Excelling in Volunteer Management

This online course is open to anyone who has existing experience of managing volunteers and/or has previously attended an Introduction to Volunteer Management course.

Cost: £20 to SCVS Member Organisations for the 2 day course.

30th June and 7th July, 9:30 - 11:45 each day

This course is for volunteer managers and co-ordinators who want to increase their knowledge, skills and confidence when managing volunteers.

The learning objectives are to:

Explore how to enhance leadership of the volunteering function
Consider inclusive volunteering and enabling supported volunteers
Build confidence in managing conflict
Understand how to assess the impact of volunteering

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Explore how to enhance leadership of the volunteering function

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Understand how to assess the impact of volunteering