NW1 0LB
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/risk-factor/
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190503T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190503T162500
DTSTAMP:20260531T082614
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SUMMARY:In volunteers we trust: successful approaches to influence change -- May 3\, London
DESCRIPTION:Looking to improve how volunteers are involved in your organisation?\nWorking through a period of transformation?\nWant colleagues or funders to see the value of investing in volunteers and volunteering?\nKeen to involve volunteers in a new area of work or new way?\n\nBook now \n\nWhatever is stopping you from making change happen\, influence is always part of the answer. Our members and delegates have shared that they know where they need to go\, but they aren’t sure how they will travel there with their senior managers\, colleagues or volunteers.  \nThis event will explore how leaders of volunteering have developed their influencing and assertiveness skills at a variety of authority levels\, and where the opportunities and pitfalls could be for you. \nIf we don’t change\, do we risk irrelevance? \nMeeting the expectations of volunteers\, funders\, colleagues and organisations is an ongoing and challenging balancing act\, as highlighted in NCVO’s Time Well Spent report. Are you striking that balance now? Do you know how you’ll influence others to continuously improve your volunteer involvement? \nJoin us at this vibrant\, engaging and open forum for an exchange of good practice and discussion on how we can support each other on this important subject. \n \nBook now \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1.00pm\nArrivals\, networking\, coffee and tea (lunch not provided)\n\n\n\n1.30pm\nWelcome\, introductions and icebreaker\nDaniel Ingram\, AVM\n\n\n1.45pm\nLevel up: gaining buy-in for a volunteer programme  \nCharlotte will share her own experiences of influencing change\, from attracting volunteers to encouraging her organisation to recognise the value of volunteers and invest in it. She’ll also share the lessons she’s learnt to give you the opportunity to explore your own impact in this area. The aim of the session is to: \n\nEnable you to gain a clearer understanding of where you currently are in terms of influencing.\nDiscover ideas for you to increase this influence in the future.\n\n\nCharlotte Witteridge\, Head of Volunteering\, The Myton Hospices\n\n\n2.35pm\nA view from the top: from influential volunteer management to leading organisational change as a CEO \nClare will share her experience of successfully influencing volunteer management as a leader of volunteering at Guide Dogs with doing so as a Chief Executive. You’ll takeaway: \n\nA renewed appreciation of the opportunities the volunteer manager role presents for influence.\nClare’s top tips on winning hearts and minds.\n\n\nClare Burgess\, Chief Executive Officer\, Surrey Coalition of Disabled People\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3.05pm\nBreak and networking\n\n\n\n3.20pm\nGroup activity\n\n\n\n3.45pm\nQ&A session \nOur speakers answer your questions and discuss the key points with all of our delegates.\nCharlotte Witteridge and Clare Burgess\n\n\n4.10pm\nAction planning and wrap up \nWe reflect on what we’ve learnt today and how we can apply it when we return to the workplace.\nDaniel Ingram\, AVM\n\n\n4.25pm\nFinish\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTwitter\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease use the hashtag #AVMChange to join the conversation and involve others in this event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue\nArlington Conference Centre\, 220 Arlington Road\, Camden\, London NW1 7HE \nThis event helps tackle homelessness in London. The venue reinvests its profits into One Housing’s vital work supporting homeless people in the community to regain their independence and move on to stable futures.
