Are you a volunteer who manages volunteers? Perhaps you’re a trustee responsible for recruiting other trustees? Or maybe you’re a CIC director overseeing volunteer recruitment and training?
We know that building, training, and leading a volunteer team while being a volunteer yourself comes with its own unique challenges. Maybe you’ve taken on extra responsibilities over time without access to training or support, and you’re starting to realise just how much is involved in doing the job well—especially when volunteers are the backbone of so many charities and community groups.
Following a fantastic inaugural session, we’re excited to invite you to the second gathering of our new informal network, created specifically for volunteers who recruit, train, and manage other volunteers. We’d love you to be part of it.
Meeting online every quarter, for an hour over a cuppa, this network is designed to connect you with others who share your experiences, exchange ideas, and build a supportive peer group. These mini gatherings are tailored just for you, offering guidance, shared learning, and the chance to support each other in your roles.
Join us and be part of this growing community!
What will you learn?
Our quarterly online get togethers are designed to give you the space to share, ask questions, and build meaningful connections with others in similar roles. There’s no agenda – just come along and contribute if you wish. Let’s just see where the conversation takes us.
Let’s make this a welcoming, supportive, and productive environment. Together, we can learn from one another and enhance the volunteering experience for everyone involved.
Who should attend?
This network is for volunteers who lead or supervise other volunteers. This includes trustees of charities or directors of CICs who have responsibility for volunteer recruitment and training.
Please note this meeting is aimed at volunteers who represent voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations and groups based in North Yorkshire or delivering services within North Yorkshire.
What’s included?
All participants will be sent any presentations or notes taken during the meeting.
About the organiser
Vicki Sharp is a Development Officer with Community First Yorkshire’s Community Support North Yorkshire team.
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 former Harrogate District. Vicki volunteers at The Ritz Cinema in Thirsk.
Each meeting will be co-hosted by a colleague from a VCSE organisation. For our next meeting we are joined by Rachael Poole from Yorkshire Housing.
Rachel is Volunteer Development Coordinator working all over Yorkshire to develop volunteering within Yorkshire Housing locations. She was previously Volunteer Centre Manager at Barnsley CVS and has worked within the sector for almost 16 years, so has a wide range of knowledge and passion for all things volunteering.
Booking details
Book here.
Bookings deadline: 05/05/25
Contact details
Booking queries: info@communityfirstyorkshire.org.uk
Programme queries: vicki.sharp@communityfirstyorkshire.org.uk
Tel: 01904 704177
