Co-ordinating Volunteers: Framework Feedback - Causes of Emergencies

The significant community response to the Covid 19 pandemic, alongside other emergencies; has highlighted both the value of volunteering, and the need for effective collaboration between third sector, private sector and public sector bodies (including those with statutory duties to response to an emergency).

British Red Cross, with the support of the Wales Community Resilience Forum, has secured strategic grant funding from WCVA/Welsh Government’s Volunteering Wales Fund. Working with the breadth of organisations in Wales who support, plan or deliver emergency volunteering activities it is intended to co-produce a framework that achieves effective collaboration between organisations. This is intended to improve outcomes for both emergency volunteers, and those who benefit from their activities. By emergency services we mean the humanitarian services directly linked to an emergency, rather than wider support for health, social care and independent living.

British Red Cross have appointed Richard Newton Consulting to co-produce this framework with the sector in Wales, building on the sector’s direct experiences, and the transfer of knowledge from other areas of the UK.

We would like to invite you to this focus group session to discuss your thoughts on the Draft Strategy, which will be distributed shortly.

If you are unable to attend the focus group but would still like to feed back we will have a feedback questionnaire or we would be delighted to enter into one-to-one structured conversations in order to explore in more detail any thoughts you have. Please contact cinzia@richard-newton.co.uk to arrange a conversation.

This event is organised via Zoom. Depending on accessibility needs the Zoom details may change. We will update you with details before the focus group.