Skills, training and development

Do you experience challenges in recruiting and retaining volunteers? Are you finding that the traditional ways of doing things are less effective than they were? Could you do with some ‘easy wins’ and fresh ideas to help inspire you? Over the last few months members of Norfolk & Waveney Vision for Volunteering have been meeting to address what best practice looks like, and how organisations may need to change their ways of recruiting and recognising volunteers. This partnership of local delivery and support organisations from the voluntary and community sector, community-focused local government officers and other volunteer involving organisations have researched and developed Supporting Volunteers – a guide for smaller organisations . The process has been supported by Voluntary Norfolk and Norfolk County Council. Free copies of the guide are now available from Health Information Leaflet Service where you can order multiple copies and they will be delivered to a convenient location. An accessible pdf can be accessed via the button below.

The latest episode of Volunteering Discovery introduces Jurgen Grotz, Director of the Institute of Volunteering Research UEA Norwich to discuss the collaborative journey of evaluating the Volunteering for Health programme in Norfolk and Waveney.

The latest episode of Volunteering Discovery introduces Get Involved Skills – our new online training platform launched as part of the Volunteering for Health programme. This innovative platform hosted by Voluntary Norfolk is designed to make high-quality, inclusive training more accessible for volunteers, those that manage them and voluntary sector professionals. 🎧 In the episode: Laura Holland at Voluntary Norfolk shares the vision behind the platform and how it supports learning across the sector. Lynn Fanning at NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (ICB) explains how bespoke training is being delivered to empower volunteers and carers with practical skills and confidence.