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Supporting safe volunteering: Join Momentum and Safer to explore how organisations can safeguard and support their young volunteers effectively. Thursday 11th September · 10am - 12pm· Online The aim of this session is to explore how to effectively safeguard and support under 18’s so that they can have a positive volunteering experience. The learning outcomes for the session are: • To recognise what constitutes safer working practices for under 18’s. • To discuss different measures that can be implemented to support young volunteers. • To explain what legislation and guidance applies to young volunteers. • To identify suitable safeguarding practices when using virtual or remote volunteering opportunities. This session will be beneficial to organisations that already have young volunteers or those organisations who are looking into taking on volunteers under 18 for the first time. The session will be delivered by Gemma Hampton, The Safer Programme Co-ordinator from The Norfolk Safeguarding Children Partnership. Gemma provides advice and information on all aspects of safeguarding children. She creates safeguarding training courses and keeps these updated with local and national changes. Gemma also reviews safeguarding policies. Gemma's career has heavily involved working with children and families in a safeguarding context.

Share your feedback on the Get InVOLved Norfolk volunteer platform. Help improve volunteer recruitment and enter a £25 Jarrolds voucher prize draw.

Discover how your charity can access up to £7,000 per month in free Google Search Ads through Google Ad Grants. Learn how to apply, activate your grant, and launch effective ad campaigns to raise awareness, attract donors, and recruit volunteers. Perfect for charities and nonprofits looking to grow their online impact.

Are you part of an organisation that supports or works with young people? Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, collaborate, and learn at Momentum's July Youth Work Network Meeting, bringing together professionals and partners from across the sector. 📅 Date: Wednesday 16th July 10am-12pm 📍 Location: The Matthew Project, 70-80 Oak Street Norwich NR3 3AQ 🎟️ Free to attend This session will include: Updates from Momentum (part of Voluntary Norfolk) A short presentation from The Matthew Project A focus on PAPYRUS’ SPARK training – Suicide Prevention Awareness, Resource, Knowledge What to expect PAPYRUS: Prevention of Young Suicide. An introduction to the charity and their work in suicide prevention, including: Raising awareness of suicide and suicide prevention Information on PAPYRUS and their support services Inspiring hope and encouraging action for a suicide-safer community Details on HOPELINE247, a free and confidential support service for young people and professionals After the Session There will be time for networking and open discussion with fellow attendees. Additional Information Easily accessible by public transport Refreshments provided Fully accessible venue Please note this event is for Momentum network members only - it is free and easy to sign up here - Join our Network | Voluntary Norfolk

To help and encourage better charity management, the Charity Commission updated its guidance for trustees in its latest ‘ Charity Annual Return: question guide ’ . Trustees of charities of all sizes are encouraged to report and explain how their charity is responding to and managing key issues including: Governance structures and management: how decisions are made, managed, and reviewed to ensure transparency and accountability The handling of your environmental impact including sustainability and carbon footprint reduction Management of social impact including community engagement, diversity, and inclusion. In addition, the proposed new Charity SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice), currently under consultation and expected to take effect from January 2026, introduces several changes to how charities report on these matters. Last year, in partnership with ACEVO , we launched an innovative, free on-line tool that enabled charities and not-for-profit organisations to analyse and report on their organisation’s Environmental, Social and Governance maturity in support of annual reporting requirements and delivery of best practice operations. Using our free tool to analyse and report on your organisation's ESG maturity could help you fulfil reporting obligations and also gain new insights. Everyone who completes the survey receives a tailored confidential report for their organisation with benchmark data and an action plan to strengthen their own activities. If you are interested in completing the survey this time round, you can register here and we will send you a link to log-in when the tool re-opens for completions between 27th May 2025 and 25th July 2025. Information provided by Eastside People

Curious about the Subtleties: Exploring Neurodiversity is a poetically immersive exploration of the landscape of neurodiversity – being led by Reannon Tap from Hidden Capacities. EDI workshop series

Curious about the Subtleties: Exploring Neurodiversity is a poetically immersive exploration of the landscape of neurodiversity – being led by Reannon Tap from Hidden Capacities. EDI workshop series

The first in a series of training workshops for Norfolk VCSEs to explore EDI in practise with expert facilitators

Free staff awareness sessions

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 The Benefact Group are thrilled to launch their new awards, dedicated to celebrating and supporting the brilliant charities who work tirelessly to make positive change. This year they will be recognising those who have made a significant contribution in the following categories Volunteer of the Year Climate Action Project Local Community Initiative Digital Fundraising Initiative Small Charity Big Impact Charity Leader of the Year For more information and to make nominations click the button below

flourish youth awards for volunteering and participation

The Chartered Institute of Fundraising East Anglia Awards is back for 2024, celebrating the amazing fundraisers and volunteers across East Anglia. 2024 award categories: Young Fundraiser(s) of the Year Campaign/Event of the Year Professional Fundraiser of the Year Grant Giver of the Year Volunteer of the Year Corporate Partner of the Year Team of the Year Do you know an amazing fundraising volunteer, or perhaps you are one yourself, then the Chartered Institute of Fundraising East Anglia have their annual awards coming up. Fundraising volunteer of the year is a category in the awards, which are totally free to enter, and a great way to recognise the amazing work of volunteers in our region. Individuals or organisations can submit a nomination, open now.. For more information and to make your nominations click on the link below

There's still time to book your place on our Engaging Young People in Volunteering workshop. This session will help you to take the first steps to engage young people to volunteer with your charity or community group, or improve your existing relationship with young volunteers. What's Involved? With declining volunteer numbers and rising youth isolation in mind, we know that both VCSEs and young people themselves are in a position to gain a lot from volunteering, but many organisations are unsure how to appeal to this audience. Many groups are also concerned about how to tailor roles to the needs of young people and safely support them. In this workshop, we'll explore the safeguarding considerations of working with under-18s, plus hear from young people about their experiences of volunteering. In breakout groups, we'll discuss the specific barriers to working with young people you face in your organisation, plus how you might overcome them. Finally, we'll share some good practice from local organisations who successfully support young volunteers.

Following the launch of the Norfolk Vision for Volunteering, Voluntary Norfolk is offering free online workshops supporting VCSEs to review & develop their own volunteering strategy; to engage young volunteers; and to develop good volunteer management.

We were joined by our members who shared with us how they were able to continue to recruit and work with volunteers during the pandemic. We covered: What adaptations did groups make during lockdown to support the continuation of volunteering? Have you been supporting existing volunteers who have been unable to continue their volunteer role, perhaps because they have been shielding? Has Covid-19 changed the way you recruit volunteers? Are you recruiting a different type of volunteer? Are you thinking differently about volunteer roles? (e.g. are you breaking roles down into smaller task based roles) What role has technology played in how you manage your volunteers (e.g. training on Zoom, volunteer WhatsApp groups) If we did go back to ‘normal’, what adaptations would you keep and what would you get rid of? What support do you need to improve volunteer recruitment, management and retention?