The Future of Volunteering: Challenges, Opportunities, and Vision
The Future of
Volunteering
Setting the scene:
what does volunteering
look like locally?
What are the challenges and
opportunities around
volunteering in the local area and
your organisation?
The Vision for Volunteering is a
movement to create a diverse,
innovative, ambitious, equitable
and person-centred future for
volunteering.
https://youtu.be/xumeJL-GR7U
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Awareness and appreciation
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Power
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Equity and inclusion
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Collaboration
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Experimentation
The Vision for Volunteering tackles five key themes:
(see guidance sheets)
What do these themes mean to
you, in relation to volunteering in
your organisation?
Plot and plan
Using the graphs, plot your current
volunteering situation.
Everyone volunteers
Noone volunteers
Feel underappreciated
Feel appreciated
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Feel powerful
Feel powerless
Are led
Are leading
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Equitable
Inequitable
Inaccessible
Accessible
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Innovative
Traditional
Rigid and bureaucratic
Flexible and trusting
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Highly collaborative
Uncollaborative
Top-down approach
Community-led approach
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What is the best way to
move this forward?
What first steps will you take to
start working towards the actions
you have identified?
Who needs to be involved in
conversations?
How can you ensure that volunteers
are at the centre of discussions?
What inspires you about
the future of volunteering?
Next steps
Find out more
•
Sign up to the mailing list
:
visionforvolunteering.org.uk/newsletter
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:
@VisionForVol
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:
@VisionForVolunteering
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:
facebook.com/visionforvolunteering
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:
linkedin.com/company/vision-for-volunteering
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Get in touch
:
visionforvolunteering.org.uk/contact-us
(5 mins)
• Welcome everyone to the session
• Introduce yourself and the purpose of the session
• Briefly let participants know how their contribution will be used and valued
• Encourage participants to introduce themselves to everyone on their table, with their name and organisation (if relevant)
• If you want to include an icebreaker, you could ask people what their favourite thing about volunteering is or a similar question
Explore the future of volunteering, including local perspectives, challenges, opportunities, and a vision for a diverse, innovative, and equitable volunteering landscape. Dive into key themes such as awareness, power, equity, collaboration, and experimentation to reflect on and improve volunteering practices in your organization.
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The Future of Volunteering
Setting the scene: what does volunteering look like locally?
What are the challenges and opportunities around volunteering in the local area and your organisation?
The Vision for Volunteering is a movement to create a diverse, innovative, ambitious, equitable and person-centred future for volunteering.
The Vision for Volunteering tackles five key themes: (see guidance sheets) Awareness and appreciation Power Equity and inclusion Collaboration Experimentation
What do these themes mean to you, in relation to volunteering in your organisation?
Plot and plan Using the graphs, plot your current volunteering situation.
Awareness and Appreciation Everyone volunteers Noone volunteers Feel appreciated Feel underappreciated
Power Feel powerful Feel powerless Are led Are leading
Equity and Inclusion Equitable Inequitable Inaccessible Accessible
Experimentation Innovative Traditional Rigid and bureaucratic Flexible and trusting
Collaboration Highly collaborative Uncollaborative Top-down approach Community-led approach
What is the best way to move this forward?
What first steps will you take to start working towards the actions you have identified? Who needs to be involved in conversations? How can you ensure that volunteers are at the centre of discussions?
What inspires you about the future of volunteering?
Find out more Sign up to the mailing list: visionforvolunteering.org.uk/newsletter Twitter: @VisionForVol Instagram: @VisionForVolunteering Facebook: facebook.com/visionforvolunteering LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/vision-for-volunteering Get in touch: visionforvolunteering.org.uk/contact-us
