One Road or Many Paths? Andy Coppins Caroline Berrill Jacqui Story Martine Hesketh Different ways to access volunteers in the city.

One Road or Many Paths?

Andy Coppins

Caroline Berrill

Jacqui Story

Martine Hesketh

Different ways to access volunteers in the city

Agenda

• Introduction

• Questions?

• What each service offers

• Open floor for questions

Andy CoppinsVolunteering Manager:

Nottingham Trent University

Accessing volunteers – staff and students

Employee Volunteering

• Volunteering in Schools• Right to Read• Number Partners• Breakfast Club

• Volunteering in the community• Team Challenges• Community volunteering

• Volunteering in Governance• School Governors• Charity Trustees

- Schools Volunteering- Community Volunteering- Sports Volunteering- International Volunteering

www.ntu.ac.uk/volunteering

Nottingham Trent Volunteering

Schools Volunteering

Gives students the opportunity to create their own, or take part in existing voluntary projects, delivered in local schools or colleges.

Community Volunteering

Brokerage scheme for local not-for-profit organisations

www.ntu.ac.uk/volunteering

Nottingham Trent Volunteering

Sports Volunteering

•Sports coaching in schools•Supporting sporting events & activities

International Volunteering

•Little Johns House - Romania•Balls to Poverty – South Africa•Rosie May Home – Sri Lanka•East African Playgrounds – Uganda•Education for the Children – Guatemala•Me to We - India

http://www.trentstudents.org/volunteering

NTSU Volunteering

Nottingham Trent Student’s Union

Student Volunteering

Student Committee – organise student led projects with community organisations

Caroline BerrillVolunteering Development

Officer:

NCVS Volunteer Service

Finding you volunteers

We help groups find volunteers by advertising opportunities in our drop-in centre, online and at community events.

We also help individuals to volunteer by

•Talking through what they’d like to do or achieve•Matching their skills to opportunities•Introducing them to organisations

Nottingham Skillsbank An online bank of volunteers for organisations looking for specialist help.

Helping people to volunteer their skills on a low commitment/short term basis

Employee volunteering

We have connections with employers to notify them and their workforce of voluntary opportunities through newsletters, meetings and info stalls at workplaces.

Jacqui StoreyProject Manager, Community

Partnerships Team:

Tuesday 14 October 14NCVS Annual Event

UniversityofNottingham

Accessing Volunteers

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Academic-related Volunteers • IT Community Consultants

• Communicating Nutrition

• 3rd Sector Consultancy Challenge

• Undergraduate Community Internship Programme

• Politics Research

• Community History Project

• Chinese Culture Sharing

Tuesday 14 October NCVS Annual Event 16

Paid Placements

• Post Graduate Research with social enterprises (no cost to organisations)

• Summer Community Internships (contribution required from organisations)

Tuesday 14 October NCVS Annual Event 17

Staff Volunteering

• Skillsbank

• Supporting students on Academic-related projects

• Group projects

Martine HeskethVolunteering Manager:

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