Up to a point the response to a crisis is, by definition, a reactive one. But here at Voluntary Action Leeds(VAL) we wanted to be able to harness the amazing community spirit that has been so evident in Leeds for the future too – #communitiesCan

The amount of people coming forward to volunteer and sign up to be part of the Community Care Volunteering project has been tremendous, so back in September we applied, and were successful in a bid to The National Lottery Communities Fund.

The project has a number of strands including 7 pilot projects that are being led by the lead hubs in 7 different wards. Another offer that we are also able to roll out is free training for Volunteers and volunteer managers. Courses run up until March 2021 and are either a full day or half day (with plenty of comfort breaks!).

They are booking up fast and a few are already full, but if you are actively volunteering in Leeds or are managing volunteers (or want to), then this may interest you.

The sessions cover different practical aspects of your volunteering or volunteer management experience. You are welcome to book on one or two sessions or book on the full course.

For more info see course details below, you can email training@val.org.uk if you have any questions. Please specify which charity you volunteer for on the enrolment form.

 

Training for Volunteers

Training will run as a half day courses up until March, with a variety of days and time.

The course will cover the 6 topics below:

• Working with a diverse community
• Protecting Peoples’ Privacy
• Keeping yourself Safe
• Professional Boundaries
• Helping People to make Life Changes
• Introduction to Safeguarding

Find out more and book here

 

Training for Volunteer Managers

The Volunteer Managers courses covers the following topics, one full day per course (10 – 3.30pm)

• Organising a Volunteering Programme
• Attracting and Recruiting Volunteers
• Supporting and Supervising Volunteers
• Volunteers and the Law Motivating
• Retaining Volunteers

Find out more and book here

 

Introduction to Zoom

For anyone not familiar with using Zoom we are also offering an ‘Introduction to using Zoom’ course which is a one hour session also listed in the links above.

 

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