Big Event 2015 Brochure

SHAKE IT UP:Fresh Approaches to Volunteering

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2 July 2015

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SpeakUp Forum is delighted thatyou are joining us for our 7thBig Event, Shake it Up:Fresh Approaches toVolunteering! Pleasecome in, grab a cup oftea and make yourselfcomfortable.

With the increasingdemand for volunteers,volunteer recruitmentremains one of the topthree challenges that localorganisations face. Can thischallenge be met or have we reacheda peak in East Sussex? Today we will explore different waysto grow and strengthen your volunteer base.

On the next few pages, you will find all the information youneed for today’s event, including the programme and venuelayout. If you have questions throughout the day, justapproach one of our helpful volunteers in the reception area orwhen you see them around the venue.

Many thanks to UK Charity Insurance, our headline sponsorfor this year’s Big Event. UK Charity Insurance will deliver amaster class this afternoon and are available for a chatthroughout the day.

Please make sure to complete a feedback form before youleave today so that we can continue to improve the Big Event.

Thank you for being part of the Big Event 2015. We hope youenjoy an information-filled day!

Miriam Wilkinson & Anke ThurmSpeakUp Forum Team

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E9:00 ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION

9:00 ADVICE FAIR (Ground Floor)

11:15 CONFERENCE (Hardwick Suite - Level 3)

Opening SpeechKristen StephensonVolunteering Development Manager, NCVO

Micro-volunteeringLearn how this could benefit your organisation and potential volunteers.Kristen Stephenson, NCVO

Supported VolunteeringWays to involve a more diverse range of volunteers.Angie Lowe, Hastings Furniture Service (HFS)

Good Neighbours & Community InvolvementWhat works locally, what are the barriers and challenges and what could work for your organisation?Teresa Gittins, Action in Rural Sussex (AirS)

Successful Volunteer RecruitmentTips to attract more people to your organisation.Lee Shepherd, Volunteer Centre East Sussex (VCES)

1:15 LUNCH & NETWORKING (Hardwick Suite - Level 3)

2:15 MASTER CLASSES (Levels 2 & 3)Micro-volunteering (Spencer Suite)Supported Volunteering (Spencer Suite)Successful Volunteer Recruitment (Hardwick Suite)Good Neighbours & Community Involvement(discussion group) (Spencer Room)Managing the ‘People’ Risk – Getting it Right(Spencer Suite)

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IR3VAAction in rural Sussex (AirS)Active SussexAge Concern EastbourneAutism SussexCare for the CarersChances4ChangeComputers for CharitiesCUPP and Active StudentEast Sussex Access Groups East Sussex Community Voice and Healthwatch East SussexEast Sussex County Council

ChoicESEast Sussex 1 Space and Support with ConfidenceFunding Advice and East Sussex in Figures

East Sussex Disability AssociationESFRS Volunteer Scheme/Health & Wellbeing Visits ProjectEast Sussex Hearing Resource CentreEastbourne Advice NetworkEastbourne Talking NewspaperFurniture Now!Hastings Voluntary Action (HVA)Julie Eason Consulting and Bid WizardsLawson Lewis Blakers SolicitorsMcCrudden TrainingNational Council of Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)Reid Briggs Insurance BrokersRother Voluntary Action (RVA)Rotherfield St MartinSEAPSouthdown Housing and HomeworksSPARKSpeakUp ForumSussex Community Development Association (SCDA) and

Neighbourhood Health Champion SchemeSussex Police (Police Support Volunteers)thebestof EastbourneUK Charity Insurance (Big Event 2015 sponsor)Volunteer Centre East Sussex (VCES)WOW Exchange

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Working in partnership with ESFRS.

The Health and Wellbeing Visits Project

To find out more about this or othervolunteering opportunities, please visitwww.healthandwellbeingproject.org orcontact us on 01323 462 437 or [email protected].

Covering East Sussex andBrighton & Hove, trainedvolunteers visit people intheir own homes to talkabout their health andwellbeing, offer advice

and information and putthem in touch with the

most appropriate sourceof help.

This project is funded by the Department of Health.

Helping to reduce health inequalities for vulnerable older people

www.vces.org.ukOur new website offers lots of advice and a growing

number of FREE resources developed specifically for theneeds of the local groups.

The way you can advertise volunteering opportunitiesonline (via the Do-it website) is changing. Check out our

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We are a specialist consulting and training group working with governmentdepartments, NGOs, individuals and local communities.

"Infinite service to the present, infinite responsibility to the future."

