Last year I had the privilege of spending two really interesting training and facilitation days with the team up at the University of Cumbria Students Union (UCSU). We did some work on how to embed volunteering across the university, focusing on sharing key ...

Is it safe to say we are finally coming to terms with re-defining what we mean by 'long-term' volunteer-involvement? In some organisations, this is a resounding "yes". In others - I'm not so sure. The reason why I ask is because we've been talking about ...

Well done to all those who contributed to last week's Thoughtful Thursday tweet chat, there were some fantastic suggestions coming through on the twitter feed which we can all benefit from reflecting on. See my earlier post on advice for new volunteer ...

Is it me or are these Thoughtful Thursdays coming around rather quickly this year? It's already the start of another month and this is our 5th #ttvolmgrs tweet chat for 2012. (Please do refer to my earlier blog posts if you haven't come across Thoughtful ...

I'm sure you're aware that last year was the European Year of Volunteering, and that there were a number of projects delivered across the country by a range of different organisations to champion and showcase volunteering and volunteer management issues.