New Support for Volunteer Managers in Sheffield

If you manage volunteers for a community organisation or group in Sheffield, and you need some help with how to go about it all, you're in luck!  Robbie Cowbury is the latest edition to the Volunteer Centre Sheffield team, and will be working one day a week to provide outreach support for managers of volunteers.

Robbie's work is part of the Sheffield Volunteering Strategy and a SouthYorkshire-wide project between the four Councils for Voluntary Service (CVS) in Doncaster, Barnsley, Rotherham and Sheffield, promoting the value of good volunteer management and supporting its implementation. The project will provide tailored support to a minimum of 100 organisations/groups, with the following approach:

• Focus on those most in need of support (e.g. those not currently accessing services or lacking experience/time, such as those for whom volunteer management is only one part of their role).
• Pro-active and intensive support (through a variety of methods, including workshops and one-to-one advice sessions).
• Production of a high quality, accessible toolbox of resources, that is consistent across the region but which can be tailored to the needs of each district / organisation / group.
• Sharing the varied expertise from each of the four districts across the region (e.g. working with asylum seekers or unemployed people).

So if you could use some help from Robbie, drop him a line!  His email is r.cowbury@vas.org.uk or you may be able to catch him in the office on a Thursday - call the main line at Voluntary Action Sheffield on 0114 253 6600.