T: 07557 943 289 E: [email protected]

Strategic and Business PlanningFacilitation & Training

Sector-wide Project ManagementManagement & Leadership Coaching and Supervision

Person Centred Organisational DevelopmentOrganisational Evaluation and Review

Board Governance Training & Mentoring360° Performance ReviewsOnline Course Development

Business Coaching & MentoringManagement & Human Resources

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&Opening SpeechKristen Stephenson, Volunteer Management and Good PracticeManager, NCVOBlog: blogs.ncvo.org.uk/author/kristen-stephensonEmail: [email protected] Twitter: @KristenVols

Kristen has worked extensively with organisations across thecountry on volunteering-related topics. She is interested in raisingthe profile of volunteer management as a profession and developingapproaches that can help volunteering deliver results for people,organisations and communities. Kristen will share a number ofexamples, including hands-on resources that can be used todevelop new ways of working. Kristen will also introduce the topic ofmicro-volunteering.

Micro-volunteeringAuthor of Giving a little time: A practical guide to exploring anddeveloping the potential of micro-volunteering for your organisation,Kristen has collaborated with colleagues at the Institute forVolunteering Research and with many organisations across thecountry on understanding and developing micro-volunteering.

Supported VolunteeringAngie Lowe, Support Worker at Hastings Furniture Service (HFS)Website: www.hfs.org.ukEmail: [email protected]

Angie has years of experience engaging with volunteers fromdiverse backgrounds and with diverse abilities, who helped HFSgrow as an organisation and improve the support it gives to localcommunities.

Theresa Hodge, SENDPO (South East Network of DisabledPeople’s Organisations) and Equal Access ConsultancyWebsites: www.sendpo.org and www.eaconsultancy.co.ukEmail: [email protected]

Theresa has been working in the field of disability for over 25 years.She is an experienced equalities trainer and researcher and hasworked with and for a number of voluntary and public sectororganisations. In her consultancy role she helps organisations findreasonable and practical ways of ensuring that services are user-friendly to disabled people, especially regarding employment andvolunteering. In her role with SENDPO, Theresa manages a network10

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Good Neighbours & Community InvolvementFour East Sussex-based organisations will speak of their experiencein supporting local communities to develop the good neighboursinitiative. They will share what works, as well as the barriers andchallenges they have encountered. Working in different areas acrossthe county, including rural, urban and semi-urban settings, eachorganisation has trialled different approaches. They all currentlydeliver the pilot programme called Building Stronger Bridges.

Jan Cutting, Head of Services and Projects, Rother Voluntary Action(RVA) Website: www.rva.uk.comEmail: [email protected]

Teresa Gittins, Deputy Chief Executive and Head of Services, Actionin rural Sussex (AirS)Website: www.ruralsussex.org.ukEmail: [email protected]

Linda Warner, Community Development Project Manager, AgeConcern EastbourneWebsite: www.ageconcerneastbourne.org.ukEmail: [email protected]

Peter Sutcliffe, Project Development Worker (Hailsham), SussexCommunity Development Association (SCDA)Website: www.sussexcommunity.org.uk/hailshamEmail: [email protected]

Successful Volunteer RecruitmentLee Shepherd, Volunteering Development Officer, Volunteer CentreEast Sussex (VCES)Website: www.vces.org.ukEmail: [email protected]: @VolCenES

Lee has over 20 years’ experience working with volunteer centres,volunteer managers and volunteering programmes in London and theSouth East. In this presentation, Lee will share tips on attracting morepeople to your organisation, including some of the most commonmistakes and simple ideas that can make a real difference.

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Your pre-booked master class (as indicated on your namebadge) will give you the opportunity to learn more on the topicof your choice. You’ll learn some top tips, hear about availableresources and toolkits and discuss the topic with our expertspeakers.

Four of the master classes are linked directly to the morningpresentations, which are:• Micro-volunteering • Supported Volunteering • Successful Volunteer Recruitment• Good Neighbours & Community Involvement (discussion

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Additionally, the fifth master class will be delivered by the BigEvent 2015 headline sponsor, UK Charity Insurance:

Managing the ‘People’ Risk – Getting it RightNeil Franklin, Managing Director, UK Charity Insurance

Website: www.ukcharityinsurance.co.ukEmail: [email protected]

“It was all fine until we started working with people” – howmany times have you heard, or even used, that phrase? Thething is, while having the potential to be your greatest asset,your people are also capable of causing both the mostproblems and the most damage. If you work with volunteers,you need to understand both the responsibilities and risks theybring to your organisation.

