People Powered: Follow-up information
Links, contacts and further reading for the People Powered conference, 19 April 2018
The People Powered conference was co-hosted by Living Sport and Hunts Forum, and funded by Huntingdonshire District Council.
Training
Click here for the upcoming training workshops hosted by Support Cambridgeshire and its partner organisations, Hunts Forum and Cambridge CVS. Most training is free for Hunts Forum and CCVS members. See CCVS’s full programme of training for volunteer managers here, and further resources here.
National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
Our keynote speaker was Shaun Delaney, Volunteering Development Manager at NCVO. They champion the voluntary sector by connecting, representing and supporting voluntary organisations, and work to help voluntary organisations and volunteers make the biggest difference they can. Find out more here.
Read the NCVO Getting Involved 2017 report here. This includes lots of fascinating statistics on who, where, why and how people volunteer in the UK.
Recruiting volunteers
This workshop was led by Keith Smith, Founder & Director of Ferry Project.
The Do-it website connects volunteers with volunteering opportunities, based on location, availability and activity type.
Read NCVO’s guide to recruiting volunteers here.
Supporting volunteers
This workshop was led by Mark Strivens, Director, Street Pastors Cambridge.
Read the Charity Commission’s advice on managing risks here.
Cambridgeshire County Council’s guidance on adult safeguarding is here, with a straightforward introduction here.
Model policies for volunteering (including recruitment, volunteer agreement and complaints policies) are available here.
NCVO’s guide to managing and retaining volunteers is here and includes a section on dealing with problems or issues with volunteers.
Rewarding volunteers
This workshop was led by Susie Willis, Chief Executive Officer, Care Network.
See the flip-chart notes from the conference here.
NCVO’s guide to managing and retaining volunteers is here and includes a section on recognition and reward.
Find out about Cambridgeshire’s Spice Credits volunteer reward scheme.
Find out more about Volunteers’ Week (1-7 June) here.
Micro-volunteering
This workshop was led by Lucy Bird, Somersham and Pidley Time Bank Coordinator.
Read Support Cambridgeshire’s introduction to Time Banks here.
Read NCVO’s guide to micro-volunteering here.
Living Sport
Our final speaker was Rebecca Evans, Relationship Manager at Living Sport.
Here’s what people are saying about People Powered:
It reinforced the importance of keeping in contact with our wonderful volunteers. Brilliant workshops with lots of ideas to use.
Good crowd, and an excellent keynote speaker.
Excellent insight provided into how to recruit volunteers.
We had an enjoyable & interesting day. No matter how much one has learnt over the years, there is always more to learn!
