Volunteering Focus - 31 July

Renfrewshire's Volunteer Fair 2024

We are delighted to share the details of the next Engage Renfrewshire Volunteer Fair – giving local groups the chance to promote the wonderful work and support your organisation offers across Renfrewshire.

Get in touch with Louise if you would like to be a stallholder on the day. Spaces are limited and first come first serve. The event is free to members of the public, and will be a great opportunity to promote your organisation and any volunteering opportunities you currently have. If you would like a stall please email lwalker@engagerenfrewshire.com
 

This event will be promoting the power of volunteering through lived experience, and would kindly ask stallholders to bring 1 or 2 active volunteers from your organisation to chat to members of the public about their role with you and answer any questions they might have. Event details below...

Team Kinetic

For those of you who aren’t on Team Kinetic yet, let me tell you why you should be! Team Kinetic is a Volunteer Management software which is FREE to all Engage Renfrewshire members. The software helps to build better communities through an ALL-IN-ONE volunteer management system that saves time, increases impact and can improve insight.

• RECRUITMENT has never been easier with the option of advertising your opportunity across Renfrewshire, attracting more volunteers and registering them quickly and effectively.
• RETAIN more volunteers through Team Kinetic. You can email your volunteers right from your homepage instantly.
• REWARD your volunteers with instant feedback, achievement badges or a personalised thank you message!

See below for all of the systems new features. You can also watch a Team Kinetic ‘Masterclass’ on all the new features using this link TeamKinetic 2.5 - Search is now turbo charged - TeamKinetic. Get in touch with Louise if you would like more information on how to register as a provider on the system.

A guide to involving young people as volunteers

Volunteer Glasgow have produced a handy guide on how to involve young people as volunteers. This guide provides us with some general tips and advice aimed at supporting young people and reducing barriers when involving younger volunteers. Young people can bring their own fresh and youthful ideas to your organisation, and your organisation could be missing out on these advantages. This guide runs through Top Tips to involving Young Volunteers, How to manage and support Young Volunteers, Young Volunteers and insurance, and a Young Volunteer checklist!
Microsoft Word - Guide to involving Young People as Volunteers.doc (volunteerglasgow.org)

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

Volunteer Charter

Are you a Volunteer involving Organisation who has signed up as a Charter Champion? If so, it is important that you take action and implement the Charter in your volunteer programmes as soon as possible. Volunteer Charter are offering FREE quarterly Charter Champion Workshops to help you in the next stages. These workshops will also provide you with the opportunity to share ideas and examples on what you have done to embrace and embed the Charter into your volunteer programmes and inspire others to do the same.

August Workshop: 27 August 2024, 10am-12:30pm Online
October Workshop: 29 October 2024, 10am-12:30pm Online

Book here:
The Volunteer Charter Champions Workshop Tickets, Tue 27 Aug 2024 at 10:00 | Eventbrite