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Volunteers Manager's Network

What is it?

The Volunteers Managers’ Network was set up in 2000 to bring together Managers from voluntary organisations and agencies. It meets on a regular basis and its aims include sharing experiences, highlighting issues relating to the management of volunteers and raising the profile of the sector and its work.

Due to growing interest, the Network was rolled out across Fife in October 2003 with meetings in different areas to minimise time and travel for members.

What is its purpose?

Meetings are facilitated by Volunteer Centre Fife and provide an opportunity to:

• Network across Fife
• Raise the profile of your organisation
• Share good practice
• Meet like-minded people
• Increase/share your knowledge and expertise
• Raise issues in relation to volunteer management

Your Network – Your Meetings

One of the roles of Volunteer Centre Fife is to enhance the capacity of volunteer-engaging organisations. Each year we have ensured that the form and style of meetings responded to organisations’ expressed needs. These have included:

• holding meetings in local areas
• offering a topic for each meeting, drawn from feedback from the members and encouraging members to take a lead on topics
• sending out minutes as a Noticeboard in newsletter form
• encouraging members to offer their offices as venues for meetings

The Way Forward?

Three years after rolling out the Network Fife-wide, focus groups were held in the 3 local areas and questionnaires sent out to members to review how effective the network had been and how VC Fife could best support it.

To read the result of the evaluation please click here.

Dates and topics for 2007/2008 meetings
(Please click on dates below to see the attached noticeboards)

Tues 28^th August 2007 – St Andrews – Recruiting Volunteers - Have you ever had the need to recruit volunteers for specific times or with specific skills?

Thurs 11^th October 2007 – Dunfermline – An Untapped Resource – Mature Volunteers

Wed 12^th December 2007 – Kirkcaldy – Counselling Out Volunteers - Options and strategies to resolve difficult volunteer situations

Thurs 14^th February 2008 – Anstruther – Awards, Rewards and Recognition for Volunteers

Tues 15^th April 2008 – Dunfermline – Retaining Volunteers - Getting the best out of your volunteers

Wed 18^th June 2008 – Kirkcaldy – Involving Service / Ex-Service Users as Volunteers - benefits and potential pit falls

For further information about venues and topics or to join the network contact cupar@volunteeringfife.org