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June 2009 Newsletter
Volunteers Week 2009
To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of National Volunteers Week, the Volunteer Centre Sunderland in partnership with the Volunteering Forum held its 7th event. The event held at the Bonded Warehouse on the 2nd of June and was opened by Shiela Davidson MBE of Washington Bridge. The 100 people on attendance were treated to pamper sessions and various differntt entertainers as well as a free raffle. The event aimed to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of the city's Volunteers and thank them for the support over the past 12months.
Volunteering Forum The Volunteering Forum's next meeting will be held on Wednesday 16th September. Any organisation that involves volunteers in their services are welcome to attend. For further information on the aims of the group and to access previous minutes please click on the following link. Volunteering Forum. Volunteer Recruitment and Retention Training Volunteer Recruitment and Retention Training – 14th July Delivered by Volunteer Centre Project Workers this training is aimed at anyone who is responsible for the recruitment and supervision of volunteers within an organisation. It covers many aspects of managing volunteers including best practice and helpful suggestions and tips on the recruitment and retention of volunteers. Places for the training start at £5 and to book a place you will need to contact the Volunteer Centre on 5678902 or Rob Charlton at Sunderland CVS on 5651566. Volunteering Toolkit Support Sessions The A- Z of Volunteering A series of support sessions will be available to organisations who would like additional support on key issues of managing volunteers. The session will aim to give a brief overview of the toolkit and answer any questions you may have on volunteering but were afraid to ask. If you wish to come along to the first of these sessions (details below) or wish to find out more please contact the Volunteer Centre on 5678902. 3rd July 2009 10.00am - 11.00am Washington Millennium Centre The Oval Concord Washinton NE37 2QD
We would like to invite you to take the opportunity to link in with the exciting work we’re involved in with partners around volunteering
We can provide an icon of the new 'Volunteering for Sunderland Toolkit' which when clicked will provide links to our Sunderland City Council website www.sunderland.gov.uk/communitydevelopment which contains up to date information about the work of the community development team including our volunteering campaigns since 2007.
To put this into action please ask those responsible for managing your web site to contact Mark Robbins on telephone number 0191 561 7837 or email mark.robbins@sunderland.gov.uk
The 'Volunteering Toolkit' was launched on 27th March 2009. The need for the toolkit was identified during consultations on the Sunderland Community Development Plan and the Sunderland Compact.
The Sunderland Partnership funded the cost of the toolkit and Sunderland Volunteer Centre and Community & Cultural Services Community Development Team worked in partnership to develop the Toolkit to fit with local needs.
The Toolkit is aimed at any organisations working with or who would like to work with volunteers in Sunderland. The Toolkit identifies good practice and contains all you need to know about structures and policies. We would recommend that organisations who request a Toolkit join the Sunderland Volunteer Centre who will visit your organisation on request to carry out an introduction to the Toolkit. Please telephone Anna Johnson on 0191 567 8902 to organise this.
If you would like a hard copy please contact Gareth Rogerson at the community development team on 0191 5002 or Sunderland Volunteer Centre on 0191 567 8902.
Volunteer Training - Dealing With Difficult Volunteers & Situations
Due to the success of the Speak Up Speak Out training recently delivered by Adam May Training we will be holding a second set of training. This will look at Dealing with Difficult Volunteer & Situations. A brief overview of the training is given below: Even with the best management systems in place, some volunteers can seem determined to make your life difficult! The subsidised training will cost £65 per person and will run in the Autumn. If you would like know dates and times or book a place please contact us at at the Volunteer Centre. Alzeihmers Society Alzheimer's Society have over 250 runners taking part in the Bupa Great North 10K in Sunderland on Sunday 12 July 2009. We're looking for enthusiastic and passionate volunteer cheerers to help give our runners a much-needed boost at our cheering point along the course and we need your help! It promises to be a great day out and the more volunteer cheerers we have, the more successful the event will be. Our cheering point will be on Dame Dorothy Street and we are looking for volunteers to be at the cheering point cheering and chanting from 9.45am - 1pm on Sunday 12 July. We will be provide all volunteers with Alzheimer's Society t-shirts, hand clackers and refreshments. 1 in 3 people over 65 will die with dementia. The Alzheimer's Society running team are raising funds to ensure that no-one has to go through dementia alone. Alzheimer's Society champions the rights of people with dementia, funds research and provides information and support to people with dementia and those who care for them. Those of you that have taken part in an organised long distance run before will know how invaluable it is when someone cheers your name. Please help us make the day special for all of the participants! If you are interested in this opportunity please contact the Volunteer Centre on (0191) 5678902
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