SUPPORT FOR VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY SECTOR GROUPS

We offer training for staff and volunteers of Voluntary and Community organisations in Charnwood.

Upcoming Courses:

Policy into Action – Advanced Safeguarding – for managers and those responsible for implementing policy. These “surgery” type sessions are tailored to your policy needs, taking into account your client group, services provided and procedures. Up to 3 people from your organisation can attend.

First Aid – The QA Level 3 (RQF) – for individuals who wish to act as an emergency first aider in their workplace/project.

Keeping People Safe – an Introduction to Safeguarding

Confidentiality & Boundaries – keeping yourself and others safe, when and what to share.  

Involving Volunteers – 2 half day courses – looking at good practice in all aspects of involving volunteers – recruitment, support, reward and recognition, dealing with managing difficult situations. recruiting and retaining volunteers.

You can see details of dates, times and more information on courses and events at JSC here: https://buytickets.at/johnstorercharnwood

Feedback from previous courses say “The content and delvery was excellent”, “Learning about how others deal with this was really useful”, “Great value for money”

Please note all courses are booked and paid for online in advance.

  • Refreshments are not included; they may be purchased from our café.
  • There is no parking onsite.

If you have bespoke training requirements, please contact Louise@jscharnwood.org.uk.

Charnwood VCS Support

There are many other sources of support and information for local groups, organisations and charities.

Charnwood Borough Council supports volunteering across the borough Charnwood Volunteers – Charnwood

Borough Council and  Voluntary and community sector support – Charnwood Borough Council including access to small grants.

There is a Charnwood VCS Network for local organisations with 2 events a year.

Voluntary Action LeicesterShire offers Advice and resources | Free advice and resources for charities

Plus a platform for advertising your volunteer roles Recruit Volunteers – VAL Volunteering

CASE offer support for groups who are considering becoming a social enterprise and exploring a cooperative structure. CASE (Co-operative and Social Enterprise Development Agency) – Tel: 0116 222 5010 Email: enquiries@case.coop

NCVO offer excellent Help and guidance | NCVO

INVOLVING VOLUNTEERS IN YOUR GROUP

Below there is information on policies and procedures for how best to include volunteers, and how to advertise your volunteer opportunities

VAL has plenty of advice for organisations wishing to involve volunteers in their group, including a basic guide:

Valonline

Also, in the introduction, there’s a good guide to creating an “Involving Volunteers Plan”. This would be particularly useful for smaller groups that do not necessarily need a full-blown policy:

Involving volunteers

The application and interview forms are also particularly useful:

Interview PDF
Application PDF

Likewise, NCVO has some good information to download free of charge, such as how to write a volunteer role description:

volunteers/recruiting/writing

Also, something you should be considering before you even begin to involve volunteers is the issue of safeguarding.  Some useful guidance here:

safeguarding-volunteers

If you have any questions about how to go about involving volunteers in your organisation, please email us at Louise@jsharnwood.org.uk  If you have tips or advice, on how to do it (or not) to share, contact us and we’ll share it with the wider VCS in Charnwood.

If you would like more volunteers in your organisation you can register and set up an account with VAL to advertise your organisation’s volunteer opportunities with them online. 

Recruit volunteers/Advertise volunteering opportunities.

JSC offers a two-day training course on Managing Volunteers. 

If you have any queries about how JSC can help support your VCS organisation, please email Louise@jscharnwood.org.uk

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