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Managing Volunteers 1: Involving, Reaching and Recruiting Volunteers

What makes an effective volunteer manager/coordinator? What are the key responsibilities and how do they differ across the sector?

How can you ensure effective recruitment and induction of volunteers? What does volunteering look like in different contexts?

This NEWLY REVISED volunteer management training provides the knowledge you need to fulfil your role with confidence and to have impact.

This newly revised Managing Volunteers training is broken up into four sections over two sessions. In this two and a half hour interactive session (the first of the two Managing Volunteers training sessions) we will cover:

  • Section 1: Good Practice in Involving Volunteers
  • Section 2: Reaching and Recruiting Volunteers

As the perfect complement to this training, you may like to book on the second session (12 July, 10-12:30 or 18 July, 6-8:30pm) in our supporting volunteer management training where we will look at supporting and developing volunteers, and celebrating the impact of your volunteers.

By the end of the session you will have an understanding of:

The definition of volunteering, types of volunteering opportunities and the nature and background of those who volunteer

  • What makes a volunteer different from other types of workers?
  • Volunteers & the law
  • Why people do and don’t volunteer, including potential barriers to volunteering
  • Other things to consider when involving volunteers
  • Policies and procedures
  • Risk assessments
  • How to write a role description
  • Where to advertise roles to reach potential volunteers (approaches currently used and found to be most effective)
  • How to write engaging adverts
  • Different stages of the recruitment process
  • When it is appropriate to undertake extra checks: DBS, offending, foreign nationals, SEND.

Who should attend?
  • Volunteer managers/coordinators, including those new to the role and those who wish to refresh their understanding
  • Trustees and others with a significant interest and involvement in the management of volunteers for their organisation.

Please note this training is aimed at organisations and groups based in North Yorkshire or delivering services within North Yorkshire.

About the trainers

Lizzie Clapham and Vicki Sharp are development officers at Community First Yorkshire. They have a great deal of experience in volunteer management.

Lizzie has a background in event and arts project management. She has years of experience in recruiting, on boarding and managing volunteers in a wide variety of contexts.

Vicki has practical experience in volunteer recruitment, training and support as well as a long career working with children and young people. This was within formal education, youth services and careers advice and support for SEND young people. Vicki was most recently a volunteer and operations manager for a local museum trust.

Cost and concessions

£35 (including VAT)

Concessionary places

Thanks to funding from North Yorkshire County Council, we have free ‘first come, first served’ places if you meet either of the criteria below. You can self-select a free place during booking.

Criteria:

  • You are from a North Yorkshire VCSE organisation with an income of up to £5k

OR

  • You are from a North Yorkshire VCSE organisation with an income of up to £25k that is experiencing financial hardship and would struggle to pay.

These spaces are limited so if a free place is not shown when you go to book, you can ask to be added to the waiting list for a free place on a future training session.

No shows and concessions

Please note that if you don’t attend training that you have booked on without giving seven days notice, you will be required to make the full payment. This also applies to free places. This is to allow as many participants as possible access to our training. See our Terms and Conditions for more information.

Book your place here

Refunds

Attendees can receive refunds for cancellations up to 7 days before the event date.

Contact details

Booking queries contact
Email: info@communityfirstyorkshire.org.uk
Tel: 01904 704177

Programme queries
Email: communitysupport@communityfirstyorkshire.org.uk
Tel: 01904 704177

Booking details

Book your place here.

Booking deadline date: Monday 3 July, 12:30pm

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