Volunteer Ireland is delighted to be working on an exciting Erasmus+ project to extend the knowledge, understanding and availability of Family Volunteering opportunities.
Earlier this year we carried out research across the six partner countries and we look forward to sharing this information with you, we’ll explore what we’ve learnt, the barriers, the trends and explore some of the options of how you can get involved as a volunteer or volunteer involving organisation (VIO).
Over the coming months, we will be developing resources and toolkits to help volunteer involving organisations better understand and manage family volunteering. On the webinar, we’ll be launching our pilot projects and we’ll be looking to partner and support a number of VIOs to pilot family volunteering projects in their organisations.
The project is implemented in partnership with: Pro Vobis (Romania) Volunteer Ireland (Ireland), Hrvatski centar za razvoj volonterstva (Croatia), Freiwilligen-Zentrum Augsburg (Germany), Vestre Aker Frivilligsentral (Norway) and the Centre for European Volunteering (Belgium).
This course will be run as an online webinar on Zoom and is free to attend. Facilitator: Stuart Garland
(This session was previously delivered on Monday 9 November)
Register to attend our Family Volunteering webinar
Many challenges face Volunteer Involving Organisations, primarily these are around the delivery of face-to-face services by volunteers. While you may be exploring alternative forms of volunteering such as virtual volunteering you should now take the time to also explore delivering your volunteer training online.
Volunteer Involving Organisations are now looking at alternative ways to “on board” their volunteers without the need for them to do this in a group face-to-face setting. In this session we’ll explore a series of tips and tricks that will help you maximise the engagement and effectiveness of your online training.
This webinar is delivered via the Zoom platform
Trainer: Stuart Garland
Grab a cuppa and join your fellow Volunteer Managers for our digital give and get.
Join the team at Volunteer Ireland when we take a coffee break and informally chat about all things volunteering. P lease note that these small groups will be participant-led, so please come prepared to share and ask questions.
This online event is aimed at all Volunteer Managers (paid and unpaid, from Ireland and overseas). The Coffee Breaks takes place online using the Zoom platform.
These online sessions take place every second Friday at 11.00 (GMT)
Register now (limited numbers per session to ensure everyone gets to interact!). You can register for multiple events now, you will get reminders before the event.
Join our 3-hour interactive training and learning with colleagues from across Europe. The impact of volunteering on the social inclusion of young people will be explored and we can learn about the challenges facing organisations and these can be overcome.
This is a new training developed by European volunteer development organisations and co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.
Session Objectives
- Be familiar with the Making it Matter project and its overall goal
- Understand what the definition of a disadvantaged young person is
- Be able to identify the benefits of volunteering for volunteers and organisations
- Have explored ways to recruit young disadvantaged volunteers and the capacity needs of organisations
- Consider the barriers young disadvantaged people face when volunteering
- Create an action plan for your own organisation to include disadvantaged young people as volunteers
Trainer: Stuart Garland
The health check workshop will help you identify the policies and practices to be put in place to demonstrate good practice within your volunteer programme. Based on Investing in Volunteers (IiV), the national quality standard for volunteer management, the session will introduce you to the IiV standards and accreditation process and give you the opportunity to get started on your organisation’s IiV self-assessment. This workshop is suitable for all organisations interested in implementing best practice within their volunteer programme and for those looking to learn more about the IiV standards and accreditation process.
This webinar will be hosted on Zoom, details will be sent when you register.
This course is scheduled to take place again on Tuesday 12 October 2021, you can book a ticket for that e-learning if you wish.
Trainer: Terri O’Brien
In this webinar, we’ll explore the fundamentals of identify training needs and show you how to complete a Training Needs Analysis of your current volunteers. Upon completion of the webinar, you will be able to decide what training may be required and what courses will best suit the needs of your volunteers.
Many volunteer retention problems originate in poor orientation and training of volunteers to perform the tasks assigned. This session will focus on training beyond orientation and induction.
Our other training the Fundamentals of Training Volunteers online will look at delivering online training.
Trainer: Stuart Garland
Grab a cuppa and join your fellow Volunteer Managers for our digital give and get.
Join the team at Volunteer Ireland when we take a coffee break and informally chat about all things volunteering. P lease note that these small groups will be participant-led, so please come prepared to share and ask questions.
This online event is aimed at all Volunteer Managers (paid and unpaid, from Ireland and overseas). The Coffee Breaks takes place online using the Zoom platform.
These online sessions take place every second Friday at 11.00 (GMT)
Register now (limited numbers per session to ensure everyone gets to interact!). You can register for multiple events now, you will get reminders before the event.
In this webinar, we will take you through the fundamentals of Garda Vetting, who needs to be vetted and who doesn’t? At the end of this session, you will have oversight of the legislation and the practical steps of Garda Vetting volunteers (and employees) correctly and legally within your organisation.
Topics covered will include:
- Legal requirements for Vetting – who needs to be vetted, who doesn’t?
- How to register for Garda Vetting
- How to complete forms correctly and use the online system
- How to assess which roles get vetted in your organisation
- Avoiding common mistakes
This course is delivered on multiple dates, please check the training calendar for other dates.
Grab a cuppa and join your fellow Volunteer Managers for our digital give and get.
Join the team at Volunteer Ireland when we take a coffee break and informally chat about all things volunteering. P lease note that these small groups will be participant-led, so please come prepared to share and ask questions.
This online event is aimed at all Volunteer Managers (paid and unpaid, from Ireland and overseas). The Coffee Breaks takes place online using the Zoom platform.
These online sessions take place every second Friday at 11.00 (GMT)
Register now (limited numbers per session to ensure everyone gets to interact!). You can register for multiple events now, you will get reminders before the event.
Grab a cuppa and join your fellow Volunteer Managers for our digital give and get.
Join the team at Volunteer Ireland when we take a coffee break and informally chat about all things volunteering. P lease note that these small groups will be participant-led, so please come prepared to share and ask questions.
This online event is aimed at all Volunteer Managers (paid and unpaid, from Ireland and overseas). The Coffee Breaks takes place online using the Zoom platform.
These online sessions take place every second Friday at 11.00 (GMT)
Register now (limited numbers per session to ensure everyone gets to interact!). You can register for multiple events now, you will get reminders before the event.
