VIO eBulletin - January 2010
In this bulletin...
- Need More Volunteers? Student Volunteer Fair - book now / urgently required service
- Volunteering Special Offers! IT Specialists in Web design and Networking
- Funding Update Young People and Refugee grants
- Volunteer Manager's Training Recruiting Volunteers workshop
- Your News Volunteering Survey and FAQs
- Jobs Development Officer at Theatre Nemo
Need More Volunteers?
Do you need more student volunteers?
Glasgow Caledonian University will be holding 2 volunteer recruitment fairs where you can target students on 23rd and 24th February during Student Volunteers’ Week. The “Caledonian Volunteers” event will be heavily promoted to students and is an ideal opportunity to find the volunteers you need. There are only 10 stalls available per day (free of charge) which will be allocated on a first come first serve basis, but the 2 days are ‘themed’. More details/book a stall here.
Urgently Required
If you have a need to recruit volunteers urgently - either for an event or with a deadline set for recruitment, then feel free to ask us to promote this on our urgently required section of the website (subject to availability and not normally for any longer than 2 weeks). This service continues to be very successful in boosting enquiries from potential volunteers.
Have you been in touch with your Volunteer Centre recently?
If you need volunteers then make sure that the Volunteer Centre is up-to-date with your needs and is promoting this appropriately. Call and ask to speak with the Volunteer Organiser in your area to check.
The Volunteer Centre now has a revised range of options for potential volunteers to help them find your opportunities. People considering volunteering can:
- visit our website and view/contact the hundreds of opportunities listed there
- register online and we will email them the most relevant options to consider
- call us to have a telephone appointment
- meet with an adviser to discuss volunteering
Volunteering Special Offers!
A number of people have recently contacted the VC to offer specific skills. They have not been screened by the VC and we would ask that you follow up with your own selection procedures.
- IT Website Specialist - John has 20 years IT/Games Project Management experience and has worked abroad in Singapore and Santa Monica. He is good at designing user friendly websites and has a sound understanding of the skills and principles of computer programming and Microsoft applications. He is taking a break and would like to share his skills with organisations which could benefit from his help. For more details contact jess.kearslake@volunteerglasgow.org
- IT Networking Specialist - John is CCNA qualified. Able to build IT networks and systems from scratch. Able to repair and maintain current systems. Also willing to help out with photo editing. Able to operate all functions of computers. Looking for an organisation who can use his skills and assist him to develop his expertise further. For more details contact helen.taylor@volunteerglasgow.org
- Accountant/Finance Officer - Kenneth has extensive experience in accounting from his native Pakistan and looking to gain more experience in the field, here in Glasgow. Very good IT and business skills, bilingual in Urdu and English. For more details contact alistair.malloy@volunteerglasgow.org
Funding Update
Funding Extra is an excellent digest of funding sources available to the voluntary sector in Glasgow. The Glasgow Equality Networks Forum updates this weekly.
Young Roots offers grants of between £3,000 and £25,000. The scheme aims to involve 13-20 year-olds (up to 25 for those with special needs) in finding out about their heritage, developing skills, building confidence and promoting community involvement. No deadline for applications.
The Hilden Charitable Fund makes grants to projects that address disadvantages, notably by supporting causes which are less likely to raise funds from public monies. In particular, the Fund wants to support projects that address homelessness; asylum seekers and refugees; Community based initiatives for disadvantaged young people; Penal Affairs. Deadline 29th January.
The Friends Provident Foundation makes grants of up to £200,000 to not-for profit organisations for projects that address financial exclusion within disadvantaged communities. Deadline 12th February.
Volunteer Manager’s Training
Recruiting Volunteers, Volunteer Centre Glasgow, 18th February
Introduction to Volunteer Management, VDS Stirling, 23rd February
Your News
Modernising Volunteering Survey
Volunteer Development Scotland are conducting a survey into the challenges organisations face in managing their volunteers and managing their volunteer practices. VDS would appreciate it if organisations would contribute about the challenges they are facing, the modernising approaches they are putting in place and the difference this is making.
Strengthening relations between paid staff and volunteers
Volunteering England and the TUC have just published 'A Charter for strengthening relations between paid staff and volunteers'. Its starting point is that volunteering plays an essential role in the economic and social fabric of the UK. There is also an excellent accompanying document with FAQs about volunteering in relation to the law and benefits.
Jobs
Development Officer, Theatre Nemo, Glasgow £28,000, Closing 12th Feb.
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