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Latest Volunteering NewsThe latest sub-regional, regional and national news from VNW. Rush of interest in youth volunteering funding
Over three years, v aims to create specialist teams in every local authority in England to encourage the direct delivery of volunteering opportunities for young people aged between 16 and 25. The charity is particularly keen to make funding available to small organisations accessing hard-to-reach young people. "Our aim is to harness and build on the expertise and track records of established organisations while encouraging diversification in the network of youth volunteering providers by making funding available to a wider range of local, new and emerging organisations," said Terry Ryall, chief executive of v. For more information visit: www.wearev.com VE urges local authorities to show volunteer value
Andy Forster, Policy and Campaigns Strategist at Volunteering England, said: "Volunteering England welcomes the Audit Commission's report Hearts and Minds: commissioning from the voluntary sector and in particular the references to the added value that Local Authorities get when volunteers deliver the service instead of paid staff. We also appreciate the acknowledgement that it is appropriate to recognise the economic value of a volunteer's time and the contribution volunteers make to service delivery. "However, it remains that too many providers do not acknowledge the volunteers, contribution to the delivery of commissioned services should be measured, recognised and celebrated. To view the full article published on the Volunteering England website (1 August 2007): Click Here
Volunteer Development Agencies and ChangeUp
A key element of ChangeUp was focussed on modernising the volunteering infrastructure. The mapping exercise found that work in this area ranged from the merger of volunteer centres through to partnership working, through to using money to extend opening hours or increase the physical accessibility of centres. The report shows how the volunteer centres network engaged with ChangeUp to increase its efficacy.
Download the: Volunteer Development Agencies and ChangeUp Report Employer-Supported Volunteering conference 'Measure for Measure: Assessing the impact of employer-supported volunteering' is the name of a conference which take place on 19 September 2007 at the Mermaid Conference Centre, London. How do leading employer-supported volunteering (ESV) managers measure the impact of their policies and programmes? Find out at Volunteering England's one-day conference where you will learn from and debate with top practitioners, network with fellow professionals and identify practical examples you can use in your own workplace. Managers from the public, private and voluntary sectors will hear a state of the sector report by the three leading agencies measuring the impact of ESV: The Corporate Citizenship Company, Business in the Community and the Institute for Volunteering Research. For further information and booking forms visit: www.volunteering.org.uk New Volunteering Portal - www.volunteeringmerseyside.org.uk Volunteering Merseyside (VM) is the name of the consortium of the 10 Greater Merseyside Volunteer Centres (VCs) and Volunteer Development Agencies (VDAs). All the Greater Merseyside VCs/ VDAs are nationally branded and quality accredited, or are working towards this branding and accreditation, who strive to promote, support and develop volunteering throughout Merseyside. Volunteering Merseyside members include: Volunteer Centre Bebington, Volunteer Centre Halton, Volunteer Centre Heswall & District, Volunteer Centre Hoylake & District, Knowsley CVS Volunteer Support, Volunteer Centre Liverpool, Volunteer Centre Sefton, Volunteer Centre St Helens, Volunteer Centre Wallasey, Volunteer Centre Wirral. The Volunteering Merseyside portal has been designed and developed by Volunteer Centre Sefton and was funded by Greater Merseyside ChangeUp. The portal is the central online access point for all aspects of volunteering and volunteer management in Greater Merseyside. The site provides an extensive arange of information and advice on all aspects of volunteering and volunteer management. To access the Volunteering Merseyside portal visit: www.volunteeringmerseyside.org.uk Volunteering North West - Funding Research Project Report Volunteer Centre Warrington has undertaken a research project on behalf of VNW to identify the current funding resources of Volunteer Development Agencies (principally Volunteer Centres) in the North West region, and their current workload, relating to the six core functions. This information will help VNW members to identify future funding needs, and campaign for improved core funding.
Download the: VNW Funding Research Project Report Launch of Investing in Volunteers for Employers ‘Investing in Volunteers for Employers’ has been developed to help improve the management and outcomes of employer supported volunteering programmes (ESV). The development of the new standard has been funded by CapacityBuilders as part of the ChangeUp programme delivered by the Volunteering Hub. Through the Website: www.investinginvolunteers.org.uk employers can explore the ten key areas of employer supported volunteering best practice. These can then be used to benchmark current work. Areas covered by the standard include: Recruitment; Supervision; Risk management; Recognition.
For further information contact Gina Aylward, Tel.: 020 7520 8990 ‘V’ - 1 Million New Young Volunteers by 2010 ‘V’ is an independent charity set up as a result of the government project, the Russell Commission which spoke to over 6000 young people and more than 700 organisations involved in volunteering. The Commission made a number of recommendations including setting up an independent charity to get more young people volunteering and inspire a new generation of young volunteers (at least 1 million more 16 – 25 year olds in volunteering by 2010). So what does that mean? It means more young people on community radio, more young people improving the environment, more young people running sports clubs, more young people taking part in international projects - basically more young people giving their time and talents to improve their communities. For more information visit: www.wearev.com. Income Generation for Volunteer Centres
Greater Merseyside ChangeUp commissioned this research which explored ways in which the Greater Merseyside Volunteer Centres can potentially generate income and start to ensure that the services they deliver become more sustainable.
Download the: Volunteer Centre Income Generation Report Volunteering Hub Good Practice Bank The Good Practice Bank brings together articles, information sheets, case studies, links and other helpful guidance on a range of volunteering issues. The Bank aims to grow and evolve as more information is added to it. It also aims to allow users to share their documents with other volunteering organisations. Visit the Bank at: www.volunteering.org.uk/managingvolunteers/goodpracticebank. Faithfully Volunteering In a faith community nearly everyone is a volunteer: the members of the managing council, youth leaders, visitors, Boards and Committees – nowadays there are many volunteers serving as priests, pastors or congregational leaders. It becomes different if organisations involve people from other faith communities in their work. Church and Society has produced a good practice guide which focuses on using volunteers outside our particular local faith community although many of the good practice guidelines apply in all circumstances.
Download the: Faithfully Volunteering - Good Practice Guide The Impact of Volunteering on Stockport Stockport Council for Voluntary Service has published a report titled ‘The Impact of Volunteering 0n Stockport’. Stockport CVS acquired funding from the Year of the Volunteer Action Fund to undertake the research which would look at the specific impact that volunteering has on those who live, work and volunteer in Stockport. Eight organisations were chosen as a representative sample of voluntary and community groups in the area. These ranged from large statutory organisations such as the local hospital to small community groups which included a carer and toddler group. For further information contact Julia Hewer or Emma Clarke on Tel.: 0161 477 0246.
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Volunteer Centre West Lancs. Downloading FilesSome files are available to download in (MS Word) If your PC does not have Acrobat Reader software installed, you can download a free copy by Clicking Here or on the Adobe link below.
Adobe offer a free online service which can convert some PDF files into plain text. To use the Adobe Online Conversion tool Click Here. Investing in VolunteersWould your organisation benefit from a UK recognised award for your commitment to volunteering? Investing in Volunteers is the UK quality standard for organisations who involve volunteers in their work. For further details visit:
Investing In Volunteers for EmployersAre you an employer that supports employees to volunteer and that would benefit from a UK award to develop and recognise your work? Investing in Volunteers for Employers is the UK award recognising commitment to best practice in employer supported volunteering. For further details visit: www.investinginvolunteers.org.uk
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The youth volunteering charity v has received nearly 800 expressions of interest from organisations that want to apply for shares of the £70m funding available through its new National Youth Volunteering Programme.
