Meaningful roles for volunteers

At the heart of voluntary and community action in Newcastle and Gateshead, we want to improve the quality of life across the region and work towards a fairer future for all.

Connected Voice

This session will help you understand the importance of ensuring that roles for volunteers are meaningful

Connected Voice Support and Development helps organisations to run successfully and make a positive difference in their communities. This training is for Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations serving Newcastle and Gateshead. This session is delivered by Rob Jackson. Rob is one of the leading authorities on volunteering in the world. His standing is based on an impressive mix of the practical and strategic. You can find out more about him at http://www.robjacksonconsulting.com/rob-jackson.html The session will cover:<ul><li>Developing roles for volunteers is an aspect of volunteer management that gets little attention compared to the more popular topics of recruitment and retention.</li><li> Without well designed, meaningful and motivating volunteer roles, it is often much harder to get and keep volunteers.</li><li> This workshop will provide a method - and outline the key issues to consider - for developing such volunteer roles</li></ul>Not eligible for this session but still interested in attending? We offer bespoke training covering a range of topics. Our sessions are delivered online using Zoom making them ideal for organisations based across England. Email connect@connectedvoice.org.uk for information.Delivery methodThis online session will be delivered remotely using Zoom. We have taken every step to make this as simple, accessible and secure as possible. We will be able to advise on how to access the session easily and without having to download software. Zoom can be accessed by a smartphone, or any device with a camera and microphone such as a laptop, tablet or desktop computer.AccessibilityAll our Zoom training and events will have closed captions (automatic subtitles) enabled. We can also provide a BSL interpreter for training and events on request, but ask you to give us enough advance notice to enable this to be organised. To maximise resources, we are unable to provide BSL interpreters for all sessions unless we know this is essential.For security and practical reasons:You can only book one place for yourself, using the email address you use on the device you'll be using to participate in the online session. If a colleague wants to attend, they will need to book separately themselves.You must give us all the essential information requested so that we know your registration is genuine. We may check with you, especially if you aren't from an organisation known to usJoining instructions including the secure password, together with any handouts or worksheets, will be emailed to you 24 hours ahead of the session start time by the named person hosting the session. It is essential you do not share this with anyone not registered to attend. Anyone not on the registration list will not be allowed into the session.

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