Spring Newsletter for Volunteer Involving Organisations

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Hi {FIRST_NAME},

 

Image result for welcome to our newsletterWelcome to the latest edition of our organisation newsletter! 
 
In this edition, we have a number of free tools to help you and your organisation recruit, retain and manage volunteers more effectively. 
 
Our regular newsletters are an easy way to keep up-to-date with new developments and interesting information in the area of volunteering. 
Please feel free to share with colleagues or let us know if you would like to add further contacts to our mailing list.

 
                                                        We hope you enjoy our latest updates!


Volunteer Leadership Needs AssessmentVol Management checklist

Louth Volunteer Centre has developed this needs assessment, to help organisations who involve volunteers, such as your organisation, identify gaps in volunteer recruitment, management and retention. 

Upon completion of the assessment, we will make contact with you in terms of gaps identified. This will enable us to tailor our support services regarding your organisation's individual volunteering needs and help you to improve your volunteer programme.

We are asking every organisation registered with Louth Volunteer Centre, to complete this assessment. We hope you will find it useful.

The following statements might help you reflect:
  • What do we need to accomplish in our organisation?
  • What’s not getting done?
  • What tasks could be accomplished with a volunteer's help? 
Please click link below

Volunteer Leadership Needs assessment.
 

Charities regulatorCharities Regulator
  • Is your organisation a Registered Charity/does your organisation have a CHY number?
  • Have you registered with the Charities Regulator?
  • Did you realise that it is now an offence to operate as a charity and not register with/engage with the Charities Regulator. This is the case even for extremely small organisations who may only fundraise once a year.​
Louth Volunteer Centre is currently contacting small local organisations who have not as yet engaged with the Charities Regulator and do have charitable status.

We are providing supports to small local charities to help with their compliance obligations – contact Gráinne at 041 9809008 for more information.

 
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  • Does your organisation sometimes struggle to manage volunteers or staff across multiple shifts?
  • Do you sometimes wish that you had a better system for donation management?
Louth Volunteer Centre is delighted to announce that we have been invited to participate in a pilot scheme which could help streamline the work that your organisation carries out.
Salesforce is a world-renowned system that has helped non-profits both big and small to improve their workflows.

Through this pilot scheme, Louth Volunteer Centre can offer the following to a limited number of local non-profit organisations:
  • FREE setup of Salesforce account for your organisation
  • FREE development support in creating a Volunteer, Client and/or donor management system that is tailored to your needs.
  • 10 FREE Salesforce licences (and guidance on how to get these on an annual basis)
To indicate your interest in participating in this project and to get further information, please email Gráinne at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..


National Volunteering Week 
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National Volunteering Week is the one week of the year where we all get to celebrate the impact and value of volunteering.

We will be hosting some new events this year and will send you further details in April.


Save the date

In the meantime, we would appreciate if you could "SAVE THE DATE" for our fantastic Louth Volunteer Manager's Forum, which is being held in Bellingham Castle on Tuesday 16th May.’
 




National Volunteer Management Conference

The date for this year’s Volunteer Ireland National conference has been confirmed.

To celebrate Sligo's designation as European Volunteering Capital 2017, this year's conference will take place on Tuesday 30th May in the Aurivo Auditorium in Sligo Institute of Technology.

Additional information will follow in future newsletters!


Annual organisation Survey Thank you for completing survey

Many thanks to all of you who recently completed the survey sent by Volunteer Ireland. 
We appreciate your invaluable feedback and the contribution you made, in terms of helping us ensure we are providing the most effective and efficient service to organisations.

 
  • One-to-one consultancy - support in recruiting, managing and retaining volunteers.
  • Promotion of your volunteering opportunities. Support in creating and registering new volunteering opportunities.
  • Volunteer Managers Forum - an opportunity to meet with other volunteer co-ordinators, to share ideas/experiences and get tips from one another.
  • Garda Vetting Service - we are authorised signatories in terms of processsing your vetting forms..
  • Volunteer Management Training - comprehensive training in all aspects of volunteer management.


Please don't hesitate to contact us on 041 9809008 for all your volunteering needs.
 
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