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  • Volunteer Management Training - Course 2: Effective Volunteer Recruitment

    Created: 29/10/2019, Updated: 24/12/2019
    News/Events Category: Training and Learning


    When: 09.30am-1.00pm, Tuesday 04 February 2020
    Where: Caledonia House, Pentland Park, Saltire Centre, Glenrothes, KY6 2AL
    This event is being organised by Fife Voluntary Action
    Costs
    This event is free to attend but to encourage attendance and try and ensure a good turnout to benefit all delegates, we will charge a non-attendance fee of £25.00 per delegate. By submitting a booking for this event you agree to pay this fee for those delegates who have places booked but do not attend.

    Cancellations can be received up to 5 working days ahead of the event, thus avoiding non-attendance fees. A cancellation will only be valid if we have confirmed it with you. You can send somebody else in place of a booked delegate without incurring a non-attendance fee.


    It is too late to book a place for this particular session, sorry about that.

    Course Content

    Despite the constant interest in new and better techniques to recruit volunteers, the true challenge in the volunteer field is first having meaningful activities for volunteers to do. Without preparation you run the risk of attracting people who do not really meet your needs and therefore are the wrong volunteers for you; and having the wrong volunteers may be worse than having no volunteers at all.

    Included in the course:

    •    Motivations for volunteering;
    •    Developing opportunities;
    •    Methods of recruitment;
    •    Recruitment messages;
    •    Recruitment strategies.

    We asked people who attended these sessions previously, what they liked most about our training - here are some of their comments:

    • "Informative"; "Fun"; "Informal", "Meeting others."
    • "Lots of interaction and time to share experiences"  
    • "I like being... encouraged to find new ways of working with volunteers"
    • "Chance to reflect and look at how we can improve"
    • "Good to have time with team members to think about how we support our volunteers and focus on it without distractions".

    Who should attend

    Anyone who has, or is expecting to have, responsibility for recruiting/managing volunteers in their organisation.

    In order to offer places to as many organisations as possible, we are only able to offer two places on each date to members of the same organisation. If your organisation would like to send more than 2 people, please get in touch with us to discuss options.

    Cancellation Policy

    This event is free to attend but to encourage attendance and try and ensure a good turnout to benefit all delegates, we will charge a non-attendance fee of £25.00 per delegate. By submitting a booking for this event you agree to pay this fee for those delegates who have places booked but do not attend.

    Cancellations can be received up to 5 working days ahead of the event, thus avoiding non-attendance fees. A cancellation will only be valid if we have confirmed it with you. You can send somebody else in place of a booked delegate without incurring a non-attendance fee.

    Accreditation Award

    All participants will receive a certificate of attendance. Notes from the session will be forwarded to all participants who complete a post-training evaluation form that will be e-mailed to you.

    Progress/further study - Other courses in the FVA Volunteer Management Training Programme:

    Course 1 Volunteer Involvement, Getting Started;

    Course 3 Supporting Your Volunteers;

    Course 4 Fair and Equal Volunteering;

    Course 5 Avoiding Legal Issues and Managing Risk in Your Volunteer Programme.

     


    Phone: 01592 760720
    E-mail: [email protected]


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