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Evolve is a dynamic forum for continuing professional development for volunteer managers.  It provides an opportunity for Volunteer Managers to get together, learn, share experiences, and network.
 
With a thematic focus that concentrates on your professional development, Evolve is also an opportunity to give and receive peer support.   Everyone with responsibility for recruiting, managing or supporting volunteers (whether paid or as a volunteer, whether in frontline service delivery or serving on a management board or committee) will be made very welcome. 
 

Next up:  Volunteering towards employability

The landscape of volunteering is undergoing considerable change. In the last few years VCE has seen the number of people who are volunteering primarily as a route back into work, increase by 60%.

With this change in motivation comes a number of issues - people wishing to volunteer for shorter periods of time; some people feeling forced into volunteering by Job Centre Plus and others seeking volunteer roles that will specifically add to their skills - all to make them more competative in the job market.

Volunteering has been courted by Scottish and UK Government as some latter day Cinderella; dedicated and industrious whilst bringing joy to the coldest of hearts.  It is seen as a solution to all societal ills, only a “Big Society” can save us.  With the introduction of the Work Programme, volunteering has gained new credence as a tool to get “Britain working”.  
 
The star that is volunteering has never been so high, so what does that mean to you as a volunteer involver?  How can you get the best out of a changing volunteer landscape?
 
Come along to Evolve and join the debate with Brian Thompson, VCE Employability Coordinator.

 

Who is the event for? Volunteer Managers

When? Date: 28 February 2012, Time: 10am - 12.30pm

Where? Volunteer Centre Edinburgh

Cost? Free

Enquiries Please contact Steven Blyth on 0131 225 0642 or e-mail steven.blyth@volunteeredinburgh.org.uk

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