Welcome to the February volunteering round-up, our first of 2023. This month, NCVO’s senior policy and influencing advisor Catherine Goodall shares recent updates and upcoming dates for your diary.
NCVO provides secretariat for the All Party Parliamentary Group for charities and volunteering.
The next meeting on 21 February will focus on volunteer recruitment, which we know is a huge challenge for many groups and organisations at the moment. The meeting will take place in parliament.
Find out more and book your place
Our next National Volunteering Forum on age-friendly inclusive volunteering is now sold out. You can find out more and join the waiting list in case spaces become available.
This new campaign will explore how the voluntary sector can play a leading role in tackling climate change and building a brighter future.
Find out more about how you can get involved
Keep up to date on upcoming announcements on this year’s Volunteers Week. The partnership is busy planning for this year’s celebrations.
Our popular online good practice in volunteer management course takes place over two half days from 10.00–13.00. You need to attend both days as they’re two parts of one course.
Our February dates have sold out, but you can register for either March or April.
We’re offering online training on volunteers and the law. This course is for anyone who manages volunteers.
The Social Justice Collective, hosted by NCVO, have created a new training programme to help you understand, address and embed equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) into your governance practice.
This training will take place over three half days and you need to attend all sessions of the same course. The February date has sold out, but you can register for the session on 26 April.