With both volunteers and paid staff - there is nothing more important than being clear about what you need, and communicating that. We often don't find time for it when our group is volunteer led, or the team is stretched and under-funded. But it's worth the investment! As both a freelancer, a director and a … Continue reading Developing Ultra-Clear Roles and Person Specs
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Resource Gathering, web layout and network engagement for the set-up of the Helpforce Learning Network. Day to day, I manage a Wix website, and a WordPress website and am equally frustrated and enthused by both!
As well as training for those that want to develop family cooking themselves, and managing the day to day of the Kids Kitchen Collective, I do the occasional kids cooking session... sometimes with my young apprentice...! We'll be at festivals again this summer - contact Kids Kitchen to get involved
Cooking from Scratch with Young Children: a Kids Kitchen Course Since we set up Kids Kitchen we've now supported over a hundred people through the learning process themselves, some of whom are now training too. "Being part of this has been amazing for me & my family: it's a resource for education, work & leisure. … Continue reading Training: Leading Kids Activities
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I have supported coordinators to build their skills, share their experience with newer members of the team and bring challenges to a supportive space. Regular Volunteer Management Training covering recruitment, defining roles and keeping people safe and supported. I don't do as much of this as I did - but I believe in the absolute … Continue reading Supporting Volunteer Coordinators
Stories and Supper: "Positive migration stories and mouthwatering recipes will combine in a book that will help us all change the story on migration..." As well as fundraising for the bulk of the project, and generating our own income from food sales, we needed to raise printing costs for this beautiful and necessary book. I … Continue reading Crowdfunding and Kickstarting
"Why did you have to call it CHAOTIC?!" Well, Rick, because it is. Welcome to The Dumball. "The orginal fancy dress festival on wheels." This is the most effective, volunteer-led, chaotic fundraising vehicle I know. I've met a few volunteer-led organisations, and raising a million pounds over ten years isn't bad eh?! But it is … Continue reading Volunteering – Dumball Style…
Coerced volunteering, or mandatory work placements under threat of sanctions - which do so much to erode strong supportive volunteering cultures - have been making the news again with a study showing that sanctions do nothing to get people into better work, or better health. (It's already been proved that good, unsanctioned volunteering placements DO … Continue reading Cajoled vs. Coerced. Cajoled Wins.
If you've joined me for training around Volunteers and the Law in the last couple of years, you'll possibly remember a discussion around where exactly Asylum Seekers are allowed to volunteer. You may remember me explaining the odd nature of the law - only in a charity, nothing public sector, no NHS. "But what about … Continue reading Who Can Volunteer?
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