As we settle back into work after the Christmas period we would like to look ahead and ask what your 2024 volunteering year looks like. Will you be looking to change your volunteer offer or stay with what you used in 2023? Will the Vision for Volunteering project inform your practice?
We are thrilled that Rachael Neale the Volunteer Development Officer with Yorkshire Housing will be joining us for an open discussion and some peer support.
The Vision for Volunteering is a ten-year collaborative project designed to create a better future for volunteering. As we start our journey through 2024 how will you use the Vision to guide your work and the support you give to your volunteers?
Join Carole Roberts, Vicki Sharp (our Development Officers) and Rachael for an open discussion on how the themes of Awareness and Appreciation, Power, Equity and Inclusion, Collaboration and Experimentation can be weaved into your plans for 2024.
As usual there will be peer support from colleagues as we open the discussion up to all things volunteering.
Please email any questions you want to pose to vicki.sharp@communityfirstyorkshire.org.uk by Wednesday 31 January so that we have time to prepare the agenda and our responses.
If we receive more requests then we can work through in the time we will put together a pack of information to be sent out after the meeting.
Who should attend?
This is a network meeting for volunteer co-ordinators from across North Yorkshire to come together to share information, advice, tips and thoughts on all aspects of volunteer management.
Please note this training is aimed at voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations and groups based in North Yorkshire or delivering services within North Yorkshire.
What’s included?
All attendees will receive a copy of the presentations and notes from the session.
About the trainers
Carole Roberts is the Community Support Delivery Manager at Community First Yorkshire and Vicki Sharp is a Development Officer with the Community Support Team.
Carole’s background is in volunteer management for charities including the National Trust and developing a strong volunteer model in her community interest company. Carole is a trustee for Umbrella Yoga and South Square Arts Centre and has previously worked across Wakefield, Kirklees and Calderdale.
Vicki has years of practical experience in volunteer recruitment and support including being the Volunteer and Operations Manager at Ripon Museum Trust. A former secondary school teacher she also worked for many years as a youth worker, SEND advisor and youth development worker across the Harrogate District. Vicki volunteers at The Ritz Cinema in Thirsk.
Booking details
Bookings deadline: 30/01/24 (midday)
Please register to attend by clicking here. Once you have registered, we will send you a confirmation email.
Gracious Street Church is in the centre of Knaresborough. The premises are adjacent to the Chapel Street and Fisher Street town centre car parks and coach drop-off point. The bus station is nearby and the train station a short walk away.
Contact details
Booking queries contact: communitysupport@communityfirstyorkshire.org.uk
Tel: 01904 704177
