Office Insights – Employability Training from Lend Lease

On Wednesday 5 October 2016 from 10am to 2pm Lend Lease, an international property group, are running an Office Insights workshop at their London head office.

This free workshop is a guide on how to conduct oneself in any modern workplace, as well as an attempt to demystify the corporate workplace for those who might not otherwise consider applying for jobs in private businesses.

The workshop includes lunch, and places are limited.  Please contact catherine@volunteercentrecamden.org.uk for more information or to book a place.

What an amazing day of learning and networking that we have lined up for you. 

Join us for our next volunteer managers’ forum and networking lunch.

We will discuss a variety of topics relating to volunteer management. And the best bit? The content of the forum is decided by you. 

For this forum, together we will: 

• Examine real life examples of volunteer management challenges in your organisation and help you identify what to do next
• Look at some of the underlying causes of difficulties, and consider strategies to prevent them

Timetable: 

10.30am Arrivals

11am-2pm Volunteer Managers’ Forum and Networking Lunch 

>>>> You can book your place on Eventbrite here.

>>> Please note: To give more organisations a fair chance, we are limiting tickets to two per organisation. Many thanks for your understanding.

>> We will provide food and drink. if you have any special dietary requirements please come prepared personally. 

> If you have any questions about this event, please contact Sheila by email. 

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 2nd 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.  

We are very excited to be hosting the 2016 Camden Volunteer Awards at the Camden Centre in King’s Cross on Thursday 24th November 2016 at 6pm.

The evening will be a celebration of the achievements of volunteers across Camden, and each volunteer will receive an Award Certificate. Organisations can nominate up to two individual volunteers or one group of volunteers who they feel most deserve Award Certificates.

There will also be one special award for Outstanding Volunteer of the Year Award for the volunteer who has made an outstanding contribution. This award will be given to a volunteer has gone above and beyond what could be normally expected and/or has got other people to volunteer and support the community. (All volunteers nominated for this award will also receive an Award Certificate.)

We have also added another award for Business Volunteering.

You can nominate your volunteers quickly and easily by filling in this form. And there are just a few things to keep in mind:

• The nominations are open to anyone who volunteers in Camden.
• A separate form needs to be completed for each volunteer you are nominating for an Award Certificate.
• The form should be completed by the organisation where the person has been volunteering.
• The volunteering needs to have taken place within the last year (November 2015-November 2016).
• The deadline for nominations is 5pm on Thursday 27th October 2016. 

Best of luck to all of the nominees! 😉

You can nominate your volunteer/s via this link.

** Please note: This is an invitation-only event for people who have been nominated for awards and the organisations that nominated them. You will receive an invitation to attend. 

This is our January Volunteering Fair – and it’s another big one. Oh yeah.

Once again we are supersizing our fair and joining forces with our good friends @ Volunteer Centre Islington to bring you even more organisations and that many more opportunities to choose from. Nice one!

Come and see us in the heart of King’s Cross at Voluntary Action Islington, 200a Pentonville Road, King’s Cross, N1 9JP on Tuesday 24th January 12-3pm

If you want to volunteer, this is your chance to meet a number of organisations that are looking for volunteers in Camden and Islington. Woohoo!!!

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.  🙂