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/in-volunteers-we-trust/
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190114T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190114T160000
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SUMMARY:Walk this way: diversity in volunteering - London
DESCRIPTION:Diversity in volunteering: myths and misunderstanding\n										\n										\n																					 \nWhy most of what we think is wrong and what leaders need to do about it \nThis event\, aimed specifically at chief executives and heads of volunteering\, shares the results of two recent research projects exploring different aspects of diversity in volunteering. Our aim is to present an open\, energetic and engaging forum for an exchange of relevant information and views. \nLed by an expert in equality\, diversity and inclusion the day is an opportunity to explore the implications of the research in your own organisation\, focussing on the role of leaders as well as operational practice. The research offers actionable insights for organisations and the volunteering sector and the day will focus on shifting from talking to walking. \nSetting the scene\nWhat is the value of volunteering to inclusion\, diversity and equality? How does it build trust and wellbeing? \nLord O’Donnell\, former Cabinet Secretary\, will introduce and outline the new research to be discussed.  \nResearch Project One:  The ABC of BAME \nThis is new mixed method research carried out by Jump\, Breakthrough Media\, Leeds Beckett University and sponsored by Sport England\, the National Trust\, Cancer Research UK and BT.  \nThe work is the result of exhaustive analysis of the UK data sets on volunteering (Understanding Society\, Taking Part\, Community Life) and qualitative research into the groups least likely to volunteer.  \nThe research shows\, for the first time\, differences in the B\, A and ME of volunteering and the importance of intersectionality in work on diversity\, particularly consideration of lower socio-economic status.  \nThe research offers new insights into levels of volunteering\, motivations for volunteering and the impact of volunteering for different groups. \nResearch Project Two:  Leadership and current volunteers – the missing pieces in the EDI jigsaw\nMost work on diversity in volunteering focuses on how to attract new\, more diverse volunteers.  \nDrawing on research among 12 national charities and carried out by Dr Helen Timbrell\, this work instead offers insights into the extent to which current volunteers can be perceived as enablers or barriers of achieving greater diversity. It also reveals the lack of confidence in Executive Teams and Trustees to effectively lead for equality\, diversity and inclusion.    \nSharing good practice\nHear about practical case studies from our event partners. They’ll be showcasing examples of good practice in engaging diverse volunteers\, using the pecha kucha methodology.     \nWalking the talk\nReflecting on the research and good practice examples what are the implications for individuals and organisations?  What\, if any\, additional research is needed?   \nDelegates will work together to develop personal and organisational action plans. \nLocation of event\nVenue \nConway Hall \n25 Red Lion Square \nLondon  WC1R 4RL \nGetting there \n					 \nTwitter\nPlease use the hashtag #AVMDiversity to involve others in this event \nSponsored by\n											\n															\n											\n															\n											\n															 \nSpeakers\nLord O’Donnell\n											\n															 \nGus O’Donnell is a former British senior civil servant and economist\, who between 2005 and 2011 (under three Prime Ministers) served as the Cabinet Secretary\, the highest official in the British Civil Service. \nO’Donnell announced after the 2010 General Election that he would step down within that Parliament and did so at the end of 2011. His post was then split into three positions: he was succeeded as Cabinet Secretary by Sir Jeremy Heywood\, as Head of the Home Civil Service by Sir Bob Kerslake (in a part-time role)\, and as Permanent Secretary in the Cabinet Office by Ian Watmore. Whilst Cabinet Secretary\, O’Donnell was regularly referred to within the Civil Service\, and subsequently in the popular press\, as GOD; this was mainly because of his initials. In 2012\, O’Donnell joined Frontier Economics as a Senior Advisor \nNatasha Broomfield-Reid\n											\n															 \nNatasha is the founder and Director of Diverse Matters. She is