Empowering You, Empowering Our Community

 

 Empowering You, Empowering Our Community

Being a Board Member of a Charity or Community & Voluntary sector organisation can be a wonderful opportunity for you to share your skills, experience and perspective for the good of our community. It can be hugely rewarding and offer opportunities for personal and professional development.

On Wednesday, March 8th, Louth Volunteer Centre commenced a new six- session programme for prospective board members called Empowering You, Empowering Our Community.

The programme was for anyone living in County Louth who has an interest in being a member of a Charity or Community & Voluntary sector board. We aimed to recruit a diverse group of participants with a broad range of skills, experience and interests.

At the end of the programme participants of this programme may be interested in joining committees/boards of local community groups/charities.

Modules include:

· The local community landscape.

· Roles & Responsibilities of the voluntary board member.

· Charities Governance Code, Managing Risk, Managing Finances.

· Strategic planning, Decision making, Effective communication.

· Leading people, involving volunteers, diversity, and inclusion.

· Being an effective board member.

Our previous programmes were completely booked out. 100% of participants in the most recent programme stated that their knowledge of the role and confidence in their ability to be a voluntary board member had increased.

Feedback from participants

“I felt all the topics covered were useful, there was a wealth of knowledge and experience shared”

“Networking, quality and relevance of content covered and overall knowledge sharing from the Volunteer Centre, facilitators and participants on the programme. I loved the diversity of attendees and the comfortable, familiar, friendly manner in which the workshops were delivered. I didn’t really know what to expect and was quite nervous about the thoughts of joining a Board or becoming a volunteer but now I feel ready and that is thanks to the programme that was delivered so thank you all sincerely.”

“Found the programme overall very beneficial and informative. Programme was excellent in providing an overall description of what being a board member involves.”

If your community group/charity would like to involve new volunteers on your committee/board in any future events organised by the Louth Volunteering Centre, please contact us on 041 9809008 and let us know your organisation’s needs or alternatively email; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.