Developing Volunteer Opportunities Workshop

This workshop encourages Volunteer Involving Organsations to think outside the box, challenge their perceptions about what volunteers can and cannot do.

The topics on the training agenda include:
• What makes a good volunteer opportunity?
• Limits and restrictions on volunteering - thinking about what volunteers can and can’t do and challenging perceptions.
• Developing a wish-list (how the organisation would like to grow and how volunteers could make a contribution to that growth).
• Addressing the need for VIOs to be flexible and consider more short-term, one-off opportunities, as well as longer engagements.
• And, of course, the Big Society and its emphasis on community volunteering.

Course runs from 10:00 to 3:00 with an an additional ‘surgery’ hour for those interested in improving their recruitment advertising copy.
If you are interested please contact Lynne Laidlaw who will in turn send out a booking form and further information.

Places are assigned on a first come first served basis and limits may be placed on the number of attendees from any one organisation.

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