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Back at Heritage Volunteering Group Conference 2024

Chris Wade will once again be presenting at this year's Heritage Volunteering Group Conference. 

Chris says, "This is one of the highlights of the volunteering sector events for me. So I am delighted to be back for this forward thinking event. This year I will be focussing on how heritage organisations can better measure and demonstrate the impact of their volunteering.

Every year, I hear volunteer leaders telling me that they struggle to convince their colleagues and directors of the strategic value of volunteering. It's time to turn the tide on this perennial challenge".

Book your tickets here http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/heritage-volunteering-group-conference-2024-tickets-881226681727?aff=oddtdtcreator 

26th / 27th November 2024, Online

Time for Impact, Rob Jackson Consulting and HelenTimbrell.com Present...

Realising Potential: Collaboration and Integration in  HR and Volunteering 

A one day event for HR professionals working in People functions with integrated approaches to HR and volunteering

9.30am - 4.30pm, Friday November 15th, 2024

National Trust, Swindon

£95 plus booking fee per person

Join us for a day of shared learning and exploration as we explore how to build a powerful integration and partnership between HR and volunteering in integrated People teams.

In a space where you can openly discuss challenges, share best practices, and co-create solutions, you'll hear from fascinating speakers who will share their journeys; and have the opportunity to learn from your peers through interactive discussions. 

Don't miss this chance to connect with like-minded professionals and gain valuable insights to enhance your volunteer program.

The event hosts and facilitators are a team of organisational development, people and culture, and volunteering specialists

• Rob Jackson, former Volunteering England director and internationally renowned leader in volunteerism, will share his insights on the evolving volunteer landscape and strategic priorities.

• Dr Helen Timbrell, experienced people director and now a consultant and researcher and coach working across people and organisational development in the third sector

• Chris Wade, CEO of Time for Impact former people director and volunteerism consultant with deep HR/people & culture expertise

The day will begin with a keynote speech from Kathryn Ward, Chief People Officer at Guide Dogs, sharing her experiences of moving from HR to lead an integrated People function, in a large national charity.

Through a combination of plenary and small group discussions this interactive and collaborative day will help attendees in:

• HR & Volunteering - A Strategic Alliance: Explore with your peers, how to integrate your HR structures and expertise with volunteer management for optimal impact.

• Leading Volunteer and HR Teams Together: Explore best practices for cultivating a strong volunteer culture alongside an HR/People function, inspiring leadership, and influencing behaviours.

• Foster skills share: Share and explore ideas for capitalising on the diverse and complementary skill sets of volunteering and HR professionals. How can each team become more than the sum of their parts?

• Building Your Support Network: Discover valuable resources available to People / HR leaders new to volunteer engagement.

• Understanding the Landscape: Explore a comprehensive and up-to-date picture of the strategic context for volunteer engagement in the UK.

• Key Challenges & Strategic Priorities: Identify key components to design and implement successful volunteer engagement within your people team.

Don't miss this opportunity to build confidence and insights to optimise integrated working in HR and volunteering.   

Booking opens on Monday 9th September at 9am. To book a place visit https://www.trybooking.com/uk/DVUO

Places are limited so don't miss out.

Maddy Mills, CEO of Family Volunteering Club joins the Time For Impact Podcast episode 11.

Maddy is our special guest for this episode where we discuss;

• Why there are so few family volunteering opportunities / the missed opportunity.

• How to make volunteering more child and family friendly

• The importance of building a habit of volunteering

• Volunteering building link with local communities.

• How to make volunteering safe but managing rather than avoiding risk.

• Demonstrating impact.

• Creating fabulous volunteering experiences

• and above all the joy of family volunteering

Read more about family volunteering here https://www.familyvolunteeringclub.co.uk/about 

Time for Impact Podcast release double episodes in conversation with David Coles  from the London School of Economics.

Chris and Matt had an amazingly valuable conversation with David Coles who leads all things volunteering at the LSE.

This is a must listen for all those seeking to better engage students and indeed young people in their volunteering.

Part Two of the Time For Impact Podcast Conversation with Ash Staines from Volunteero and Doug Ayres fro EBM is out now.

Chris, Matt, Doug and Ashley discuss the improtance of data insights, knowi g your volunteer (customer), the future ipact of AI on volunteering and much more.

To get our podcast delivered to your device please follow us on the usual channels

https://open.spotify.com/show/2IC9M1ZZtgeF4eaVJO97wW

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/time-for-impact-podcast/id1743581153

Episode 7 of the Time for Impact Podcast is now live

 - Ash Staines CEO of Volunteero and Doug Ayres MD of EBM talk about challenges and opportunities for digital solutions to enhance volunteering strategies.

To get our podcast delivered to your device please follow us on the usual channels

https://open.spotify.com/show/2IC9M1ZZtgeF4eaVJO97wW

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/time-for-impact-podcast/id1743581153

Volunteero - Lunch and Learn - Kindred Spirits, Common Cause: Creating Communities of Action. July 2024

Chris Wade, hosted a lunch and learn session for volunteer managers in Association with Volunteero in July.

It was a pleasure to be invited by Volunteero to provide a masterclass on building communities of volunteers.

The Fore- Increasing Participation in Your Volunteer Programme.

Chris Wade was masterclass host in June 2024.

It was great to team up with the Fore, to provide masterclass to their members; helping them increase volunteering and participation in their charities.

Volunteer Now - Launch of Volunteers' Week in Northern Ireland

Chris Wade was the keynote speaker as Volunteer Now kicked off their Volunteers' Week 2024 event in Belfast  31st May 2024

Your reflections and insights were really helpful – I found the section on the ladder of participation really helpful and in particular the ideas around creation of community -not simply recruiting volunteers.  - Denise Hayward, Chief Executive Officer, Volunteer Now

Chris Wade addresses Directory of Social Change Volunteer Management Conference, May 2024

Chris was delighted to be asked to address a large audience of volunteer managers and offer guidance on volunteer recruitment and onboarding.

Chris Wade Masterclass with the Clare Foundation May 2024

Chris has a vast wealth of experience across the charity and corporate sector, and as highly experienced presenter and delivering his Volunteer Workshop it was very warmly received and terrific learning experience for all of those who attended. We are both fortunate and most grateful to have had Chris present and we confidently recommend what he can bring to any charity or organization - expertise, experience and a highly knowledgeable presenter, a generous all-around good person, who enthusiastically shared his knowledge and experience with a diverse group of leaders   

Martin Gallagher CEO The Clare Foundation

It was refreshing to speak with Chris during the course about volunteering. As a volunteer organisation, we are always interested in finding new ways to gain more volunteers and how we and best support those we have. I learned that we must adapt our strategies to keep our volunteers focused and engaged! Chris’s knowledge in the field led to some fantastic conversations in the spaces. His rapport with us in the room, felt relaxed and easy which was different from some of the workshops I had been in before. This was also a great networking opportunity and great to hear how everyone else works. Thank you again! Paige Fox-Rendle, Director of Youth Volunteering, Aylesbury Youth Action

Chris Wade, delivers conference speech at Westminster Insights Volunteer Conference in London. April 2024

Chris was pleased to address this live event in London to an international audience of volunteering professionals.