responsible for the overall running of the company and for the design and delivery of a range of diversity and inclusion solutions for organisations within all sectors. \nNatasha has over 20 years’ experience of working within the diversity and inclusion field\, and prior to setting up Diverse Matters and was the Head of Equality\, Diversity and Inclusion for Victim Support. Natasha led the organisation to become a Stonewall top 100 employer\, achieve the ‘Leaders in Diversity’ accreditation from the National Centre for Diversity and be a Top 50 Inclusive employer. \nNatasha has continued to carry out a consultant role for Victim Support. Within this role she supported the organisation to remain the top charity in the Stonewall top 100 2017/2018 Workplace Equality Index\, Top Trans Inclusive organisation and Star Performing Organisation\, become the top charity in the National Centre for Diversity’s Top 100 diverse organisations (2017)\, win the Business Disability Standard ‘Know How’ award for their support to victims with mental health issues as well as being a top 50 Inclusive Employer during 2016 and 2017 awarded by the Excellence in Diversity. Victim Support has also been shortlisted for Pink News Equality Award (2018) and Natasha was the winner of Stonewall Cymru’s Ally of the year award (2018). \nNatasha also worked as the Head of Development for Equal Approach. Equal Approach is a leading inclusive recruiter\, diversity consultancy and training provider\, supporting organisations to attract\, recruit\, recognise\, retain and promote diverse talent\, and make workplaces more inclusive. Natasha worked with organisations from a wide range of sectors including finance\, recruitment\, design\, retail\, legal and the public sector to support them to become more inclusive in their practices. This included a wide range of services including audits\, training\, policy and strategy development. \nNatasha currently carries out Associate roles for Business Disability Forum (BDF)\, National Centre for Diversity (NCD) and Irish Centre for Diversity (ICD) as a Diversity Advisor and Righttrack learning consultancy as a Diversity consultant/trainer. Board roles include the Institute of Equality and Diversity Practitioners (IEDP) and Advisory board for Supporting Justice. \nDr Helen Timbrell\n											\n															 \nDr Helen Timbrell – People and Organisational Development Consultant. \nHelen works with organisations to create the conditions for staff and volunteers to do their best work\, helping them to make a positive difference to organisations\, communities and the lives of individuals. \nHelen spent eleven years working at the National Trust\, where as Director of Volunteering and Participation she appointed the organisation’s first Head of Diversity and Inclusion. As Executive Director of People and Organisational Development at Samaritans she was responsible for human resources\, learning and development and volunteering. Helen has previously worked in Students’ Unions and with Citizens Advice and is now an independent consultant. \nHelen’s PhD explored geographical variations in volunteering. She has an MBA\, is a chartered member of the CIPD and is currently developing her own practice as a Coach by studying for an MSc in Coaching and Behavioural Change. \nAs a volunteer Helen has previously been a Director of the Association of Volunteer Managers and a Trustee of Girlguiding UK. She is currently a parkrun Event Director. \nBackground\n											\n															 \nJump have expert understanding of UK Government open source datasets. Since 2016 Jump has performed advanced statistical analysis of the data on volunteering to understand the motivations and barriers to volunteering in the UK. \nJump Projects are authors (alongside Simetrica and Sport and Recreation Alliance) of the 2018 report ‘GIVERS’ which introduces a behavioural model for all volunteers. Jump has also developed a survey tool that elicits the key user journeys\, experiences\, motivations and barriers for volunteers which has been used in 2017 by St John Ambulance. \nIn June\, Jump brought together a consortium of four progressive organisations to look at the issue of diversity – BT\, Cancer Research\, Sport England and National Trust. \nTickets\nThanks to sponsorship by Jump\, Sport England\, National Trust and Cancer Research UK this is a free event. Please note that due to high demand – places are limited – you can only book two tickets per organisation. Please register your details below to secure a ticket.
