Volunteering England Launch ‘Good Practice Bank’ – 04 Jun 07
Volunteering England, the agency tasked with developing volunteering and volunteer management throughout England, have announced the launch of the sport section of their ‘Good Practice Bank’.
Devoted to helping clubs and other organisations to manage volunteers, there is a wealth of information on the site, including top tips, news articles and useful documents.
The ‘Good Practice Bank’ can be found here.
Volunteer ‘Blog’ Goes Live – 29 May 07
As part of Volunteers’ Week (1st – 7th June), Sport England have launched a new blog to get people’s views on sports volunteering. They want to find out what makes people do it? What do they enjoy about it? What’s the best – and worst – things about being a sports volunteer?
If you are interested in contributing to the blog, or, just want to hear what other people think about volunteering, why not log on to the Sport England volunteering blog.
‘Hands Up! For Sports Volunteering’ Conference – 28 May 07
Sports Volunteering North West, an organisation tasked with representing volunteers and the voluntary sector in sport and physical activity in the North West is hosting a conference to provide volunteers and volunteer coordinators with the latest information on the key volunteering issues and help them to develop action plans to improve and extend the impact that volunteers have within their sport.
Speakers from major national volunteering organisations will be joined by regional volunteers leading on good practice and a wide range of organisations offering support to sports volunteers. The event will be held at City of Manchester Stadium on Saturday 9th June. More information is available from the Sports Volunteering NW website.
To book your place, please contact Helen Hardy, Sports Volunteering NW Event Administrator on 01434 611982 or helen@r-evolution.co.uk.
Volunteers’ Week: June 1st : June 7th – 27 May 07
Volunteers’ Week is a series of events organised by Volunteering England to celebrate the contribution of volunteers, both within and outside of sport. As part of this week, there are a number of resources available to help recognise and reward volunteers, which may be of use to clubs, visit the Volunteering England website for further details.
If you or your club are doing anything to mark Volunteers’ Week 2007, please let us know, either by e-mail or on 0870 998 6735. If you have any good news stories or interesting information, we will be keen to hear from you.
Volunteering England are also happy to provide free advice on any aspect of volunteer management, something which may be of interest to any Volunteer Coordinators within clubs. For further details, call the Volunteering England team on 0800 028 3304.
UKA Volunteer Web Pages – 01 May 07
UK Athletics have today (1st May), launched the new Volunteers section of the UK Athletics website
This section will aim to provide information for volunteers, clubs and other interested individuals. Over time, a number of resources will be developed, to ensure that the experience of volunteering in athletics is as positive as possible.
If you have any thoughts on what you would like to see in this section, please let us know, either by e-mail, or by phone, on 0870 998 6735.