Partners from across Sheffield's voluntary and community sector, public and private sectors will be coming together to see the unveiling of the Sheffield Volunteering Strategy (and associated Action Plan) that they themselves have been involved in developing, and to meet the key delivery partners. I am also delighted to be able to tell you that we will be joined by Dr Justin Davis-Smith (Chief Executive of Volunteering England) and Cllr Paul Scriven (Leader of Sheffield City Council).
Dr Justin Davis Smith's background includes working as the Director of the Institute for Volunteering Research. He has also advised the UK Government, the World Bank and the United Nations over the development of volunteering policy, is a trustee of the youth volunteering charity v, former chair of the Nationwide Foundation, and was a member of the Commission on the Future of Volunteering (where he assisted the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games in developing its 2012 volunteering strategy). 
Cllr Paul Sciven's history involves senior management with the NHS (where he become one of the youngest hospital managers in the UK), and setting up his own business in the tourism industry for which he was named one of the Top business people in Yorkshire. In 2000 he was elected represent the Broomhill ward on Sheffield City Council and was later elected Leader of the Council, a position he still holds today.If you would like to join us for this exciting event, please get in touch at c.walsh@vas.org.uk!
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