The evolution of the Volunteer Centre
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” Charles Darwin There’s a sense that Volunteer Centres...
View ArticleChanging role (not just) for Volunteer Centres
It all started in 2011, with the government Giving White Paper. Nesta, as part of the Innovation in Giving Fund, then announced The Volunteer Centre Programme an opportunity for pioneering Volunteer...
View ArticleThe growing demand for local volunteering support
These are challenging times and communities need to be resilient, pull their resources and work together. Organisations too are feeling a need to change, to create new partnerships, to work differently...
View ArticleVolunteering: time for some joined up thinking… and funding
They all want ‘em! NHS trusts want them, so do health and social care services and what would be really good, would be if some of them, could straddle both (hospital-to-home-to-hospital). It would also...
View ArticleThe human face of quality standards
Quality standards are mainly about people. But they are almost always marketed on the benefits to organisations and, of course, there are many benefits to them. Also quality standards can seem quite...
View ArticleChanging role (not just) for Volunteer Centres
It all started in 2011, with the government Giving White Paper. Nesta, as part of the Innovation in Giving Fund, then announced The Volunteer Centre Programme an opportunity for pioneering Volunteer...
View ArticleThe growing demand for local volunteering support
These are challenging times and communities need to be resilient, pull their resources and work together. Organisations too are feeling a need to change, to create new partnerships, to work differently...
View ArticleVolunteering: time for some joined up thinking… and funding
They all want ‘em! NHS trusts want them, so do health and social care services and what would be really good, would be if some of them, could straddle both (hospital-to-home-to-hospital). It would also...
View ArticleThe human face of quality standards
Quality standards are mainly about people. But they are almost always marketed on the benefits to organisations and, of course, there are many benefits to them. Also quality standards can seem quite...
View ArticleThe evolution of the Volunteer Centre
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” Charles Darwin There’s a sense that Volunteer Centres...
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