1. Volunteer Transitions Myrtle Finley Greater Manchester Youth Network Voluntary Sector Assembly 30 th January 2014

2. Who?

3. Activity: The reality of volunteer transitions How:Opportunities:Challenges:Things to consider: What is the volunteering role or activity? Are there any particular benefits to this scenario? - For the project? - For the volunteer? What difficulties might this scenario present? - For the project? - For the volunteer? What are the other details that need to factored in? e.g. Volunteer youth worker - Adds capacity to project team - Allows volunteer to gain youth work experience - Relying on volunteers - Negotiating existing friendships How will volunteers be managed? Where will they ‘fit’ into the project team?

4. The Scale Level of volunteering Level of responsibility

6. Good practice

7. Volunteer Infrastructure Project - VIP AIM: To support organisations to involve volunteers in their work with young people in central Manchester. Work so far Mapping Development Research

8. What VIP has learnt so far… Broad range of organisations are involving volunteers within their work with young people Need to identify appropriate packages of support for both organisations and volunteers

9. What next..? Listening and learning groups Wednesdays 5 th February, Wednesday 5 th March, Tuesday 18 th March Full evaluation of Survey findings Volunteers training programme Continuing work with organisations

10. Any Questions... Contact GMYN Myrtle Finley Myrtle.finley@gmyn.co.uk 0161 274 3299 www.gmyn.co.uk facebook.com/gmyouthnetwork @gmyn