Recruiting
Volunteers
At
the Volunteer Centre we deal with more than 800 volunteering
enquiries each year.
If you want us to help you recruit volunteers please
complete our
organisation
registration form
CVS is affiliated to Volunteering England.
National
Volunteers Week
1st-7th June 2008
On 7th June, South Warwickshire Volunteering
Forum celebrated volunteering
with "Picnic in the Park".
“Picnic in the Park”
Volunteers who are members of the South Warwickshire
Volunteering Forum (SWVF) were invited to ‘Picnic
in the Park’ which was held at the Pump Room Gardens
in Leamington on Saturday, 7 June to celebrate Volunteers’
Week 2008.
The event was opened by Anna Tyre,
High Sheriff of Warwickshire and what a fun afternoon
it turned out to be for all volunteers with good food,
games, music and dancing!Volunteers' Week is the UK's
annual celebration of volunteers and from 1st - 7th
June, groups across the country hold events to recognise
and reward their existing volunteers and to recruit
new ones.
Nick Rabson, volunteer with Bath Place
Community Venture said: "Volunteering means an
opportunity to do something you enjoy and share the
results with those who will benefit - lots of us experience
these feelings. At the Picnic in
the Park even more did do that - and we were able to
relax on a
warm summer's day!"
Chris Lancaster, the Co-ordinator of
the South Warwickshire Volunteering Forum
(who is also the manager of the Volunteer Centre for
Warwick District) said: “Volunteers give their
time free all year – this has been a wonderful
opportunity for us to say a big thank you to all our
volunteers. Volunteers’ Week is the perfect opportunity
to give volunteers the public profile they deserve.
The
South Warwickshire Volunteering Forum is very proud
to be celebrating with
the volunteers themselves and also those who manage
and look after them
to help maximise the impact of their efforts.”
During the afternoon Anna Tyre, High
Sheriff of Warwickshire was presented
with a cheque (see next page) for £8,800,000 which
is the economic social
value that the South Warwickshire Volunteers gave to
their local
communities over the last year.
South
Warwickshire
Volunteering Forum (SWVF)
Do you want to be able to delegate more
effectively? Do you delegate to your volunteers? What
could you delegate to your volunteers?
If you want to be a more effective people
manager and improve your delegation
skills, come along to the next event which will be facilitated
by Chris Lancaster
and takes place at the Sydni Centre in Leamington on
Wednesday,
10th September – 9.30 am- 11.30 am.
"How
to be an Effective Networker"
See the Good
Practice page for further details.
Volunteer Centre Booklet
Volunteer
Centres across Warwickshire have produced a new booklet
for prospective
volunteers. It aims to give potential volunteers an
idea of what services a
Volunteer Centre provides, why and how to get involved
in volunteering.
Chris
Lancaster, the Centre Manager for this District said
“The Volunteer Centre aims
to make volunteering more accessible, fun and enjoyable
for individuals of all ages.
The booklet will provide a cohesive consistent approach
as to how Volunteer Centres work
across the county and is an aid to enable people to
volunteer. Volunteering is fun can be challenging, interesting,
rewarding and makes a difference to volunteers and the
people or groups they support.”
To
viww our new booklet please click here.
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