- Matthew Hick presentation
- Rob Jackson presentation
- Rob Jackson video
- Rob Jackson blog
- Martin Webber & Freya Cox presentation
- Martin Webber & Freya Cox video
You can access support on a range of areas including: volunteer recruitment and retention, policies and procedures and operational good practice. We also facilitate a regular support network for people managing volunteers and host a free online directory of volunteering opportunities.
Share your experience of volunteer coordination, learn about new resources and policy development, and explore mutual topics of interest. In these inclusive network meetings, members set the agenda. Open to everyone who supports volunteers within North Yorkshire.
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Find out why volunteer coordinators and people supporting volunteers from across North Yorkshire have joined.
An overview of previous network meeting discussions, useful links and resources.
4 March: Culture eats strategy for breakfast
For this network meeting we were thrilled to welcome Matthew Hick, Head of Volunteering at The Science Museum Group and the Founder and Chair of The Heritage Volunteering Group (HVG).
Matt is a person of remarkable insight, vast knowledge, and extensive experience. He brings a unique blend of creativity to his work, making him a true innovator when it comes to supporting the sector.
Useful resources from the meeting:
Previous meetings
12 September 2024: Involving Young People as Volunteers
1 July 2024: North Yorkshire Moors Railway
Please see the below the post-session resources from the meeting:
12 June 2024: Volunteers Week
Please see the below the post-session resources from the meeting:
13 March 2024: Outdoor and Rural Volunteering
31 January: The Vision for Volunteering and Your Volunteering Priorities for 2024
12 September 2023: Involving and Supporting Volunteers with Criminal Records
3 August 2023: Involving LGBTQIA+ Volunteers
15 June 2023: A Volunteer Co-ordinator’s introduction to Neurodiversity
8 December 2022: Involving overseas volunteers
15 September 2022: Supporting older people with volunteering
16 June 2022: Involving young people with volunteering
March 2022: Sharing volunteers and collaboration
November 2021: Supporting volunteer mental health
July 2021: Adopting a flexible approach to volunteering
March 2021: Volunteering into employment
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Our toolkits, resources and guides will support your organisation with everything from becoming volunteer ready to getting to grips with volunteer recruitment, support and management.
We have a wide range of general information applicable to different aspects of running a successful organisation which includes good governance; finance and funding; policies and procedures and operational good practice.
To find out more about the network please contact Vicki Sharp info@communityfirstyorkshire.org.uk or by calling 01904 704177.