National Student Volunteering Conference 2008

The National Student Volunteering Conference 2008 took place from 7th-9th March at Yarnfield Park Training and Conference Centre.

• Read the report of the National Student Volunteering Conference 2008

Training session presentations and handouts

Creating a volunteer manager profession - John Ramsey

• Handout notes

Events Management - Hannah Du Gray

• Presentation
• Handout notes

Funding - Is it all worth it Ben Matthews

• Presentation

Health and safety and risk assessments - Pete Charlesworth

• Presentation

How to plan and lead an older people's student led project - Danielle Thorp

• Handout booklet

Including learning disabled volunteers - Amy Benn

• Guide to producing accessible information
• Communication
• The Disability Discrimination Act

Increasing retention along the volunteer cycle - Steve McCurley

• Presentation

Setting up a Red Cross group at your university - Andrea Thorogood

• Handout notes
• Red Cross Committee Form

Speak Up Speak Out - Jennifer Mackay

• Handout leaflet

Staff volunteering - Steve Dale

• Presentation
• Handout notes

Volunteering and the law - Mark Restall

• Presentation

Volunteers from hell - Steve McCurley

• Presentation

International volunteering – Emily Lomax

www.vso.org.uk/about/about-the-code-for-youth-volunteering.asp

Campaigning as volunteering – John Kentish

Go Green Action Guide - peopleandplanet.org/gogreen/resources.php

Green League - peopleandplanet.org/gogreen/greenleague2007