As experts in the third sector, UK Charity Insurance’s masterclass will help organisations consider the implications ofrecruiting staff and engaging volunteers. You’ll come away witha clear understanding of your role and an action plan formanaging or reducing the risks to give you the best chance ofmaking volunteering work most effectively for you. In addition,you’ll be guided through the roles and responsibilities ofperhaps the most crucial of volunteers – the trustee –exploring the impact on them as individuals and theorganisation if they fail to fulfil their roles effectively.14

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Micro-volunteering

For a full list of resources and useful links, visit the new micro-volunteering page (live later this summer) on VolunteerCentre East Sussex’s website at www.vces.org.uk.

Help from Home serves as a directory of non-profit run micro-volunteering actions in an effort to promote and encourageindividuals and the voluntary sector to embrace the concept.Help from Home also act as a repository of information in themicro-volunteering arena, connecting the dots and sharinginformation with volunteer-involving organisations so that theyare not organising micro-volunteering activities and events inisolation of one another.

Check out Help from Home’s Microvolunteering Action Ideason their website at www.helpfromhome.org, which covers 16different causes.

SpeakUp and Volunteer Centre East Sussex have agreed afantastic offer of free support from Help from Home. MikeBright, Founder, is happy to talk to organisations about themicro-volunteering concept. For more information, pleaseemail [email protected].

Go to NCVO’s blogs.ncvo.org.uk - search for KristenStephenson’s Giving a Little Time: A practical guide toexploring and developing the potential of micro-volunteering foryour organisation.

Visit knowhownonprofit.org and search for How to Set up aMicrovolunteering Project.

skillsforchange.com is a useful website where you can seethe skilled online micro-tasks that other organisations ask for.Sign up to view.

Read a brief article about the Southwark Hour initiative atwww.volunteercentres.org.uk and search for#SouthwarkHour – Give a little time, make a big difference.16

Supported Volunteering

Volunteer Centre East SussexEssential Guide to Recruiting Diverse Volunteershttp://www.vces.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Essential-Guide-to-Recruiting-Diverse-Volunteers.pdf

Comprehensive information and a number of resources are available onVolunteering England’s website (part of NCVO) atwww.volunteering.org.uk - search ‘Supported Volunteering’.

Go to www.scope.org.uk and search for SCOPE’sTop 10 Tips to IncludeDisabled Volunteers.

Volunteer Recruitment

Volunteer Centre East Sussex guides and advice are available atwww.vces.org.uk/organisations/recruit/

Do-It, the national online volunteering opportunities website, is available toadvertise free local opportunities at www.do-it.org.

SpeakUp Forum is the countywide representation forum forthe voluntary and community sector in East Sussex.We bring together chief executives and senior staff fromcountywide organisations, networks and the local CVSs(Councils for Voluntary Services). We support them indeveloping effective relationships with the public sector andrepresenting the voluntary sector at key decision-making andstrategic meetings at county level. We work towards achievinga strong, informed and influential voluntary sector in EastSussex.

Sitting on 21 countywide partnerships, our 28 SpeakUprepresentatives are chief executives, senior managers orchairs from voluntary and community sector organisations thatwork in East Sussex. The representatives do not onlyrepresent their own organisations but derive knowledge from awider section of the sector. The Forum meets bi-monthly todiscuss issues, exchange information and prepare for keypartnerships. Representatives also communicate regularly bye-mail and meet in working groups to address specific issuesor topics. To learn more visit our website atwww.speakupforum.org.uk, find us at the Advice Fair orspeak to one of our representatives present on the day.

The Big EventSpeakUp annually organises the Big Event to address relevanttopics and changes affecting the voluntary sector in EastSussex. The largest voluntary sector conference in the countyis accompanied by an Advice Fair and master classes, as wellas networking opportunities. SpeakUp Forum has beenorganising the Big Event for thelast seven years. Since itsbeginning in 2009, it has grown insize and popularity, and is nowreaching up to 200 delegates andhosts around 40 organisations atits Advice Fair.

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We would sincerely like tothank UK CharityInsurance for sponsoringthe Big Event this year!

We also want to expressour gratitude and thanksto our fantasticvolunteers, both thosewho have supported theBig Event for years nowand those who havenewly joined our team. Wecouldn’t have done this withoutyou!

We are very grateful to all of our talented and knowledgeablecolleagues who have made the event what it is. Amongstthose, our speakers, master class facilitators and Advice Fairexhibitors.

A big thumbs up and thank you to Help from Home for sharingwith us their knowledge on micro-volunteering.

Special thanks to our SpeakUp representatives, East SussexCounty Council (ESCC) and SpeakUp Forum funder, PaulRideout, Third Sector Manager at ESCC, who are all bigsupporters of the event.

Thank you to everyone else who has given advice and supportthroughout the process of organising and running this event.

We hope you enjoyed the Big Event 2015 – Shake it Up:Fresh Approaches to Volunteering.

See you next year!

Miriam & Anke

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