This is our Autumn 2017 Wellbeing Volunteering Fair,  just in time for World Mental Health Day!

Did you know volunteering has a number of surprising benefits, including that it is good for mental wellbeing? With this in mind, we are offering you a chance to meet more than 20 local organisations that are looking for volunteers in Camden and Islington.

And once again we are joining forces with our good friends @ Volunteer Centre Islington to bring you this fair. Nice one!

Come and see us in the heart of Camden Town at St Pancras Community Association, 67 Plender Street, NW1 0LB on Tuesday 10th October, 12-2pm

As always, there’s no need to book. Just pop in.

If you are a non-profit that wants to recruit volunteers in Camden or Islington at the fair, then book your free place via eventbrite.

We look forward to seeing you there.  🙂

Join us at our next volunteer managers’ forum where we will discuss all things volunteer management. The topics will be varied, and can be anything related to managing volunteers – and will be decided by you on the day. And this event is open to volunteer managers everywhere.

For this forum, we will:

• Ask you to think about some real life examples in your organisation and bring them with you so we can help you identify what to do next
• Look at some of the underlying causes of difficulties, and consider strategies to prevent them

You will also meet (and network with) other volunteer managers in Camden and beyond – and refreshments are included. Fantastic! 

Timetable: 

10am Arrivals, Networking

10.30-12pm Volunteer Managers’ Forum and Coffee Morning

Book your place via Eventbrite.

If you have any questions about this event or if you would like to let us know any special requirements, please contact Sheila by email.

>> We have a few free places available for Camden non-profits which have no paid staff and are unfunded. Get in touch with Sheila by email if this applies to your organisation. 

> We will provide food and drink with vegetarian and meat options. However, if you have any special dietary requirements please come prepared personally. 

We look forward to seeing you on the day! 🙂

Want to volunteer in Camden?

Come and see us at our office in Kentish Town on Wednesday 15th November between 12 and 2pm. We will be on hand to help you do a search for volunteering in Camden (and a bit beyond), as well as answer any questions you may have about volunteering.

Please note: Our drop-ins are for people who need extra support to get started with their volunteering. People who get the most out of drop-ins:

• need extra support to use a computer
• are not sure what they would like to do as a volunteer – and would like to talk about the options available before they apply
• are unable to access the internet elsewhere

There is no need to book. Just drop in! 🙂

Volunteer Centre Camden is at 2 Grafton Yard, London, NW5 2ND. Check out this link to a map of where we are with directions on how to get here.

Please note: If you have access to the internet, are comfortable using computers and you know what you want to do as a volunteer then you can do an online search now via Volunteer Connect – and there is no need to come to the drop-in.  

What an amazing day of learning that we have lined up for volunteer managers everywhere. 

Join us for our next Best Practice Plus volunteer management workshop (which includes lunch).

Who: The workshop, ‘Broadening the Appeal of Your Volunteering Programme’, will be delivered by Rupal Karia and Sheila Norris from Volunteer Centre Camden – who have more than 24 years’ volunteer management experience between them.

What: Is your organisation reflective of the community it supports? For an increasing number of local organisations the answer to this is no, and now many have funding targets to increase the diversity of their volunteer team. This could include anything from age, gender, ethnicity, religion, economic background, work status, disability and the list goes on!

Many volunteers are recruited by word of mouth by people they know. This is an effective way of recruiting volunteers, but can this also result in a homogenous set of volunteers. But there are other reasons why this could be the case… 

How …

In one morning, this workshop will cover:

• Identifying the reasons why your volunteers are not as diverse as they could be 
• Practical things you can do to to broaden your appeal and make sure your organisation is welcoming to all

The workshop will be interactive and will feature exercises which you will explore in small groups. We encourage participants to bring their own examples of diversifying your volunteering programme so that this course is as relevant to you as possible. (There will also be a bit of prep work to be done before the day of the course.) 

By the end of the workshop you will have a personalised action plan, so will be more likely to carry through with the learning from the day. Hurrah. 

When… Timetable: 

9.45am Arrivals

10am-1pm ‘Broadening the Appeal of Your Volunteering Programme’ Workshop (including lunch) 

>>>> This is INTERMEDIATE level training. Participants should have a good knowledge of volunteer recruitment and retention, and will also need to be familiar with the recruitment volunteer recruitment process for their organisation.

>>> Book your place via Eventbrite.

>> We have a few free places available for Camden non-profits which have no paid staff and are unfunded. Get in touch with Rupal by email if this applies to your organisation. 

> We will provide food and drink with vegetarian and meat options. However, if you have any special dietary requirements please come prepared personally.  

We look forward to seeing you on the day! 🙂

This is our Winter 2018 Volunteering Fair,  just in time to help you achieve those New Year’s Resolutions! 😉

Did you know volunteering has a number of surprising benefits? Want to get fit, make new friends ot try something new? Volunteering can help you do all of that — and more! With this in mind, we are offering you a chance to meet more than 50 local organisations that are looking for volunteers in Camden, Hackney and Islington.

And this time we are supersizing our fair by joining forces with our good friends @ Volunteer Centre Islington to bring you this fair. Nice one!

Come and see us in the heart of Islington at Islington Assembly Hall, (which is right next to Islington Town Hall) Upper Street, N1 2UD on Tuesday 23rd January, 12-4pm.

As always, there’s no need to book. Just pop in.

If you are a non-profit that wants to recruit volunteers in Camden or Islington at the fair, then book your free place via eventbrite.

We look forward to seeing you there.  🙂

Join us at our March 2018 volunteer managers’ forum where we will discuss all things volunteer management. The topics will be varied, and can be anything related to managing volunteers – and will be decided by you on the day. And this event is open to volunteer managers everywhere.

For this forum, we will:

• Ask you to think about some real life examples in your organisation and bring them with you so we can help you identify what to do next
• Look at some of the underlying causes of difficulties, and consider strategies to prevent them

You will also meet (and network with) other volunteer managers in Camden and beyond – and refreshments are included. Fantastic! 

Timetable: 

10am Arrivals, Networking

10.30-12pm Volunteer Managers’ Forum and Coffee Morning

Book your place via Eventbrite.

>> We have a few free places available for Camden non-profits which have no paid staff and are unfunded. Get in touch with Sheila by email if this applies to your organisation. 

> We will provide light refreshments. However, if you have any special dietary requirements please come prepared personally. 

We look forward to seeing you on the day! 🙂