The Role of the Hampshire Volunteer Centres (VCs) An Overview

The 6 Core Functions of a VC BrokerageMarketing Good Practice Development Developing Volunteering Opportunities Policy Response And Campaigning Strategic Development Of Volunteering

Volunteer Brokerage Registrations via telephone, , pre booked interview, drop in and increasingly via

Volunteer registers Matched to suitable opportunities Volunteer selects opportunity and applies to organisation Volunteer starts at Organisation Organisation registers opportunities with VC VC’s at the Heart of Local Communities

Good Practice Development and Training Volunteer Managers’ Forums Workshops Training Courses Visits to organisations Common approach to policies, procedures and agreements

Collaborative working Between 11 Volunteer Centres in Hampshire Third Sector organisations V inspired (previously Millennium Volunteers) Job Centre Plus Statutory agencies Forums The public and private sectors

* based on figures supplied by 10 VCs Volunteer Centres Vital Statistics* 1 June 2008 – 30 May 2009 Total number of organisations registered3081 Total number of opportunities on offer5768 Volunteers registered via Volunteers offered personal interviews1241 Volunteer phone/ registrations 514 Total volunteer registrations5767 Training courses organised and delivered 20 Supported volunteer schemes 3

And finally … … We increasingly work with ‘hard to place’ individuals, the time spent may not result in them actually going on to volunteer right now. However, the very act of coming in to see us will be of benefit in the general confidence building/recovery process for that individual. If we are only judged by ‘successful outcome and placements’, those scenarios do not count. The person may go on to volunteer at a later date but the Volunteer Centre may not be kept updated with this information.

Supporting difficult to place volunteers can be a complex business involving many agencies Volunteer Centres Volunteer Plus Support Worker Medical Professional Job Centre Plus Voluntary Organisations

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