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/walk-this-way-diversity-in-volunteering/
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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SUMMARY:Volunteering’s impact on the community - London
DESCRIPTION:“Many volunteer managers are in isolated positions within organisations – the opportunity AVM gives to network and share good practice is a valuable resource that cannot be over estimated.”\n							\n													Sue Van Horen\n																			Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home \nCommunity engagement through volunteering – different approaches\, universal results?\nCome and be inspired. \n			\n						Book now\n					 \nThis event will look at how different organisations have a positive impact on local communities\, and how community engagement can be a vital element of volunteering.  \n\nAre you looking to be more “connected” to your local community?\nWould a greater level of community involvement benefit your organisation?\nIs a positive social impact an essential target for any volunteer organisation? \n\nWe will hear from a variety of projects that embrace community engagement and integration\, and we will consider how the results impact both the communities and the organisations.  \nWe will also hear some academic research into the social and socio-economic influences on youth volunteers\, with some interesting recommendations for recruitment. \n\nProgramme\n\n\n\n\n\n			            				            				            				            \n\n			            				            				            				            \n\n			            				            				            				            \n\n\n\n\n10.00am\nArrivals\, tea & coffee\, registration\nRefreshments served\n\n\n10.30am\nOpening address\nDaniel Ingram\, AVM Director\n\n\n10.40am\nFamily volunteering: a new initiative to engage new audiences\nAlison Rankin\, Volunteering Business Partner\, Guide Dogs\n\n\n\nGuide Dogs has been exploring new models of volunteering to diversify their volunteer base\, offering a more accessible range of volunteering opportunities to enable more young people and families to get involved in their local community. Having recently embarked on an exciting new pilot to develop family volunteering\, Alison will be sharing progress of the development of the pilot to date\, sharing successes and learning along the way.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n			            				            				            				            \n\n			            				            				            				            \n\n			            				            				            				            \n\n\n\n\n11.15am\nGuide Dogs’ volunteer speaker programme: investing in our voice\nMandy Rafferty\, National Speaker Development Manager\, Guide Dogs\n\n\n\nGuide Dogs have recognised the amazing resources that they have in the form of their volunteers speakers. \n\nMandy will discuss how they have committed to investing in their volunteers by providing an OCN Quality accreditation training programme. Increased and formalised regular communication with their volunteers\, both locally and nationally allows Guide Dogs to share success both with individual volunteers but also across other charity organisations. \n\nMandy will be sharing the benefits of investing in the training of volunteers and the learning Guide Dogs have gained along the way.\n\n\n\n\n11.50am\nEnabling the gift of time: learning from an 80 year history of community engagement.\nJo Phillips\, National Project Manager\, Royal Voluntary Service\n\n\n\nJo will share a brief history of this unique charity – which has been community engagement based from its outset.\n\n\nShe will talk through what they’ve learnt – specifically in how\, today\, they encourage\, enable and support people to step forward and volunteer in their local communities by setting up and leading new activity groups for older people.\n\n\n\n12.25am\nRound table discussions\n\n\n\n1.00pm\nLunch\, provided on site\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n			            				            				            				            \n\n			            				            				            				            \n\n			            				            				            				            \n\n\n\n\n1.45pm\nDifferent Class? Exploring the relationship between socio-economic advantage and volunteering during adolescence\nEddy Hogg\, University of Kent\n\n\n\nThere is a stable relationship between social class and engagement in volunteering among adults in the UK and elsewhere. Qualitative research has sought to understand how this is established in childhood\, but little empirical evidence exists to explain when and how the engagement gap emerges.\n\n\nThis research draws on data gathered in the first four waves (2014-2017) of the National Youth Social Action Survey (NYSAS). The   conclusion is that there is an observable relationship between socio-economic advantage and volunteering by young people\, but that it is not straightforward.\n\n\nEddy will draw on the findings to make recommendations about how organisations can best attract young volunteers from a wide range of social backgrounds.\n\n\n\n2.20pm\nThe value and impact of volunteering for people with criminal convictions\nAndrina Dawson\, Giving Time Project Coordinator\n\n\n\nA workshop presenting the key theories relating to the engagement of people with criminal convictions in volunteering.  Outlining the impact that results from meaningful engagement and participation. \n\nEngaging with service users using the Desistance Model\nLinking the good Lives Model to volunteering\n\nThe impact that results from positive engagement\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n			            				            				            				            \n\n			            				            				            				            \n\n			            				            				            				            \n\n\n\n\n2.55pm\nRoundtable discussions\n\n\n\n3.25pm\nQ&A session\nPanel of speakers from today’s event\n\n\n4.05pm\nClosing address\n\n\n\n													\n\n4.15pm\nFinish\nPlease join us to network and relax\n\n\n\nVenue\nSpitalfields VenueChrist Church\,Commercial Street\,London E1 6LY
