SCVO Training ‘Managing Volunteers’

SCVO Training ‘Managing Volunteers’

This course is designed to help you to capture and release the energy, skills and commitment that volunteers bring to your organisation

By Engage Renfrewshire

Date and time

Wednesday, June 19 · 10am - 4:30pm GMT+1

Location

Engage Renfrewshire

10 Falcon Crescent Paisley PA3 1NS United Kingdom

About this event

This one day course is designed to help you to capture and release the energy, skills and commitment that volunteers bring to your organisation.

It will also help you to set out an overall framework for volunteering which is very important for both volunteers and staff members, based on the Investing in Volunteer Framework.

By the end of the training the participants will be able to:


  • Recognise key characteristics of volunteering
  • Define the strengths and challenges of volunteering within your organisation
  • Identify the resources that can be used to support volunteering in their organisation – the Volunteering for All Framework, Investing in Volunteers, Volunteer Friendly Award, the Volunteer Charter.
  • Describe a process for managing volunteers and undertake a SWOT analysis of your own organisation in reference to this.
  • Apply effective line management techniques
  • Value recognising volunteers.


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Engage Renfrewshire

Engage Renfrewshire is a Third Sector Interface (TSI); this means that we support local charities and other not-for-profit groups, so that they can do even more of what they’re good at. We empower organisations to be safe, resourceful and effective, and to grow and develop their services - meaning our communities are inclusive and aspirational.

We represent the third sector at a community planning level, provide an organisational hub, and offer financial services for individuals and organisations through our social enterprise Engage Finance. Furthermore, the Community And Voluntary Action Team work directly with local organisations and charities to increase their knowledge, resources and funding and to promote the services of our member organisations.

• Helping charities and community groups to be well managed, well resourced, well represented and well connected

• Supporting social enterprise start up

• Helping more organisations work collaboratively

• Ensuring the voice of our network is heard & understood by decision makers and funders

• Providing practical and responsive financial support

• Building a strong culture of volunteering that strengthens local organisations, enhances health & promotes life chances

• Working with public and private sectors to ensure we’re making the most of our resources

• Helping to create & maintain partnerships and find new ways of working to bring resources into Renfrewshire

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