Volunteer Management and Peer Support

Volunteer Management and Peer Support (all day in person) training course

Volunteer Management & Peer Support

Who should attend:

This in person course is aimed at volunteer managers and co-ordinators or anyone with responsibility for managing volunteers. This is a one day course delivered in person in a classroom setting at Community Resource Shrewsbury Business Park 4 The Creative Quarter Shrewsbury SY2 6LG.

Overview:

This is an ideal course for busy volunteer co-ordinators who wish to gain knowledge of best practice and how to apply it. The day will also provide opportunities to network and share information. This course will cover:

• Developing a volunteering programme

• Recruitment and selection

• Support and supervision

• Retention of volunteers

Outcomes:

At the end of this course participants will:

• Understand effective recruitment methods including targeted volunteer recruitment strategies to meet organisational needs

• Learn the very latest best practice in all aspects of volunteer management including the law

• Understand how to deal with difficult situations and how to best support and manage volunteers

• Be able to use tools to motivate and retain volunteers long term

This accredited training is organised by the Voluntary and Community Support Team at Community Resource, delivered in partnership with Support Staffordshire, Telford and Wrekin Community Services and funded by the National Lottery Community Fund. This training is designed to support community groups, voluntarily organisations and volunteers across Shropshire Telford and Wrekin only.

Please do not book onto this course if you are not volunteering or working within these areas as your registration will be cancelled/removed.

Additional sessions, including in‑person training, will be offered throughout the year, so please keep an eye on our Eventbrite page for new opportunities.

Spaces are limited to two per organisation, however we do offer a waiting list facility. So, if you are unable to attend, please could you let us know as soon as possible via email so we can then offer your place to someone else.

If you have any queries please regarding this event please contact the Team by email: [email protected]

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