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/volunteer-organisations-impact-on-the-community/
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181002T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181002T160000
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SUMMARY:The end of the committee? Volunteering structures in a changing world (AVM Replay)
DESCRIPTION:An AVM learning and development event\, hosted by Sport England \n\nIs your organisation made up of local or regional groups?\nAre your local activities delivered by groups of volunteers?\nAre your volunteer groups run by committees?\nDo local volunteer groups form part of your governance structure and constitution?\nDo you want to engage new diverse volunteers to run your activities?\n\nIf you have answered yes to any of these then this workshop is for you. We want to bring together organisations from across the UK to share good practice in group volunteer management: \n\nhear about the changing world of group volunteering;\ndiscuss whether committee structures are still the way forward or an ageing volunteer practice;\nmeet organisations that run local activities in an alternative way;\nand brainstorm solutions to volunteer management of local groups.\n\nSpecial thanks to Sarah Merrington and Jenny Betteridge for all their time\, energy and support in the preparation of this event.  \n \nThis event was hosted by Sport England \nWatch again with AVM Replay\nAVM members can log in to access the recordings from this and other events. Watch: \n\nRevolutionising local committee leadership in netball\, Laura Elson\, Consultant\, England Netball\nOur journey so far\, Andy Broomhead\, Head of Volunteering\, Diabetes UK\n\nNot an AVM member?\nIf you’re not an AVM member\, you can join AVM today to gain access to these recordings\, as well as other benefits of AVM membership\, including: \n\nA back catalogue of selected past events\, in our Resources section of the website\nDiscounts to future public events – including our annual conference\, which takes place every October\nAVM BiteSize webcasts\nExclusive member-only events\, including AVM’s book club\nAVM Connect\, our random matching\, connecting you to expand your networks\nAVM’s mentoring programme\n\nJoin AVM now
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/the-end-of-the-committee-volunteering-structures-in-a-changing-world/
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180919T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180919T170000
DTSTAMP:20260531T082614
CREATED:20180919T080000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T130934Z
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SUMMARY:Inclusive volunteering\, Inspiring participation (AVM Replay)
DESCRIPTION:AVM was delighted to hold our first event in Scotland\, as part of the 2918 Stirling Volunteering Festival\, and in association with HVOS.  \nThe focus of this event was inclusion and how good volunteer management inspires great participation.  \nWatch again with AVM Replay\nAVM members can log in to access the recordings from this and other events. Watch: \n\nKeynote address: “Volunteer management – building our confidence\, skills and creativity to increase participation”\, Ruth Leonard\, Head of Volunteer Development\, Macmillan Cancer Support; Chair\, AVM\n“Inclusion and participation in youth volunteering”\, Matthew Linning\, Volunteer Scotland\n“Inclusive programming and volunteering at National Museums Scotland”\, Jane Miller\, Community Engagement Officer (Museum Socials)\, National Museums Scotland\n“Tools for volunteer managers”\, Jessica Lightfoot\, Volunteer Improvement Adviser – Scotland\, MacMillan Cancer Support\n“Macmillan Volunteer Forum”\, Linda Richardson\, Chair Scottish Volunteer Forum\, UK Volunteer Forum\, Macmillan Cancer Support\n\nNot an AVM member?\nIf you’re not an AVM member\, you can join AVM today to gain access to these recordings\, as well as other benefits of AVM membership\, including: \n\nA back catalogue of selected past events\, in our Resources section of the website\nDiscounts to future public events – including our annual conference\, which takes place every October\nAVM BiteSize webcasts\nExclusive member-only events\, including AVM’s book club\nAVM Connect\, our random matching\, connecting you to expand your networks\nAVM’s mentoring programme\n\nJoin AVM now
URL:https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/event/inclusive-volunteering-inspiring-participation-stirling/
CATEGORIES:Learning & Development
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