
How effective are your volunteering strategies?
The online conference will explore how the pandemic has impacted volunteering – looking at challenges, opportunities and the future outlook – and will provide guidance to support best practice volunteer strategies and management.
It will also look at changes to employment law and how it applies to volunteers, including key HR processes, avoiding common pitfalls and duty of care.
Further sessions will provide top tips for making the most of your volunteer workforce and driving engagement, performance and reliability.
The conference will also assess strategies and tools for improving diversity and inclusion in volunteering, and consider how to address barriers to D&I in your organisation.
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What’s on the agenda?
- How has the face of volunteering changed in 2020?
- Tapping into community and social opportunities for attracting volunteers
- Future proofing your volunteering strategies
- Best practice management and retention
- Employment Law and HR essentials post-Brexit
- Boosting diversity and inclusion in your volunteer workforce
The conference will take place via an online conference platform with plenty of opportunity for discussion, questions and networking.
Agenda
- 09.55
- Welcome
- 10.00
Preparing for the future of volunteer management after COVID-19
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Rob JacksonConsultant
- Lessons from the pandemic
- What this means for the future of volunteer engagement
- Opportunities and challenges in the next few months
Group Discussion: How has Covid-19 changed volunteering in your organisation and what needs doing to be ready for life after the pandemic?
- 11.15
- Break
- 11.30
Employment Law and volunteers post-Brexit
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David Head MBAFounder and Consultant, CITOC
- What does Brexit mean for volunteering?
- Key HR processes and avoiding common legal pitfalls
- Data protection and cyber security essentials
- Your responsibilities and Duty of care
- 12.30
Increasing diversity and inclusion in your volunteer workforce
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Lakechia JeanneBioMed and MPH Scientist. Founder at GirlsInScience.co.uk
- Millennial and Gen z work participation: Attitudes and outlook of the upcoming workforce
- Attracting diversity
- Conversations on inclusion
- 13.15
- Break
- 13.45
Planning, recruiting and retaining your volunteerforce
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Carol CarbineTrainer, Facilitator, Visual Coach and Volunteering Specialist
- Volunteerforce planning – getting clarity about your future needs
- Recruitment approaches – the right approach for the right role
- Flexible opportunities – the challenge and the commitment require
- Volunteer Retention – past, present and future
- 14.30
Getting the most out of your volunteers
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David Head MBAFounder and Consultant, CITOC
- How can you engage your volunteers?
- How can we improve productivity and performance?
- Tackling challenges around reliability and commitment
- The importance of feedback and how to effectively obtain
- 15.15
Group discussion
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Carol CarbineTrainer, Facilitator, Visual Coach and Volunteering Specialist
Impact, inspiration and motivation – what do they mean to you?
- 15.30
- End of conference
Speakers

Carol Carbine

David Head MBA

Lakechia Jeanne
