From theory to reality... the Sheffield Volunteering Strategy is now coming to life! There's a vast amount to do, but at the moment attention is focusing on funding applications for the main projects and on preparing for a year-long volunteering publicity campaign across the city.
An important element of that publicity will be a team of Volunteering Ambassadors. Those Ambassadors will be people who are currently (or have recently been) volunteers for Sheffield organisations / groups / charities. They will help to spread the word on how fantastic it is to volunteer, letting people know about the benefits first hand - straight from the horse's mouth. This will entail attending relevant events, taking part in media interviews, and contributing to social media conversations (e.g. blogging and tweeting etc).
I am therefore now looking for a team of eight people who would be willing to act as Volunteering Ambassadors - if you know somebody suitable, please ask them if they would be interested and let me know. Input would be spread amongst the group and so time commitment for each individual would be kept to a minimum. It will be an informal group, where members can choose which sorts of publicity activities they are more comfortable with / interested in. And of course, for volunteer-involving organisations this is a chance to 'fly the flag' for your own organisation too!
Drop me an email (c.walsh@vas.org.uk) or call me (0114 253 6638) for more information or to suggest somebody who could help.
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