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London Meeting agenda



       

Improving Volunteering in Social Care London 6th / 7th September 2012
Agenda
    Regents Wharf, 8 All Saints St, London N1 9RL

Day 1 Thursday 6th September:
9.30 Meet at hotel to walk to venue
10.00 Welcome
10.05 Minutes of the last meeting
10.15 Update re website / Blog
10.30  Good practice in recruiting and/or retaining volunteers:
Each partner to present a case study on recruiting and supporting volunteers, highlighting good (and poor) practice in their organisation / experience
(10 minutes each)
12.00 Presentation from Eddy McDowell, Health and Social Care Partnership
12.45  Lunch: Canal 125 Restaurant, Caledonian Rd London N1 9RG
14.15  Retention of volunteers
            Feedback on results of the questionnaire (Romania)
15.00  Development of next stage of Framework, drawing on results of questionnaire and examples of good practice from morning discussion.
16.00 Close
Thames trip followed by Dinner

Improving Volunteering in Social Care London 6th / 7th September 2012
Agenda
    Regents Wharf, 8 All Saints St, London N1 9RL

Day 2  Friday 7th September
10.00 Best practice and guidelines on Recognition of volunteers in social care: what models already exist in each country (if any)?
10.30 Recognition: preparation of draft questionnaire
The meeting will divide into three smaller groups to look at:
·         organisations that require volunteers to have, or to acquire specific skills and/or technical qualifications
·         general volunteering (unskilled)
·         volunteer managers
12.30  Lunch:  Canal 125 Restaurant, Caledonian Rd London N1 9RG
13.45  Review of progress and actions needed to achieve project outcomes: building the framework and developing learning materials
15.00  Coffee break
15.15 Putting the framework into practice: learning from previous experience
15.45 Preparation for next meeting (in Sicily)
16.15 Close