Volunteering Focus - 17 July

Contents

1. Volunteer Friendly
2. When does shared lived experience become volunteering?
3. Useful resources to help you manage and support volunteers
4. Free volunteering opportunity advertising for all Engage Renfrewshire Members
5. Volunteer Managers Forum 

Volunteer Friendly

  

How Volunteer Friendly are you?                   
 
It’s never been more important for groups to be able to show how good they are at involving and managing their volunteers. Engage Renfrewshire is committed to acknowledging our member organisations who show how they excel in recruiting, training, developing and managing volunteers. Volunteer Friendly is a simple, easy to run through quality standard which supports, recognises and rewards groups in Renfrewshire who are good at involving volunteers. Volunteer Friendly can be completed in 6 steps which will ensure that your volunteers receive the best possible support.
 
There is no fixed deadline, but we would expect most organisations to complete the steps within 6-9 months. To begin step 1, simply get in touch with Louise (Volunteering Development Officer) to arrange an initial meeting, access to your toolkit and access to the Volunteer Friendly website. You will have full support from Engage Renfrewshire throughout the whole process.
 
More information on the process and guidance can be found here
Process and Guidance - Volunteer Friendly

When does sharing lived experience become volunteering?

Volunteer Scotland are seeking views and experience on the following question: Does volunteer management infrastructure present a good solution for engaging people to share their lived experience? I found this article very thought provoking, and wanted to share with the network. Article and details on how to share your opinion below -
 
 When does sharing lived experience become volunteering? - Volunteer Scotland

Useful resources to help you manage and support volunteers

Volunteer Wiki was developed by the team at Volunteer Edinburgh. It is an extremely useful resource that covers all aspects of volunteer management that is fundamental for every volunteer programme.
 
Volunteer Wiki was created to give volunteer managers access to high quality, reliable and up to date information on managing volunteers. There is information and guidance on promoting opportunities, recruiting, selecting and supporting volunteers. You can also access useful templates on policies and procedures, including role descriptions, volunteer policy’s, expense policy and more!!
 
VolunteerWiki - The go-to place for volunteer involving organisations

Free volunteering opportunity advertising for all Engage Renfrewshire Members

All Engage Renfrewshire members have FREE access to our fantastic all-in-one Volunteer Management system ‘Team Kinetic’. Team Kinetic is a great way to recruit, retain and reward your amazing volunteers all in one space.
 
Get in touch to receive training slides on Team Kinetic that were presented at the last Volunteer Managers Forum. If you have any questions about the system, and how it might benefit your group, get in touch with Louise.

You can register and upload an opportunity using the link below
Register and start creating opportunities and accessing great volunteers (engagerenfrewshire.org)

Volunteer Managers Forum

Engage are delighted to welcome THRE (Third Sector Human Rights and Equalities) to our next Volunteer Managers Forum.

THRE is a nationwide project led by GCVS, in partnership with HTSI and EVOC. They develop resources, training and networks to support third sector organisations towards taking a human rights and equalities first approach to their organisational development and delivery.

More information here Home - Third Sector Human Rights and Equalities - THRE

This session will cover how a Human Rights and Equalities First Approach is relevant to your organisation’s volunteering programme, and how you can implement it.

When: Monday 26 August, 10-12pm
Location: Engage Renfrewshire

This session will cover –

• What is a human rights and equalities first approach?

• How Equalities legislation applies to volunteers

• What methods can be used to create flexible volunteer roles

• How to create a volunteering recruitment process that is as accessible as possible

• What it means to establish a culture for human rights and equalities

We look forward to seeing you there. Eventbrite link below.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/volunteer-managers-forum-tickets-925190729377?aff=oddtdtcreator

Young Scot - Volunteer on the YouthVIP Panel

Young Scot, YouthLink Scotland and Volunteering Matters, funded by Scottish Government, are looking for 10 young people (aged 11-25) from across Scotland to be part of the Youth VIP Panel. The panel will work together to help improve volunteering for young people in Scotland. Applications close on Sunday 21 July.  Ideal candidates will truly believe in the power of volunteering, and want to advocate and work on behalf of other young people to make sure there are impactful and sustainable opportunities for young people to volunteer in their local area, but also across Scotland.
 
The ambition is always to recruit a diverse panel of young people, to ensure that voice can represent a wide spectrum of lived experiences! Full information on what the panel involves can be found here: 
 
OPPORTUNITY: Volunteer on the YouthVIP Panel – Young Scot