Volunteer Management Conference 2011

Speaker and workshop presentations from the Volunteer Management Conference 2011 which was held at York University (24-25 March).

Plenaries

Young, free and single: but how do we get them volunteering (872.7Kb) , Joe Saxton, Founder and Driver of Ideas, Nfp Synergy

Opportunities offered by Online Technologies for Volunteers and Volunteering (547.6Kb) , Naoise McNally, Project Manager, Volunteering Ireland

Workshops

- Investing in Volunteers quality accreditation
(80.3Kb) Sinead Whelan, Head of Marketing and Operations (IiV Lead), Volunteering England and Harriet Bisson, IiV Assessor

- Latest insights into volunteer management
(217.7Kb) Matthew Hill, Research Officer, Institute for Volunteering Research

- Bursting the Bubble: Students, Volunteering and the Community
(491Kb) Jamie Darwen, Project Manager and David Owen, Research and Development Manager, National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement

Link to the report referred to in the above workshop

- Writing good copy
(1.1Mb) David Coles, Membership Services Manager, YouthNet

Handout for the above workshop (732.2Kb)

Volunteer management in grassroots sport (660.6Kb)
Steve Ince, Sports Volunteering Development Manager, Volunteering England

- Volunteering and the Big Society (292.9Kb)
Rachel Castle, Senior Policy and Public Affairs Officer, and Mike Locke, Director of Public Affairs, Volunteering England

- Working effectively with local government
(500.3Kb) (500.3Kb) Alan Strickland, Senior Policy and Information Manager, and Dan Sumners, Senior Policy and Information Officer, Volunteering England

- The future of student volunteering
(166.7Kb) Andrea Grace Rannard, Further and Higher Education Senior Manager, Volunteering England and Jamie Darwen, Project Manager, National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement

- Gaining PR advantage from your community action (1.4Mb)
Mike Gale, Communications and Volunteer Management Consultant

Weblinks related to the above workshop:
- Budget result for volunteer drivers
- Volunteer Rights Inquiry calls on organisations to raise standards of volunteer management
- Measuring the impact of volunteering

- The vinspired students pledge
(1.2Mb) Jamie Darwen, Project Manager and David Owen, Research and Development Manager, National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement

- Making volunteering accessible
(730.9Kb) Kate Salter, National Volunteer Support Manager, Mencap

Weblinks related to the above workshop:
- Access to Volunteering evaluation report
- Case studies and resources from the Access to Volunteering programme
- Good practice for supporting people with a learning disability into volunteering

- Assessing the impact of volunteer management (164.2Kb)
Sean Cobley, Chair, Association of Volunteer Managers and Debbie Ususkin, Director, Association of Volunteer Managers

Handouts for the above workshop (167.2Kb)

- Volunteering and the Big Society (292.9Kb)
Rachel Castle, Senior Policy and Public Affairs Officer, and Mike Locke, Director of Public Affairs, Volunteering England

- Working effectively with local government
(500.3Kb) (500.3Kb) Alan Strickland, Senior Policy and Information Manager, and Dan Sumners, Senior Policy and Information Officer, Volunteering England

- Working together - the new necessity
(705.9Kb) Ann Lacey, Volunteer Coordinator, East London NHS Foundation Trust